DramatistDreamer

Very sad development about Jahmil French. He seemed very well liked by his Degrassi castmates and all who worked with him. His family must be devastated.

Which is why I said that I watched because of the actors involved. Do I wish some other soap adjacent person had hosted? Yes, but sadly no one else did and I stull think the actors themselves had interesting things to say about the topics they discussed. More than this, I wish someone would have hosted a livestream or video discussion on the blindspots as well as the bright spots of AA characterization and involvement in daytime soaps, but no one with a platform seems interested in having that discussion.

Someone in Y&R thread mentioned the word to describe their current sets, which inspired this post, lol. Since I almost never watch the show (or any daytime dramas) anymore, I felt weird about posting this thought in there. Also, the word "Ghastly", always tickles me, lol.

The shrinking of sets that I am reading about in show threads feels a bit unsettling to me because it takes me back to the last years if some cancelled soaps. When soap sets become unsightly and the scripts are bad, it just doesn't seem to portend a bright future.

Very interesting discussion that has been going on in this thread! It got me thinking about a number of things (my astonishment at the fact that Full House began in the 1980s, I always associate it with the 90s, Candace Cameron and I are in the same age group??) like the vagaries of the bygone era of Sunday evening sitcoms and family programming (Punky Brewster and Rags To Riches), which I guess might have been started by Disney and the Wonderful World Of Disney Sunday night programming, if I am not mistaken. About the show. Last night, I watched the final two episodes of Season 1 and my first impression was that the show leans heavily into 80s nostalgia, but I don't mind it. It's syrupy at times but there were some genuinely earned poignant moments throughout. The kids are well-cast. I can see why they wanted to make the two boys adoptees, to show how Punky, an adoptee herself would be open to adopting and fostering kids but honestly, I was perfectly fine with the aspect of the two boys being her and her ex-husband's biological sons, especially since the show is already leaning into Travis' Latinx heritage. Caribbean families (Puerto Rican and Dominican included) often have diverse skin hues and hair textures, between siblings, even with the same parents. They could simply have shown that Travis has a parent that looks similar to the two boys. Aside drom that, I would have preferred that the kids statuses be revealed in the second or third episode, rather than in the pilot episode, where it felt as if a LOT of expository details were being squeezed into the first episode. I can see both perspectives on the revelation of the identity of Punky's bio-mother. The story arc was interesting to follow over the course of the season, on one hand and it embued the show with a sense of gravitas that maybe distinguished the show from only having light content. OTOH, I think the "mystery could have been extended, at least to cliffhanger at the season's end. There might be room in season 2 for reversals though, as it is well established that Punky's mother is prone to acts of disappearance. As the episodes went by, you could notice improvement in the writing and cast interaction. It will be interesting to see how, with greater access to COVID-19 vaccines, there might be less tension in set, in regards to strict virus-mitigating protocols (the sanitization should be permanent though) and how the cast might be able to focus on acting and interacting and how that might affect the end product and what viewers see. It couldn't have been easy to film during these times, especially with such a predominantly young cast.

Wait a...what??? Is this the new nickname? 😂😳😂🤣😭😂

Did anyone catch the Black History Month discussion he had with former actors of GL? I'm checking it out now. I like the actors so I decided to give it a view. Sorry, I forgot to say where--The Locher Room on YouTube.

The passing of Bunny "Wailer" Livingston was news that hit hard because it was most likely a broken heart,bas his wife of 50 years, who has dementia, went missing around the time he had his first stroke and had been in and out of the hospital ever since. Outside of the trio with Marley and Tosh, Livingston had hits in his own right, in reggae and popular music. One of his biggest outside of Jamaica was a song originally titled "Electric Boogie", later to be renamed "Electric Slide" in the 70's when he had former bandmate Marcia Griffiths record her version of the song.

I never believed he was going to play the Miami Open this year. It will be interesting to see which European players show up. My guess is the ones that already reside in FL.

That is a great ad! Clearly a time when CBS and P&G actually know how to craft an effective ad. A different era. Toward the end of the show's run, it often seemed as if CBS and P&G were working at cross-purposes where the show was concerned.

