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Speaking of Shelly Burch, I just got her autograph in the mail this past weekend. I also received Susan Batten's (Luna) in today's mail.

This is true.

Same here. You're right. I double checked; it just came out on October 15th. Are any of you going to read it? I'm torn. Part of me wants to read it because it is such an important subject and I am interested in learning how Ronan put it all together, but as a survivor I know it will bring up major triggers. I probably will check it out of the library at some point.

Thanks for digging into your treasure trove for us. Keep them coming, please!! ☺

Flora Plumb (Eleanor Kimball) passed on last year. She was the sister of Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch). In her later years, she recorded audio books for the blind. https://thisstage.la/2018/07/la-stage-insider-304/

Kathleen Turner is really coming into her own at this point in the reruns. She wasn't really a terrific actress yet, but she definitely had that IT factor. She had that special something that made her a huge film star just a couple of years later.

That's OK! It seems like we got on the same page. 😎

Definitely. Too bad TIIC have never realized (or cared) that the audience is almost always smarter than they give them credit for.

No problem. Yes, I remember that Eden was kidnapped and left for dead by Peter. Cruz rescued her (I think that was the first of millions of times that he rescued her).

I'm pretty sure that she did have to sleep with him while he held her hostage, but I haven't seen those scenes in a long time (mostly I remember her hideous pink nightgown). @Wendy, do you remember?

I happen to love Sherry as Liza, but I can see your point of view. Her Liza often WAS on the verge of hysteria. The only other Liza I ever saw was Louan, so I can't judge Sherry by her predecessors.

Actually, Kelly was forced into sex by her violent, delusional ex-fiance Peter Flint (aka the Carnation Killer). That was in early 1985 and he kidnapped her when she was on her honeymoon with Joe Perkins. Those scenes were very disturbing.

My brother, who is 35, is a fan of jazzy music and loves "Rise". He has absolutely no idea of the GH connection to the song. He just likes the song.

Very true.

Have any of you read Ronan Farrow's book? Is it worth a read?

I think "disgusting" is too kind a word. That was just nasty.

That makes him sound like a cat or dog. 😂

As far as I know - Sophia, Augusta, and Santana off the top of my head.

Thanks for all the info, and for clarifying how PFS wrote the story. I didn't know all that.

They could have aged Clarice's kids as well. Maybe Robert could have died offscreen (since Nic Coster was in LA on SB), and his and Clarice's son would have been immediately thrust into running the company and dealing with other corporate intrigue.

Definitely. Louise Sorel will always have my undying respect for being willing to risk her job for speaking out.

I know you're right, but did any fans write in and complain, or did any columnist take GH to task? This week marks the 40th anniversary of the day the rape was originally aired. I was only a month old at the time, so I have no memory of it or what the public reaction was back then. I've seen some clips on YT of Laura's group therapy sessions and how triggered she was every time "Rise" (which was one of 1979's biggest hits) would play. To think that it was a woman writer and a woman producer who set that story into motion is disturbing...and disgusting. What a slap in the face to so many real-life victims.

I would be heartbroken. At least Jed eventually landed SB. Most of them didn't work in daytime (or show biz altogether) again.

It is very disturbing, especially in light of the fact that Eden's rape was so graphic. It's even more disturbing because MW was pregnant in real life when they filmed those scenes (a double did the most physically taxing stuff). It's disturbing that SB chose to write so many rape stories, but that's another rant for another day.

That's a bummer.