DramatistDreamer

Very interesting that Sinn Fein is now called the party of Irish reunification, especially considering their role in The Troubles. https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/generalelection/for-the-irish-varadkar-may-have-won-brexit-but-he-lost-the-war-at-home/ar-BBZJkro

I've heard that but I've never actually heard her sing.

LOL. In my imagination, Spaulding didn't produce anything but acquired other companies to fill out their various divisions and their company portfolio. It seemed as if most of those companies were like that, including Walsh Enterprises, which I remember wanted to take over the Snyder farm, Lucinda mainly wanted to get rid of the Snyders but I remember Tad Channing suggesting partnering with Lucinda to industrialize the farm, likely to make it one of those agro-businesses. I think early Kirk Anderson suggested a similar proposition. Walsh, in maneuvering to take Simply Barbara (and not give it back once Barbara got out of prison) seemed more of an acquisition (remember how Walsh flopped the business once Barbara started BRO and began to compete? Walsh also briefly acquired the television station WOAK. Yeah, why did Lewis Oil move from Tulsa to Springfield?? Unless they were a big proponent of 'fracking' and believed that Springfield had a source of oil underneath the surface like Nebraska, it doesn't make much sense as to why they'd move their headquarters to Springfield when their rigs were still rooted in Tulsa (and Venezuela).

That's a fair point. I definitely agree that, with their level of talent (Tunie and Morgan) they should be getting more opportunities to lead series. I do think that Davis has been quite a bit more vocal early on about her level of talent and where she believed she should be and that her career was not at the level that she felt it should be. I can remember from at least the time that Davis did Doubt with Meryl Streep and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, maybe even earlier, speaking of not being satisfied with the types of roles that she was often offered and that she felt that she deserved better. It's a shame that a talented actress has to even bring this to anyone's attention but I do think that Davis being so consistently vocal had a lot to do with her being in the forefront of influential directors and producers' minds. Then, there is the George Clooney factor.

That's actually not true. By the early 1970s, Procter & Gamble was an international conglomerate, whose products were being sold worldwide (according to what I've read about Crest toothpaste, that product was definitely being sold abroad by then) and the P&G headquarters were located in the midwestern city of Cincinnati, OH. That's true, in a way. In 2009, the U.S. was still trying to extricate itself from a gaping maw of a recession, so people were definitely (and still do) going through hard times, although much of media did not reflect that. For as much as I love 1980s American daytime soaps, they often had a bit of a difficult time truly reflecting reality in a consistent manner. This was the point of my initial post on the topic. You clarified that point in a nutshell, lol.

Soaps have had trouble with getting aspects of culture right, we've seen this in other areas like how certain characterizations are made that don't quite ring true. My quip is not about being against soaps being set in a midwestern location, it is the fact that it is basically a vague setting that is often not imbued with any specificity, which is key to people believing it. That's why I suggested Denver, not L.A. L.A. makes sense for B&B, but wouldn't make sense for the residents of ATWT, for example. Bill Bell Sr., was a resident of Chicago when he started Y&R, so it makes sense the show is set in a midwestern city but a lot of the aspects have morphed over decades to more closely align with a city on the West Coast (including women in stilettos and off the shoulder or short-sleeved dresses with no coat on, in January and February). Denver is more of a midwestern city than west coast, it draws big business, has Fortune 500 and 100 companies and is more believable. Cincinnati, OH (the home of P&G) is much more believable than a city in Wisconsin (sorry Greenbay fans). I'm not arguing against the midwest, I'm arguing for more accuracy in which midwestern city/town gets picked.

Many soap creators decided to set their shows in some random midwestern city, including Y&R (Genoa City, WS), which supposedly has at least 3 Fortune 500 companies, two of which are conglomerates, lol. I often wondered why these shows didn't choose a city like Denver, Colorado which is west but closer to Midwest than it is to L.A. Denver was starting to boom as a city that companies were located and relocating to by the 1980s/90s.

I don't think I've watched an entire SOTU since he's been in the WH. Imagine that.

Well, I didn't watch. Then again, I didn't watch last year either.

Also, don't over-exaggerate Iowa's importance to the point that you drive out candidates that could have sustained interest in the primaries before the primaries even begin. As it is, I'm hearing about low-turnout at yesterday's caucus.

Boy, I'm glad I didn't stay up to try to track this mess! Yesterday, there were whispers that it was going to be a clusterf*ck and I believed it, so I didn't bother to try to track what was going on last night, knowing the mess would likely spill over into a new day. The Bernie Bros and the Trumpists are having a field day. I've only been casually following things lately and even I've noticed this. It's really time for the Democratic party to acknowledge that we're in the 21st century and a 19th-20th century presidential primary system built solely for white men might not work that well for a party that tries to tout diversity.

Oh yeah, I realize that. I hardly watch T.V. these days and still manage to catch her in something. She also does voice-overs as well. I remember hearing her voice on ads and a couple documentaries.

Hey, you don't have to convince me. I was responding to a post saying that her career wasn't very high-profile. I was giving my opinion from a theater perspective as I don't really watch that much television these days.

Julianne Moore moderates a discussion with survivors of gun violence on PeopleTV. https://peopletv.com/video/gun-violence-survivors-speak-out/

Serena was not on my list to win this tournament this year, so the vainglorious boasts won't upset me. Calling her a cow seems a bit on the misogynoir-ish side though. As I said before, I slept very soundly throughout this tournament. I don't see what other people have to get upset about. *shrugs*. If the interest isn't there, it just isn't. No amount of perceived boasts or insults will make it so. ESPN persists in trying to sell that 3rd rate ESPN+ service. That's a "no" from me.

Bless. I'm sure that ESPN/TC will appreciate that someone enjoyed the tournament.

I've never gotten this much sleep through an Australian Open since they started showing night matches. I think I saw about a handful of matches the entire fortnight. I swear, if they don't speed up these damn courts...

The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the City Ballet sexual misconduct allegations, firings, reinstatements and the subsequent push-back by and reordering of the careers of the male dancers who were accused of sexual misconducts.

(*Ahem*) The article that I posted about 5-6 weeks ago discussed the possibility of 'Choose Your Own Adventure' type of programming being used by companies to market their products (a la Black Mirror Bandersnatch). And oh, lookie- I knew I posted this article for a reason and I had P&G in mind too.

Presumably this is most of the cast.

Mary Ellen Stuart appears in this partial episode sporting quite a huge helmet of hair! Nobody show Mitch.😂

It's like they were waiting for most of the POC candidates to end their campaigns before doing this.

There is a chance that the White House will move to block or censor Bolton's book. There is an equally likely chance that some entity (*wink wink*) will leak the book (or the censored/deleted parts) in response, should that happen.