By Marlena De Lccroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman It’s way too early to judge the work of The Young and the Restless’ new executive producer Charles Pratt Jr. We’re familiar with his resume (head writer/executive/producer of All My Children, General Hospital, Santa Barbara and Sunset Beach, primetime producer of Melrose Place et al.) But … [Read more...]
Soaps: Where Intelligent Women Still Rule
May 11, 2014 by 11 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman Women are still the core of soap opera. They are what the plots are about and they make the stories go. An overwhelming number of women on soap operas are very intelligent, assertive and masters of their own fates. Here’s a round-up of the most intelligent and sometimes devious women … [Read more...]
The Young and the Restless’ Record-Breaking Stunt
November 3, 2013 by 8 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman Yet again … is it right or wrong for a soap to kill off a child? I led a column with this perennial question several weeks ago when Delia Abbott was killed on The Young and the Restless, reiterating my longstanding opposition to what I regard as a creepy plot device that exploits the … [Read more...]
Jeanne Cooper: An Appreciation
May 12, 2013 by 3 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman This week daytime television lost a great icon and a great lady: Jeanne Cooper, who played Mrs. Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless for more than forty years, passed away on Tuesday at 84. There was no character like Mrs. Chancellor. She was brought on six … [Read more...]
