DramatistDreamer

Though I am no longer tweeting, or retweeting and I deactivated my account, this is succinctly put and is worth disseminating.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-oks-handover-of-trump-tax-returns-to-congress/ar-AA14qr4y Better late than never, I guess.

McLaughlin seemed utterly chauvinistic and was like a ringleader of misogynistic, arrogant and paternalistic tirades disguised as banter. He was often disparaging of the one woman on the panel and would lead a chorus of mockery of her. After a few episodes I picked up the pattern (in my defense, I was a kid) and stopped watching.

And the episode was literally set during an anniversary for Nancy and Chris Hughes two core cast members who had been on the very first episode of ATWT. In fact, Nancy Hughes had the very first line of dialogue to open the series. Also, if you watch the actual episode from April 1986, there are a few clips included in the actual episode, at the end of the episode.

Just so you know, this is a promo for As The World Turns’ 30th anniversary episode in 1986. I also remember a special announcement during the closing credits, which had been modified to show clips from the show’s previous years.

Despite pressure from friends, I have always stayed far away from Facebook, which did an even bigger disservice to people during the 2016 election, particularly with how amenable the site was to Cambridge Analytica and its data mining efforts. One of the reasons why I was insistent on not tweeting any original thoughts ever since I had heard about the likelihood of Musk buying Twitter until the day I finally deactivated my account, was because I didn’t want a megalomaniac like Musk to profit in any way from my creativity or IP. I know I am just one person and a non-celebrity yet I did have a few notable people who followed me and my most pithy and insightful tweets would somehow get retweeted a lot, which shocked me most of all. Not only was I adamant that Musk not profit off my ideas or creativity or IP, I also did not want someone like that using those things to sell the site, which is what will happen to all those people in groups like Black Twitter who have helped to keep the site interesting. Some think their tweets will stand and fight the good fight, but it’s all going to promote the site, one way or another. More money for Musk and his ilk.

Terrestrial broadcast television has obvious limitations, even when considering how digital substations have made broadcasting a bit more accessible cost wise. Streaming really offers a less expensive option, provided that you are NOT talking about producing original content. I am only talking streaming classic episodes, the way B&B is doing their From The Beginning episodes on their YouTube channel. The cost is likely negligible. They also run ads. It’s a no brainer.

Fortunately, I have found other ways to connect and follow the key people that I had previously followed on Twitter —the other accounts were just background noise. I can check on what happens on Twitter (which is becoming a disheveled mess by the looks of their trending topics) by simply going to the Explore section, which you don’t need to login in order to access. Twitter is like a bad soap opera, one only need break the habit to see that it’s really not a necessity, it’s not food or water or shelter. It hasn’t even been a safe space for dissidents in years as autocratic governments like KSA and CR have found a way in to track their citizens. I also imagine that eventually security may break down, leading to vulnerabilities in the system.

Over the past week, I have seen at least one Op-Ed piece suggesting that it’s hasty and perhaps not a good idea to deactivate one’s account. Well, after seeing this, I definitely don’t regret deactivating my account last month.My tweets had already been downloaded and archived elsewhere at least six months ago and I hadn’t tweeted since then anyway. I saw that too. Any value Twitter had as a news source is ebbing day by day, hour by hour, even minute by minute. Folks can try to stay and weather the onslaught of foolishness but I choose my sanity.

P&G, more than any other company that has ever produced U.S. daytime soaps would benefit greatly, as they have a lot of consumer goods that they like to advertise and market to potential customers. They literally could run their own ads, much the same way Amazon runs ads for Echo on Freevee and IMDBTV before it. And the production costs would be relatively low since these are not new episodes— perhaps the cost of digitization for the remaining episodes not already digitized before 2000, SoapClassics already did a number of episodes, there may have been a number that were digitized but not released for sale because P&G yanked their license before they had the chance to release more collections. But yeah, in the case of P&G soaps, it wouldn’t even be like Days or Neighbors, more like The Doctors or B&B From the Beginning, streaming classic episodes.

@janea4oldPersonally, I think that is a good idea. I have thought about starting one but I often hesitate when making new threads and since that was on the older board design/setup, I wasn’t sure about how much space there was vs. other threads or how active it would be. Like I said before though. I personally believe this to be a welcome addition.

