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    Degrassi: The Next Generation

    in Primetime

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    12 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

    Speaking of DJH and DH, this article by Anais Granofsky, who played Lucy Fernandez is such an interesting read.

     

    https://torontolife.com/city/life/mom-welfare-dad-hippie-grandparents-two-richest-people-toronto/

    An insightful read! I always wanted to know what happened to her Post Degrassi ... Well Post Degrassi The Next Generation since Lucy did appear in the first two seasons. 

     

    I wouldn't mind watching that show she is writing based on her early life it/when it comes to fruition too. 

     

    On 10/3/2019 at 2:18 PM, DramatistDreamer said:

    @victoria foxton It's funny but I identified with the kids in Stephanie, Joey, Wheels and Lucy Fernandez' age group when I actually belonged to the younger group that came in, the one that the likes of Stephanie would've mocked for being younger, LOL. 

     

    I loved how awkward and unaffected the dialogue could be.  I heard that the kids themselves sometimes helped shape how their characters talked. 

    The show handled a lot of big drama (like Spike's pregnancy, that played out over successive series like TNG) but I also loved those small moments like the aching secondary embarrassment I felt for one of the characters, Melanie, who had a crush on Snake, when she tried to chat him up, only to moments later, discover she had lipstick on her teeth!  A short scene, but a scene I will always remember! 

    In describing it, I know, the scene doesn't sound like much but if you watch it...Snake's reaction and later Melanie's reaction are everything! LOL

     

    I was also surprised when years later, I read about the episodes that were banned or blocked from airing in some countries, or even ones that were slightly censored before airing. I watched the PBS channel in NYC so the abortion episode in Degrassi High that censored the part where the woman puts a toy fetus in the hand of one of the twins in front of the clinic, many people claim that part was edited out in the U.S. but I saw it!  Fascinating!

    In many ways Degrassi was better written then than many daytime soaps are today, though Degrassi had far less resources (especially back then) but the writers actually paid attention to things like continuity, over time.  For instance, the Spike pregnancy issue and also the fact that her best friend in childhood Liz, who was the main antagonist to one of the twins who had the abortion--it made sense that Liz eventually became a midwife.  If only Y&R and ATWT had that type of grasp of history in regards to their characters decades later.

    The twins made a cameo at Spike's Baby Shower on DTNG so you're right about how Degrassi has more strong ties to history than soaps at times. 

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    Passions

    in DTS: Cancelled Soaps

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    Danica Stewart (Ex Jessica Bennett ) got married to Ben Hogestyn (Drake Hogestyn's son and ex Lucas Jones - GH) 

    Congrats to the newly married couple!!! 

     

    https://t.co/aPqG83Z42J

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    Y&R: Actress OUT!

    in Discuss Previews and Spoilers

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    So you mean to tell me that a young legacy character who has years of story played by a talented and charismatic Black Actress makes you creatively bankrupt?

     

    Victoria Rowell was right when she said this show got a problem not only in front of the camera but the back of the camera as well too. 

     

    Ana had so much potential to be a breakout character. However, everytime they put her in a story she was the supportive player. 

     

    I won't be surprised by the next week or so we'll get an announcement that Mishael Morgan is back. So Angelica, Tony and Josh can come off as "Heroes" by stating "We might've gotten rid of one black woman but hey we got Hilary back Y'all." 

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    Character with the most children

    in Discuss The Soaps: Archive (2018 - 2020)

    Posted

    Bob Hope - Emmerdale 

    Dawn Woods (nee Hope) - RIP and Jamie Hope with his first wife Jean 

    Josh and Carly Hope - From his second wife Barbara 

    Roxy Lockhart - From his fourth marriage to Vonda 

    Heath and Cathy Hope - From his second marriage to Viv (Twins) 

     

    Stepchildren he had over the years.

    Kelly Windsor

    Scott Windsor

    Donna Windsor-Dingle (RIP) 

    Gennie Walker (RIP) 

     

    Funny enough he has only one living grandchild:  T.J. Woods who was Dawn's son with Bob's best friend Terry who too died along with Viv. According to Wikipedia he is living with his grandmother Jean in Morocco. 

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    Y&R Summer Previews

    in Discuss Previews and Spoilers

    Posted

    3 hours ago, xtr said:

    According to SID Eileen Davidson will be back as Ashley on July 18th.

