Thinking Fans Comment Update: renee wnts a long-term storyline for Brot, but is certain there will never be one ... Kristen thinks Bianca and Reese "are more in lust than in love"... while Kasey thinks Angie "has just the right blend of steel and magnolia" ... and more. See Comments below. _________________________ By Marlena De … [Read more...]
The “New” All My Children, Part 2 — Finding the Heart (s) of Pine Valley
December 19, 2008 by 15 Comments
The “New” All My Children, Part 1 — Lifting the Fog of Stupidity
December 17, 2008 by 14 Comments
Thinking Fans Comment Update: EricMontreal22, once horrified by Pratt's arrival, is now "pleasantly thrilled" ... likewise Donna L. Bridges, though still wary of Pratt, yells "Yippeee!" ... but Cate disdains the suggestion of a Reese bisexual romance storyline. See Comments below. _________________________ By Marlena De Lacroix A … [Read more...]
Listen to Marlena and Company on In the Zone Blog Talk Radio!
December 4, 2008 by 3 Comments
Join us, Thinking Fans, as we continue our first anniversary celebration! Our Soap Shrink Damon Jacobs, Patrick Erwin and I will be guests Friday night, 10 PM EST, on the In the Zone Blog Talk Radio Show . We'll be talking about our site and reviewing the many events of the last, tumultuous soap year. We'll all be pleased to speak with you on the … [Read more...]
Happy First Anniversary, Dear Thinking Fans!
December 2, 2008 by 28 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix A year ago, my husband Moose claimed he heard voices late at night in our Gramercy Park apartment. One night he woke me up and said, "Listen Marlena ... listen to that voice." "Build it and they will they will come," came a whispered male voice from the direction of the kitchen. "Moose," I said, "isn't that Ray … [Read more...]
Dee-A-Palooza Day Three: Searching for the Real Deidre
November 26, 2008 by 13 Comments
Thinking Fans Comment Update: John says "Deidre's Marlena is imo the greatest soap heroine ever" ... though Alan Ryan prefers the Dr. Marlena Evans of the 70s and 80s ... and more. See Comments below. _________________________ By Marlena De Lacroix In 1986 I was given an assignment by a major women's magazine to interview Deidre Hall, … [Read more...]
Farewell Dee-A-Palooza Week, Day One: Soap Shrink Says, “I Wanted to Be Dr. Marlena!”
November 24, 2008 by 8 Comments
Thinking Fans Comment Update: Jonnysbro can't imagine Salem without Dr. Marlena Evans ... while Christine thinks Deidre's "many fans would follow her to the ends of the earth" ... and more. See Comments below. _________________________ To mark executive producer Ken Corday's ver-ry curious decision to fire Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn … [Read more...]
An Open Letter to Anne Sweeney, Co-chair, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group
November 20, 2008 by 17 Comments
Dear Ms. Sweeney: I am writing to strongly protest the current Todd and Marty storyline on One Life to Live. It's in effect the long delayed second chapter of a story that began in 1993, when Todd was the leader of three college students who gang raped Marty. The two chapters couldn't be more shockingly different in intent. The 1993 chapter, … [Read more...]
Norn on One Life to Live’s Starr and Blair: Victims of Todd’s World of Hurt
November 19, 2008 by 5 Comments
Illustrator/Thinking Fan Norn Cutson wrote me that he was so sad for One Life to Live's Starr and Blair after they found out Todd had planned to kidnap Starr's baby and had gotten involved with Marty, he had to "do something." So he drew this illustration. Here's Norn's heart-wringing interpretation of the sad mother and daughter. I think … [Read more...]