Just came across this gift link, which seems fairly notable.

The above photo is very cool.

Am I the only one who feels like laughing hysterically at the evangelicals who are now complaining about feeling used by Trump? Nice try, they’re just trying to extricate themselves from the stench of a losing aura that has become associated with Trump, especially now that they’ve found their shiny new prospect in DeSantis. As much as I have doled out criticism to the BBC (justified, I think), they have done a much more insightful analysis of the COP27 conference as compared to most U.S. media (perhaps I should be tuning in to PBS, which usually commits to more in-depth coverage). Unless there is a natural disaster, most major U.S. media gives scattershot attention to climate change and most definitely do not put things in the perspective of the aspect of all nations, rich and poor being interdependent in the consequences of climate change to our certain peril.

Wow, wrong thread. I don’t usually do this. Sorry. EDT. Here’s something relevant to the topic- If/when Twitter goes down in flames, tbh, I will miss things like this.

Please try Graz with Camryn this time. They had such good chemistry in the brief scenes they shared during one of his brief stints back in the past.

I meant specifically ATWT fans. Yeah, I have popped into the Neighbors thread since the news was announced. If AOL, which was a portal for ATWT streaming about a dozen years ago, hadn’t become such a fustercluck, I can only imagine where ATWT would have landed post-cancellation. Talk about being ahead of your time. The SoapsClassics people were streaming classic episodes of ATWT and GL, without ads though. Geez, P&G truly could’ve benefited from ad-supported streaming of their soaps with the myriad of products they sell on the consumer market, but they have yet to show any sense of innovative intelligence!

No problem. 😊

Free Ad-Supported Television Especially when the U.S. television market is generally so risk averse. I am not surprised that an Australian production is the entity that Amazon has chosen to take on this enterprise, less ossified than the U.S. market.

Yes, Speaker Pelosi did incredible work in her position over administrations! There is a really strong Frontline PBS episode about her and everyone who cares for more insight on Pelosi should watch that episode. One thing that stayed with me is the quote from her where she attributes ‘knowing how to count’ as being of the utmost importance. That means she knows where the votes are and when it’s prudent and possible to get those votes and when it’s not. Very important skill that Pelosi learned from her upbringing in Baltimore.

So, House Republicans have stated that their top priority is to investigate the Biden family? Not to advocate solutions for working class families or blue collar workers or suburban soccer moms, or whatever they usually campaign on, but to launch investigations on the Bidens? Do the voters crying about inflation as their reason for voting for the GOP this midterm election realize they are not the top priority? Some might genuinely not care but others who think a GOP House would balance the scales somehow are in for the rudest of awakenings.

Has anyone here been following the development with the recently cancelled Aussie soap opera “Neighbors” being revived/rebooted through Amazon’s free streaming service? How many years have I been saying that ad-supported streaming is a genuine possibility for classic daytime soaps? I feel like digging up my old thread in the Soaps section where I railed all about this, lol.

How many years have I been talking about F.A.S.T. and its possibilities for continuing daytime dramas??! Guys! I was shouting into the void then, I guess. Even before F.A.S.T., in fact, I have been talking about daytime dramas being revived via ad-supported streaming. Aargh!

Maybe I am being philosophical about this because from the moment that I learned that Musk was in talks to buy Twitter, I knew this is where things would land. I even warned someone who urged that I give him a chance (didn’t some folks say the exact same thing about Trump?) It is unfair that bad actors, especially deep-pocketed ones are allowed to be so abusive and destructive and go on with their lives (especially as well-intentioned people who are just trying to live suffer). I think of this often as my mind flashes to the likes of Leslie Moonves, who is somewhere enjoying his millions after having left such chaos and destruction (and even in a few cases, despair) over decades in his wake.

People are engaging in a type of ‘gallows humor’, musing about meeting up on AIM and ICQ, it’s amusing but it’s also a reminder that there is always the possibility of yet another innovation replacing what was once the hottest form of communication and media. As most of us on here are soap fans, we know all too well how possible it is for one form of media to supplant another, even one that has been a steady presence for decades. It is a harsh reality. Another reality is that behind all this change and upheaval, there are usually stories of hubris and greed that belie that chaos.