DramatistDreamer

Is Magnus back with Stan?

Please, Craig and Sierra were the couple that got away, how much actual time did they have as a couple together before they got separated?? I remember watching Anacostia episodes specifically to see Elizabeth Hubbard with Martha Walsh onscreen. It's nice to see them together but it doesn't take away the sting of seeing the lack of acknowledgement of classic soaps by entities like the Daytime Emmys post cancellation. I mean, does anyone beside ardent soap fans even mention Another World anymore? I guess the Daytime Emmys will be live-streamed again this year?

Marsha Warfield can probably speak to the emotions of many in the business who either consciously or unconsciously enabled Cosby over decades. I'm seeing on social media that many are angry that they feel stripped of a show that was either a part of their childhoods or a touchstone in their lives. I guess I have already worked through those emotions last year and now I'm just weary of those thoughts emotions and it's more of a sad resignation that The Cosby Show is now tainted for me (as Malcolm Jamal Warner once intimated) especially when I remember the time I was able to read the Pilot script as a grad student and the joy and admiration that I felt pouring over those pages of dialogue and actions that were written with such precision, any actor reciting those words never needed to add or subtract a single word-- everything was on the page! Then I remember that writers wrote those words, it wasn't as if Bill Cosby wrote the scripts and I can appreciate the hard work of the crew and cast and think that all have likely long ago moved onto other jobs many years ago. I doubt that they need any reference to The Cosby Show to get their next job, although it is a big career highlight to have to leave off a resume (and honestly I wouldn't leave it off). Something that a lot of people may not be able to understand--the work on the page is different from the work on the screen. It is unlikely that I'll be able to watch the stories unfolding on the screen but I can appreciate the work, at least the excellent technical work that got it there.

Okay, I'll admit, I laughed at this. Seems like the only reason Jackson survived thus far was likely due to his relatively understated position within the administration. I know people who work for the VA and it is a sprawling organization and from where I notice, VA Affairs is a very high-profile office. No doubt, head of VA Affairs is one of the highest profile cabinet positions, especially since the two recent wars (Iraq, Afghanistan). Jackson's bid was likely doomed from the start with his lack of administrative experience but the added level of scrutiny for such a high-level, high-profile position makes me think that there was no way he'd ever be confirmed. Only someone as dense as Trump believed Jackson would ever have had a chance.

I can't watch reprehensible people ply their trade, which is why I also cannot watch Roseanne.

That's why I said "would be predators". I can't include a man who still got elected despite bragging about grabbing women's genitals or shooting someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue.

It's good that I haven't been watching this week because I'd be severely disappointed in the tennis. What's going on this week with Stuttgart though? Sloane got slaughtered in that match against CoCo and I heard she got booed. Did anyone see it? I always knew she was inconsistent but she only won 1 game in the entire match? Yikes! I'm seeing there has been a rash of retirements today. This is looking like the ATP.

Just saw the news and Wow! I hope that the victims feel some measure of justice. The entire thing leaves me feeling sad. Maybe this will be a deterrent for any would be predators to realize that they can/will have to face the consequences for their crimes. Harvey Weinstein now needs to be prosecuted with the same level of gusto as with Cosby.

One of the reasons why I do still read the NYT (albeit sporadically these days). A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It.

That scatterbrain former surgeon plans on raising rents for low income residents receiving HUD assistants. This comes on the heels of that big tax break for the wealthy. America is one giant sunken place right now.

Presumably the 90 days is for DHS to explain why they believe DACA to be unlawful, so the onus is now on DHS to come up with an explanation for their position because their stance right now, basically makes no sense.

Perhaps he was drinking when he declared Trump to be healthy?

Although this interview was done last year, I've never seen it. Kind of nice that he keeps in touch with Tamara Tunie (Jessica), Brian Bloom (Dusty) and Finn Carter (Sierra), who he had great onscreen chemistry with. ATWT/OLTL Alum Scott Bryce Talks About His Time on Daytime Soap Operas, His Role on 'The Good Fight' and Much More!

Wasn't born yet but this is the 50th anniversary of Columbia University's Student protests. In the past week or so, there has been a (belated) acknowledgement of the valuable role that the Black students played in the protests. Mark Rudd, president of the student organization wrote an Op-Ed piece that pretty much states that the contributions of the Black students were minimized, even though it was these students that were the most disciplined (many had parents who were active participants in the civil rights movement) and it was their actions that were the most effective. How Columbia’s Student Uprising of 1968 Was Sparked by a Segregated Gym @VeeMost people in the Trump administration, or connected to the Trump administration use shell companies to cover their unethical business maneuvers. See: Scott Pruitt.

Shania is canceled to me.

It wasn't hate for Nick, but personally, in terms of the roles that Irizarry has had in daytime over the decades, this one would not be among his finest, IMO. It seemed as if Irizarry was straining to make it work, at times. In one scene, I thought he'd pop an artery in his neck, he was straining so hard.

I once teased that perhaps a good deal of the Orange Menace's ire at Obama (besides Obama being Black and way smarter than him) had to do with the possibility that Melania might find him attractive. We're told that she already admires Michelle Obama, who's to say what her true feelings are about 44 behind closed doors. Having said that, that's all her problem, she should've gotten out of that marriage like the others did.

Hearing the song over the closing credits gives me all kind of feels. It took me quite a few minutes to figure out that the actress on the screen was actually portraying Mindy! I don't remember her (I only remember Tesreau, Simms and Crampton) at all but that year I was busy with school, so it's possible that I didn't really watch that year until the summer and my viewing was probably inconsistent at best. She's not a bad actress but I think the biggest problem is the transformation of the character (seriously, skeet shooting??!) on top of an unfamiliar actress, just too jarring! I enjoyed Alan-Michael talking about the Spaulding family legacy, while trying to draw Nick into becoming more invested in it. As for Irizarry, normally I enjoy him in a lot of roles but this one rings a little hollow to me. As a kid, I remember thinking how beautiful and graceful Jocelyn Seagrave was. Kat and David, The Toni Braxton song playing in the background-- so perfectly 90s. I love the energy of David when he's pitching the idea of him running Company to Ed. The Black characters that I see on soaps like Y&R are so staid and boring, it's refreshing to see a Black male character, in particular, being portrayed as being so full of enthusiasm and life! And yes, it is possible to write that type of character without the criminal past! Where is Amelia Marshall these days? Just feels like there is a vacuum in today's daytime that she could easily fill.

Kerber's draw in Stuttgart looks...well, challenging, to say the least. That Siegemund/Strycova match is either going to be fireworks or too annoying to watch. They each have a tendency to get on my last nerve. There is often something slightly entertaining about two highly irritating characters grating on each other, testing each other's patience during a match. Having said that, I think I'll pass on that match. And LOL @ that Sloane/CoCo match.

Speaking of the NYT, this was front page but it's not really most news media these days.

It's happening.

The regional NYC section still offers some decent in-depth coverage from time to time but no, I do not give them my money and cannot remember the last time I purchased a copy of the paper, online or hard copy. Anyhow,

Welp. Actress Allison Mack Arrested in Connection to Nxivm Sex Cult Case