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14 minutes ago, Vee said:

I wanted Sly to return as a Cassadine mole, angry at the Spencers for 'abandoning' him. C'est la vie.

I wouldn't be surprised if they actually did that in the future.

14 minutes ago, Vee said:

LMT is horror royalty too, having done the beloved Friday the 13th Part 2 (the first with Jason Voorhees actually axing teenagers). That's where I first knew her from. In retrospect I'm not surprised to see Agnes come back and refocus story on her again and again on LOV - she's very much an audience identification type. I think she could've had a bigger, longer soap career if she hadn't been harbored on LOV for so long and had turned up at ATWT, GL, AMC or other shows.

Does LMT remind everyone else, at least during the 1980s, of Kristy McNichol? 

Here's another one - OLTL's Marty. She was fascinating no matter what she was doing (at least during her first stint in 1992-97). She went from a troublemaker to a heroine, and I loved every minute of it. Susan Haskell was brilliant no matter what facet of Marty she was playing.

22 hours ago, Franko said:

This thread has me wondering when was the first Search For Tomorrow episode that Mary Stuart didn't appear in. You have to assume that to the 1950s viewers, she was probably a goddess.

She WAS the show, especially in the very beginning. Maybe the first time she wasn't in an episode is when she had a baby in real life?

2 minutes ago, Franko said:

Then again, because of the preemption due to the Challenger explosion, things might have been off by a day for a couple weeks.

I know for sure the new "Somewhere in the Night" opening was pushed back a week due to the Challenger preemptions, so that makes sense.

1 hour ago, JaneAusten said:

Yep. There has been cruelty perpetrated on many communities over the past 50 years plus, that a tarnished veneer has been brushed over.  Of all the things that stand out to me was the reaction to AIDS in this country and how the Birther lie was perpetrated by the press and mainstream media.  People should not be shocked at what we are seeing now. It's been there all along.

Very well said.

2 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

Was this the only scene VM and SJB shared?

 

Can you imagine those two sharing the screen on a daily basis? That was great!

2 minutes ago, Wendy said:

Elon Musk, narcissist extraordinaire, is moving the Tesla HQ from Cali to Texas, because he has the madz over Cali's COVID restrictions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/07/musk-tesla-texas/

14 hours ago, DRW50 said:

You'd never think, looking at these photos, that Lily would be gone within a year and Stacey would become the central heroine. You'd almost think she was the closeted lesbian sidekick.

Lauren Marie Taylor did have kind of an unconventional look for a young soap ingenue, but she also looked literally like the girl next door (especially in the 1980s). She looked relatable.

Lisa Peluso will be on Alan Locher's show next Friday. Details on the SFT thread.

19 minutes ago, Vee said:

Felicia didn't recover until Ron and Frank brought her back in 2012. They kind of rushed it a little because they rarely write in-depth scenes that last longer than 90 seconds, but they did rehabilitate her character and I am very happy she's back with Mac. I thought it would never happen. I despised her for what she did to him and the girls at the time, but I was equally mad at Luke.

Yes, Mac always got the short end of the stick. At the time, I wanted to see a Laura/Mac alliance (but not romance) to get back at their respective wayward spouses.

I remember they had wanted to do a Maree/Lisa chat as early as last fall. Hopefully everyone's connections hold up!

1 minute ago, Vee said:

Axios also wrote a puff piece about Sinema. Manchin says a lot of things, but not all of them happen.

He's just full of hot air and not much else.

9 minutes ago, Vee said:

Speaking of Ava, Corinth goddess Lisa Peluso is apparently doing Locher's show next Friday.

It will be nice to see her.

2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I saw the reports about that. Hopefully the AT&T execs get their feet held to the fire on this one.

37 minutes ago, Mitch said:

I would love to have a soap character just say, "Its okay to be single and not looking!"

So would I!

@titan1978, you're absolutely right that this was when Luke became completely insufferable. I think it's when GH also became full-blown misogynistic.

It just seems to me that the mom and sister are still underdeveloped, but improvement will come in time.

2 hours ago, Liberty City said:

Don't know if posted, but Lisa LoCicero auditioned for both Lois and Kate before landing the role of Olivia.

I knew about the Kate audition, but not Lois. Thanks.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

We did get a  number of characters who were moving on with their lives without a romantic relationship, like Lisa, Luke, Holden and Lily (although they were likely going to reunite). It's just the stories were either nonexistent, or badly told.

+1

5 minutes ago, j swift said:

Perhaps you've uncovered an Agnes Nixon writing trick.  From the start, the audience thinks that we'll be following the blonde ingenue (Tara Martin, Alice Frame, Meredith Lord), but the real star emerges as the sassy brunette (Rachel Cory, Erica Kane, Dorian Lord)

I think you're onto something.

9 minutes ago, carolineg said:

but the show went out of it's way to tell everyone how awful Felicia was in every way and just doubled down on the notion.  Like Felicia was the only one in the wrong. 

I know. It was so one-sided and hypocritical.

11 minutes ago, marceline said:

People need to manage their expectations around Jan. 6. It will take years for some of these people to be held accountable. The organizers of the Charlottesville riot still haven't gone on trial. That was four years ago. Anyone thinking this is going to be speedy are only setting themselves up for heartbreak.

I know you're right, but it's hard not to feel discouraged.

19 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Wasn't she dating Jesse Metcalfe or something?

That I don't know.