Everything posted by allmc2008
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ALL: You couldn’t imagine THEM playing THAT story
I almost want to say Kate Collins playing RM's stuff (and Vice-versa). After watching the early stuff of her 1st run, I think ate could be an entertaining 'sane' Janet. Early she was just awkward. And I think RM could do Janet's returns but far more nuanced.
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Loving/The City Discussion Thread
Loving Murders sl has been taken down. I didn't get to finish.
- All My Children Tribute Thread
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Days: A Horton Returns
How far in advance are they now?
- Another World Discussion Thread
- Another World Discussion Thread
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Edge of Night (EON) (No spoilers please)
Your point? Retro did this for TD.
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Knots Landing
I've been on a KL binge. At the end of season 7. Why isn't the show held in thr annals as The West Wing or St Elsewhere?
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All My Children Tribute Thread
I will give you what it says in the AMC bible -- I found a copy dated 1967 at Northwestern University. The last section reads: But underlying our story, the inexorable fact is always there; that in this, our human predicament, what happens to the LEAST affects the GREAT, the STRONG are indebted to the WEAK, that SORROW and FEAR are the absence of JOY and HOPE, and that without TRAGEDY there could never be TRIUMPH. Further, every Anniversary, beginning with the 20th, someone states: The Great and the Least The Rich and the Poor The Weak and the Strong In Joy and Sorrow In Sickness and in Health In Tragedy and in Triumph.... ...you are All My Children. The 25th Anniversary has a Prime-time Special in which Carol Burnett says it. She actually reads the way it's written in the first page of the show's bible The Great and the Least The Weak and the Strong In Hope and Fear In Tragedy and in Triumph ...you are All My Children -------------- If you ask me, in short, every story when it was at it's best, had no character without redeeming factor. Even characters like Billy Clyde Tuggle, who trafficked women, raped them, got them hooked on drugs, and burried them alive had a redeeming factor. Billy Clyde was driven by what we all want--security. But, how we was going about it was wrong. Characters like him, Janet, Ray Gardner, all did horrific things but it was treated as 'wrong things for the right (or simply understandable) reasons. We HATED what these characters were doing but we understood why they were doing it. Of course, Erica Kane took the cake for that one. Start with May of 1991 on YouTube. That is the start of "Janet from Another Planet"--no, not a space alien. I'm currently in July of that year. Every damn scene reiterates the above.
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Linda Dano joins Days as recast Vivian
It's a better choice than RS, I feel. Robin Strasser, when she feels like it, is quite good but she hams it up. It also seems like Ron has a tendency to want to put 'fag-hags' on his shows and RS satisfied that urge.
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Radio Soap Opera Discussion
Here you go! Radio_IN_DEFENSE_OF_DAYTIME_S(1).pdf
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As The World Turns Discussion Thread
I've been on a Marland binge. Started with Oct 1985 and now I'm at Chris' funeral. A lot of the audio is so terrible that I have to skip though. I am amazed by the pacing. It's so. Deliberate? Intricate? I know some hate the Snyder's but they really offset the Walsh's in a good way. And it's classic ATWT. Rich but unstable family clashing against a poor but stable family. I also have heard that the Snyder's, in essence, took over the show. I know this is blasphemy but is it really that bad of a thing for a new family to come in, as long as it's well developed? That's how I feel about Guiding Light. The families that were brought in, while not the Bauer's, at least were well-developed and embodied interesting characters. I never felt that it's practical to expect the same damn family to rule a show for 30+ years. Actors die. Characters are hard to recast. My only two gripes: Sierra won't stop crying. I can't buy Hillary B Smith as the daughter of Lila and John. She seems too old. How did people like this Betsy? I never seen Meg Ryan in the role but I do like this actress. I kinda feel bad for Tonio. I mean, he wants the thing most of us want, a family, but his overall sense of what that means is dated. A good representation of culture clash, I think. I don't think his misogyny is from a hateful place. It's from another time. In speaking of what Tonio wants, every EVERY character on this show fits the theme. At NU, in Aggie's archive, the bible of the show is there. Literally, the document, or a copy of the one shown to the suites, is in her files and bound in a beautiful green representational binder--includes the first few episodes. Anyway, the theme of the show is basically that we all want to be a part of a family as a strong family will weather the storm called life. Everyone on this show wants that but some of them, like Lucinda, suck maintaining it. Also, Marland's ATWT really does remind me of Harding's Another World in this regard. His Another World was the same thing but 'Family' was replaced with 'Dream'.
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Radio Soap Opera Discussion
Radio_IN_DEFENSE_OF_DAYTIME_S(1).pdf What I posted is an article co-written by Irna Phillips AND Elaine Carrington
- Another World Discussion Thread
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Any Capitol Fans Here?
I'm trying to watch this show. Any playlist you guys recommend? Any particular year? Was any of it inherently bad?
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Guiding Light Discussion Thread
I am still trying to find the scene with Marty West's butt. These articles might help with clues: https://www.nexttv.com/news/soaps-rope-102735 https://variety.com/.../soap-vet-wheeler-at-guiding.../ What sex scene was variety talking about? Here is a 2003 playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist... Here is a 2004 playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoupGXZrjR8...
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Any Capitol Fans Here?
Why do you call this era the "Second Golden Age"? I can't find that term anywhere else to describe 80s TV.