     

    Also according a spoiler from the Courier Journal for next week, Rey will end up sharing a family secret. I wonder what the secret he ends up sharing may be. I wonder if Celeste may not be his real mother or if it's some other type of secret? And I also wonder who he reveals the secret to, maybe Sharon?

    Rey isn't Lola's father is he? 

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    Y&R June 2019 Discussion Thread

    in Discuss The Soaps: Archive (2018 - 2020)

    Posted

    People are going to complain regardless if it is about spoilers of casting and or storyline they don't like. 

     

    However, as fans we shouldn't be expected to always eat shi* politely just because we should be grateful the show is still on either. 

     

    It does some like Josh is trying to take this show to when he was writing it last and didn't that wind him to get fired then too? 

     

    And I do think Adam is on too much though. I mean he has been on screen consistently for about two months now whilst others aren't get much screen time. 

     

    I wouldn't mind Fen and Noah to come back and be actually given actual thoughtful story as characters and the next generation of this show.

     

    It doesn't help that Nick is giving storylines that should belong to Noah or Kyle not being ambitious and a loveable womanizer like his father caught between two women who are written to be so passive. Summer should be getting revenge by coming in between Lola and he. I mean I can't name a one time or scene that Lola nor Summer get into a heated argument about how things went down. 

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    Passions

    in DTS: Cancelled Soaps

    Posted

    I love Passions. Not for just the outlandish storylines but for seeing diverse families and friendships which were missing from the rest of the soaps at the time. 

     

    As I get older I wish they would've had given Theresa more dreams other than trying to scheme to get Ethan. She should've been written more in the vein of Carly Tenney Snyder. I remember Theresa had a passion (ha) for sketching and designing. I wish they would've had her develop her own fashion line. Some of the investors could've been Ethan and Julian who the latter in exchange of giving her money would want more time with Little Ethan. Maybe Rebecca and Gwen could've used their pull to do something to cause problems the clothes in the stores on the specific date. I don't think Theresa dream was to run Crane either. Even though I did like her and Jared together. ( A Missed Opportunity) 

     

    Or take Kay for instance. I get that she was a single mother who cared more about Miguel/Fox and learning to become a witch from Tabitha. However, I would've loved for her to go to a student nurse program at Harmony Hospital with a few other recurring characters. I know she was working at the cannery but I wish she would've declared she didn't need a man like she used to. 

     

    Why couldn't Whitney decide to pursue becoming a model? I can see her going back and forth from NYC and worldwide with Chad feeling like he isn't spending anytime with her will could've caused organic conflict. 

     

    Simone could've became a counselor helping run away youth and twenty-somethings. 

     

    I'm sorry I know this soap was written for the target audience to be 12-17 I was in that age category then. However, I want more for characters especially female ones to have purpose outside their love lives and story orbits and careers usually can open some many possibilities in my opinion. 

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    Coronation Street: Discussion Thread

    in DTS: Foreign Soaps

    Posted

    I do think Angela Griffin is coming back. However, it doesn't make sense for Emma to be her daughter with Steve. Why couldn't it been her daughter with anyone else. I don't think her and Steve were even in the same orbit either by the time she left from what I read it was like she was mostly in the orbit of Jim and or Alex McKenna and her son Morgan. 

     

    From the Classic episodes I've watched of Corrie. Angela does more of the heavy lifting with the character of Fiona than what the role is called for her. I mean to be fair she along with Kelly Crabtree were only a few black women to at least have memorable characters when you think about it. 

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    Y&R: Popular Actress Returns

    in Discuss Previews and Spoilers

    Posted

    Screw the Black Budget!!! 

     

    Why can't we have Hilary, Elena, and Ana on screen together? 

     

    I mean we get Victoria/Phyllis/Sharon on screen constantly. However, we only get the POC characters if only once or twice a week which isn't beyond unfair. 

     

    I mean with Hilary you can have this bold and brash yet vulnerable woman. 

     

    Ana can be a young woman coming into her own who wants to become a successful Music exec whilst dealing with her relationship issues and familial drama too. 

     

    I do think Elena needs more writing to carve her out a more defined personality. She should be pursuing her residency at Genoa City Memorial Hospital. Have her clash with Nate over medical procedures and treatments to patients as well as feel like in the beginning she has to back out of the relationship if Hilary is alive. Then perhaps she gains enough confidence to decide not to back down from Hilary and keeping Devon for herself too. 

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