By Marlena De Lacroix We've just passed New Year's, and a certain ennui has set in this week on soaps. This winter of Marlena's discontent is made worse by the arrival of scab-written scripts. Are they here so soon? On General Hospital and The Young and the Restless, this would seem to be the case. Are there more? Perhaps. I'm listening … [Read more...]
Happy New Year! Thinking Soap Fans Pick B&W of 2007
December 31, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Happy New Year, mes chers! Marlena toasts you with a glass of champagne, wishing only soaps that are good this year. Speaking of, so many of my Thinking Fans sent in their own Best and Worst picks for 2007, there's barely room to post them all! I love the intelligence of them and appreciate how discerning all of you are when writing about a … [Read more...]
Marlena’s “Only the Bests” List 2007
December 26, 2007 by 4 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix I no longer do "Best" and "Worst" lists for soaps. After all, there have been so many "worsts" this year, why would I want to re-inflict the pain on you again? Moi loves mon readers. So, only the "bests" for you, darlings. … [Read more...]
As The World Turns’ Unique Christmas Gift to Us
December 24, 2007 by 3 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix On the very pre-Christmas Friday when ABC stabbed us in the eye with Georgie's funeral on General Hospital, As the World Turns showed us that it remembered what Christmas, family, hope -- and soaps -- are all about. The ATWT holiday show was purely a gift to us -- the fans! We, the people, who really count! It was a … [Read more...]
Patrick’s Hope: Soaps, Scrooge, and Christmas Miracles
December 22, 2007 by 1 Comment
By Patrick Erwin I admit it -- I'm feeling an awful lot like Ebenezer Scrooge this year. Even Saint Nick himself knows that soap fans have certainly had a lot of reasons to say "Bah humbug!" … [Read more...]
Welcome to Yearning for Yesterday, Our New Feature
December 19, 2007 by 6 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix Whenever I talk about favorite old soaps with longtime soap fans, the conversation always ends the same way: "Weren't soaps so much better then?" We all yearn for yesterday. For many of us, soaps have been part of our lives for decades. It feels good to look back, just as it would looking at a family album. … [Read more...]
Apocalypse Now: General Hospital’s Murder of Georgie
December 17, 2007 by 50 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix Today Georgie Jones becomes the victim of a serial killer on General Hospital. We mourn not just because we're losing a very intelligent, good-hearted teenager we've known from birth who could have grown to be a major heroine show anchor, like Jessie or Bobbie were in their day. We mourn because we're losing a delightful … [Read more...]
Days of Our Lives: A Soap in a Vacuum
December 16, 2007 by 4 Comments
By Patrick Erwin Days of Our Lives can be called many things, but "boring" is seldom one of them. The show's twists, turns, and red herrings sometimes make The daVinci Code look like Dr. Seuss in comparison! … [Read more...]
Marlena Vs. The Scabs: Solidarity Forever!
December 13, 2007 by 14 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix I am 100% behind the Writers Guild and their strike. I come from a union family -- my late grand-aunts spent just about every Sunday of the 1930s-60s freezing their tushs off in Union Square participating in rallies and demonstrations supporting organized labor, honoring the working man. Solidarity forever! … [Read more...]
