DramatistDreamer

Did this show ever write Stephanie and Sally as having loving relationships with men who genuinely had eyes for only them? Even for awhile? Even as a child, something about B&B struck me as being “off” in the way certain characters were written. Looking at these episodes now, it’s obvious that there was a certain narrative being written about “women of a certain age”, that was not written for Eric or Bill Spencer.

She also has a mineral sunscreen for face/body (I am thinking of trying). Quite a number of companies. Interestingly enough, all of her companies fit within the profile of non-toxic, eco friendly and health conscious products.

Which part? The no points? Neither Venus nor Serena have retired officially. I could see both doing a mini tour, like they did in Africa,(with a stop in Jamaica) years ago, as a goodbye.

Are we still taking rankings seriously in tennis? And now, as with pandemic protocols, each major will be a law unto themselves. Speaking of things that seem illogical, I gagged when I read this.🤣😥

This song has been sampled quite a bit. There seems to be some confusion about whether Flack is actually Wright’s mother or a mother figure. In any case, there was said to be a bond, which must still hurt.

Tennis as a professional industry is such a mess.

Honestly, I have been trying to avoid anything to do with the media coverage of this trial but I haven’t been able to entirely avoid some of the disparaging comments, so this doesn’t surprise me in the least.

Probably because RJ has been an afterthought since Brooke had kids with Eric and is the bio-mom of Nick Marone’s child, not to mention that crazy Deacon Sharpe. Not since Stephanie and her brood has anyone been in the running for populating practically half of L.A.’s upper crust enclave.

Now that I have archived my tweets, it will be fun to look up the one where I tweeted exactly what I thought of her, in no uncertain terms.

Eww, B&B is wrong for that. They just didn’t want to come up with new theme music. They’re cheap as hell.😂

Some people claim they hate Stephanie because she ‘stole’ Eric from Beth but Stephanie even know about Beth when Eric got her pregnant? Wasn’t it Eric who actually cheated on Beth?

Oh poor Marnie. And she had a baby not too long ago. We are all hoping for a miracle for her. Doesn’t it seem like the actors from P&G soaps have had an especially tragic year?

🤣 Whooo boy, I want to see Cardi B and Normani at the U.S. Open, although I don’t know if they’ll ever have AAKD but if they have a celebrity event or something, it’d be a scream.😂 Taylor is a good instructor though. I did not think that Normani would be able to coordinate the toss and hit the serve on her first attempt. I think she even hit the serve over the net! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1191073904993122

Does Pennsylvania have any sensible candidates? Ugh.

When Tonya Pinkins appeared on that reunion livestream, this was barely mentioned. Perhaps she might not have known the creative process of the son, or its full production history, but a host who had done a modicum of research could have expanded the discussion of this topic. Such a missed opportunity.

I am so exasperated by P&G and their lack of effort. They go on and on about Irna Phillips and their part in her pioneering work, yet they make no visible effort to preserve that work. As much as they have gone on and on about their part in her legacy, I would)ave to think any preservation efforts would have been just as public and also would have been publicized.

I got sent this article a few weeks ago and am just getting around to reading it. The headline that I saw was Preserve Or Die and it made me think of how tenuous a state (some would saying dying) the remaining daytime soaps are in and the looming possibility of a day where there are none that remain. I am fine with this tbh, as there are no daytime soaps that I still watch, even casually (I don’t judge anyone who still watches though) but it does gnaw at me that these companies that produce soaps place so little value on their creative property that they seem willing to let their holdings rot (literally). Even B&B that has been uploading episodes from the beginning of their run has put up a surprising number of videos in terrible visual quality. I can only hope that someone is digitizing those episodes for future archiving, after the originals have been uploaded to YouTube. Somehow, I can imagine many of these companies eventually coming to regret this neglect they’ve been showing their episode libraries. https://variety.com/vip-special-reports/archiving-entertainment-a-special-report-1235260942/

Tennis hasn’t been a winning investment in about a decade now. Why would Serena or Venus or anyone invest in a sport that pretends rigid adherence to 100 year old rules for some while making up rules, seemingly on the fly for others? At least in Women’s soccer, where Osaka and Williams are team owners, the possibilities to carve out rules from a new league exist. And in tennis there is little solidarity and even the WTA seems to do more to hold up Eurocentric male patriarchy than anything else. Tennis is a mess. Serena, and in particular, Venus has done all she can to reform the sport. Maybe BJK can ask the current stars to put in the time.

What if the writers would have at least had Brooke grapple with her own self interest and desires to decide to ultimately urge Caroline to take more time, only to see Caroline decide to marry anyway? And not the morning of the wedding, but before. Making one woman the aggressor and the other, the victim also strikes me as gross. I can now understand why, as a kid, when I used to program the VCR to record some soaps, I would sometimes skim B&B, some of the stories didn’t make sense to me, even back then.

Were they trying to appease Joseph Mascolo in an effort to get him to stay on B&B? Massimo didn’t even stay and Nick Malrone seems like a footnote in B&B’s saga. Hardly worth the effort to retroactively change the entire backstories of core characters (Ridge, Stephanie and Eric) just for a story that offered temporary shock value but ultimately had no “legs”. It really served to show that Caroline had no friends. Not one person tried to say “Hey girl, you just had a marriage fall through at the altar and now you just endured a violent rape and exhausting trial. Why don’t you continue with getting counseling, give it six months before getting romantically involved with anyone? Nobody spoke to say maybe get your mind together before making any major life decisions. I know that’s what I would’ve told my good friend…or hell, anyone who asked! Even Bill was prodding her to marry her former fiancé’s brother. Really, y’all?!

Australian WTA player Destanee Aiava. I remember when she first hit the Tour, I found her fun to watch. I’m glad she is still here and I hope she gets all the help and support she needs.

I have not and refuse to watch that video.