By Marlena De Lacroix In Part 1 of this column, I used that great 1947 Broadway musical in which a mythical ancient town full of joy and real human goodness reappears and vanishes once a decade as a metaphor for the brief return of Lorraine Broderick as headwriter of All My Children. Ms. Broderick's self-chosen short-lived return represented … [Read more...]
All My Children: Daytime’s Brigadoon, But What Happens Next? Part 2
Filed Under: All My Children, MARLENA Tagged With: Agnes Nixon, All My Children, Darnell Williams, David Canary, David Kreizman, Debbi Morgan, Donna Swajeski, General Hospital, Julia Barr, Julie Carruthers, Lorraine Broderick, Marlena De Lacroix, Michael E. Knight, soap opera, Susan Lucci, Vincent Irizarry, Wendy Riche
Soap February: Blame Executive Malfeasance!
Thinking Fans Comment Update: BL avers, "I have to say the line (on AMC) about how lesbians don't kiss men was perfect, because why would they?" ... Carl posits, "GL has been so much about nasty thugs over the past few years, Phillip's return is a way to bring a more heroic character back into the spotlight" ... while Melanie warns that GH "is on … [Read more...]
Filed Under: All My Children, General Hospital, Guiding Light, MARLENA Tagged With: All My Children, Barbara Bloom, Charles Pratt, Erika Slezak, General Hospital, Grant Aleksander, Guiding Light, Jackie Zeman, Jill Farren Phelps, Julie Carruthers, Justin Deas, Kirsten Storms, lesbian kiss on All My Children, Marlena De Lacroix, Phillip Spaulding, soap opera