DramatistDreamer

...but by all means, let's rush these children back to schools and daycare facilities.

Breonna Taylor really could've had her own thread, so tragic is her death.

Can't remember whether I've actually seen this episode where the police burst into Bob and Kim's wedding reception. Has this episode been posted before?

This man fought so hard.

Oh my.

"knee injury" wink. This is somewhat surprising.

Question: So, just how many secretaries did Brandon Spaulding have affairs with? I remember Bess Lowell from that whole storyline about the 'footrace' to get control of Spaulding by proving that Jenna Bradshaw's father had no claim but I just read about a woman named Amanda Wexler (played by Rita Lloyd, who I best remember from her work on As The World Turns). Can anyone illuminate on this? Was Bess more of a retcon character or had the character been spoken of or appear before the 90s? In what order were all these affairs?

Watching this episode last night (I'm not sure I've seen this particular episode, just several episodes before and the aftermath) but it made me realize something. Craig and Lucinda's ONS was definitely not something to romanticize. I knew that they were both in pain because they had come to believe that Sierra had "died" in Montega but I didn't realize how heavily Craig had been drinking that evening leading up to the ONS. It also shows that Craig was feeling quite sorry for himself because he saved Steve's life and didn't appear to get any word of thanks from Steve or Betsy. This episode does, however, crystallize Lucinda's feelings and also why she may have become so embittered where Craig (and his ensuing romance with Sierra) was concerned. It had to do with that instant regret that Craig had begun to express once he discovered that not only was Sierra alive but she had apparently been in Oakdale for almost two weeks or so. Lucinda not only felt discarded but she realized that she was likely an outlet for Craig's pain...although I'm not sure why she wouldn't take Craig's swigging down copious amounts of alcohol as a sign of that. Also, this episode features Nancy arriving from Arizona and serving up some of that 'sauce' that she was often known for on the eve of the eve of Bob and Kim's nuptials. Also everybody is talking about Frannie, yet Frannie has not arrived. It's so interesting how much chatter about Frannie's arrival takes place, almost as if it is a hugely awaited arrival, before Julianne Moore makes her debut on the show. A precursor of things to come in Moore's career, I guess.

Yeah yeah yeah, I know it's the NYT but this Op-Ed piece (yeah yeah yeah, I know...Op-ed...) by Soledad O'Brien is worth having a read.

It's a Long Story YT page has some episodes posted but I don't want to duplicate is they've already been posted here.

Are you sure people are even watching? I don't know anyone who is actively watching this tournament. If they are, they aren't saying a word about it.

But you do realize that this is a "feature" and not a "bug", right? It has systematically been set up this way, it is evident from the way Mulcahey stated that specificity used to be a part of writing for character but that changed. So the genre changed things to make characters less distinctive, ethnic characters, in particular. Writer's rooms, at this point, they will probably only try to change the dynamics of the makeup of writer's rooms only once the proverbial ship has hit the Titanic...in other words, when these shows are seconds away from cancellation. And it will be done haphazardly and poorly.

I've been speaking about this possibility for several years. Years ago, the BBC found several master reels of shows that they assumed were lost, in someone's attic.

So interesting that Mulcahey mentions that writers would get notes advising them not to be too specific with characters. That seems the direct opposite of what most pre-professional writing programs would advise students. It certainly was the case in my graduate dramatic writing program. This explains so much.

Why are people even still participating in these stupid events? This is why I'm not bothering to even watch anything other than classic matches. To do otherwise feels like watching a slow-moving disaster. SMH. Wishing Frances all the best though.

Yuck.

The typo on the sign is probably the least jarring thing about this. If anyone falls ill, hey, it's not their problem. Of course, I'd challenge the wisdom of having 450 people at any tournament right now, especially in a country where infection rates are surging, but that's just me, I guess.🤷🏾‍♀️

Debbie Allen tweeted a throwback clip of her B'way performance of West Side Story which also included Stephanie E. Williams (Amy Lewis) as a featured dancer. Stephanie is the dancer in the checkered top.

I also read that this morning, Alan Dershowitz was sending out Trumpesque defensive tweets like nobody's business.

This was posted in the Non-Hollywood Sexual Harassment & Assault thread but ICYMI:

Less than 24 hours after NY AG James issues that statement posted above, Ghislane Maxwell is arrest. Coincidence? I think not.

Oh I absolutely think these are reasonable measures to require pre-testing and immediate repatriation is there is a positive test, I think that many tourists might decide that they don't want to go through these protocols and stay away, which I think is fine too...I mean, who vacations during a pandemic anyway??! I've been saying this for years but as a person of island heritage, I think it is way overdue for these economies to diversify and lessen their reliance on tourism for the economy. I know that some islands have been doing this over the last several years but it's time to kick those efforts into overdrive.