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Tom Smith was Snark? Well, he was always respestful to me and he was the only poster whose opinion I valued. But what you don't get is a person IS NOT his writing! Both Jim and Meagan were writing for the television market, not for themselves. Televsion is a business, it is all about making money for a network.

As the first to condemn Megan at Guiding Light and All My Children in print (look up by old columns) I know how awful she was and how she ruined my favorite soap ever, All My Children. And Jim did some unmentionable things on Passions towards the end.

But you know what? Both Megan and Jim was poor kids who became ENORMOUSLY wealthy writing their soaps! Check out Megan's huge home in an old Connecticut newspaper article on the net. And Jim, he's dead. And no will will ever stop insulting him. We all die someday, think of what people will say about you when you are not around to defend yourself.

And if anyone insulted me this way on the net, I'd sue. Or report them to their boss, if they were professionals.

Soap "critics" are free to say whatever they want about shows, and I, Marlena De Lacroix (Connie P.) have always fought for critical freedom. But calling two people (one who is dead) "psychos" is beyond scurrilous and perhaps slander. I knew both Reilly and McTavish personally, and they were not psychotic. I disagreed with a lot of their work, but I would NEVER link their work to their person this way. Pychosis is a disease! What an insult this headline is!

Who is Tom Smith and where does this article come from? I have been in this field (professionally) forever and I never heard of him.

Connie Passalacqua Hayman

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Yeah, I think part of it was that they stopped caring about AW, despite constant interference.

PGP also had a much better working relationship with CBS than NBC, and I think Ed Trach REALLY preferred GL and ATWT over the other PGP soaps, and it showed. Under his watch as Executive In Charge of Production, he took very good care, for the most part, of those shows.

Though, 1994-1995 was a horrible time for all the PGP soaps. Ed Trach retired, Marland died, Nancy Curlee left daytime and JFP got more creative control at GL, and Swajeski was long gone at AW and JFP was about to switch over. As much as Swajeski's time at AW was a mixed bag, it was the last time AW had any consistent leadership.
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Hi everyone:
So interesting to see your reactions to a column I wrote THIRTEEN years ago! I barely remember what was going on at AW at the time (you all have great memories!) But all I can say now is that Michael Malone was a real writer and a lovely man. And that he was killed by the network. Compare this soap to what's being done and written on NBC's Days of Our Lives today. Yikes! They say it is improving!

Perhaps you all enjoy discussing this column because 1997 were much better soap days. As for me, well, I've personally moved on from old AW, but thanks for your attention to my past work.

Connie/Marlena De Lacroix

Re: The Red Carpet Show


It never occured to me that soap critics could be assembled into a constipated, American Idol style panel. To me, criticizing soaps for all these years has always about humor, and celebrating the unique nature of the medium--and just reaching out and being entertaining to fellow soap fans. Making award choices is okay, but delivering them without charm or lightness? This show is a big snooze

Soap Operas for the Fan Who Thinks Too Much! Who knew?


Connie P
(Marlena is so bored she is baking a cake now)

SFK, on 06 August 2009 - 10:26 PM, said:

I said that--where? LOL Linda came directly from the movie industry where she was a high up producer (on DD and other movies). The movie industry is a zillion times bigger and more pretentious than the little soap industry. It wasn't the best of fits. How can you say you are going to reinvent soaps when you haven't really watched them, when you don't know their history and pretend you are better than everyone else who has made soaps for decades?

That said, I loved the AIDS remote quilt story. It took clout and connections to get the quilt on the show. It was so meaningful, I went on the remote and it was the best day I ever had as a reporter! But, I found a lot of the veteran actors sulking there that day from Gottlieb's treatment.

Hey, it's show biz! In Gottlieb's favor, we made peace in the end. But where the hell is she now?