Cool! Good idea, lol.

Another (former) player who is far from a favorite but I wish her well nonetheless.

I came across this today and thought about you and @Taoboi https://www.cnet.com/news/best-laptop-deals-save-300-on-an-msi-prestige-14-500-on-a-lenovo-yoga-9i-and-more/?ftag=CAD7dba523&bhid=24238034741912611043847441754397&mid=13283885&cid=534158398 I was wondering whether a general 'Tech' or 'Personal Tech' thread should be created, where questions such as these can be placed, so each one doesn't get lost in the shuffle of various other topics and threads.

A slightly more formal version of a Fred Segal boutique is what the prototype on which Y&R's Fenmore's should have been modeled.

The interesting irony if those location scenes being filmed in New Jersey, near an airport and Nina Hart later becoming a pilot. Also ironic is the fact that the above passage describes two people inbthe crew speaking up for the technical craft of the show, wanting people to respect the show, while P&G didn't even respect the show enough to preserve the episodes back then (and damn near the 1980s).

There has been little to no attention being paid to this, but hopefully that changes now. The entire prison industrial complex is overdue for a complete transformation into something resembling an actual holistic rehabilitation and corrective facility that recognizes humanity but the COVID-19 crisis in prisons is in a dire situation that needs to be addressed and remedied.

I think we also need to make allowances for the possibility that not everyone may have had a positive experience on their respective shows. Sexiam, racism and discrimination and various forms of ostracization and bullying are all things that exist in any workplace and the soap industry functions like any other workplace. I am not saying it is a factor in many of these cases but we know that it exists and CBS shows were among some of the worst offenders in that regard. Not everyone will have positive things to say about their time on soaps, and not everyone will want to discuss it either. I also try to keep this in mind.

Don't know what Isner has to complain about. The money is not worth the appearance for the top players and the in-demand players, he's never been either one of those. With a depleted field, he'll probably still lose but his chances fpr a good result increases with many players staying closer to home. As for Daddy Djokovic, he should've recognized long ago that the line of players that are more loved by the public doesn't just consist of Roger Federer. It's not that I hate Bencic or anything but she does come off as a first-class brat with no justification, at times, so I admit seeing Swiatek (who has proven to be an efficient tournament vulture) take the title tickled me a little. Yesterday, I was just thinking about how accessible tennis Broadcast used to be. The quality has also regressed. Incredible.

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I don't expect many European players to show up in Miami. Gilles Simone won't be the last to make such an announcement.

I remember when VP Harris was the VP-elect and was getting those intelligence briefings, making an end-run around the previous administration's intransigence and remarked at what a smart move it was. Some men (and even some women, sadly) believe that women can't be effective tacticians and strategists, but when you make such an assumption, you underestimate women at your own peril.

Years ago, some ATWT fans criticized her when she appeared to cringe at a clip of her work from the show. They took this to mean that she was somehow ashamed of her time on the soap, which I didn't interpret it that way at all. This little snippet proves my theory that JM is just very critical of her performance, especially since she was still very inexperienced and "green" on camera. In fact, I would hazard a guess that most actors who did soaps and are reluctant to speak of it are that way because they are super critical of their performances and don't particularly wish to discuss anything in which they may not have performed up to a certain standard. We all know that soap production moves so fast that it doesn't always yield the best performances. Personally, I try not to judge them to harshly. I know what it is like to act, perform in front of a camera and judge myself and be very critical, so I can sort of empathize a little with that feeling.

The Lion share of the blame goes to the daytime industry itself for undermining their own product into irrelevance, for the most part.

I had a vague recollection of that story with Dru and the pornographers but clearly don't remember the details. That was entertaining! If Tricia wasn't on that list for the best heads of hair on soaps, she should be. Boy, do I miss Kristoff. Danny had some swagger in this piece. When the show actually had room for Neil and Nathan and Paul and Danny, what a time! Those two guys that came in before were kind of 'roids scary. In those final scenes, you know Dru's about to get a lecture. Hard to believe anyone could take those two 'moobie' guys seriously but I guess two desperate idiots with guns are probably the most unpredictable and dangerous.