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Augustus, Moses.... MAB stayed giving her African-American creations the slaviest of slave names.

True dat.

We're just one step away from going back to literacy tests for voters.

Oooh, that would have been a GREAT opportunity to revisit ATWT history! What if Susan (Hughes, not Stewart) had NOT died in that manner? What if that had been a "cover story" to hide the truth -- like, she was killed by someone (a family member? Maybe the long-forgotten uncle, John?) who attempted to molest her or something?

Unfortunately, this show would rather take the easy way out and say Dru's been in a coma this entire time and being kept (under an assumed name) in a hospital by Victor, or Jack, or Adam, or Devon, or who the hell knows.

You know, I never understood that part of the Hugheses' backstory. Susan Hughes was struck by lightning while swimming? Was the lightning some freak occurrence? What was she doing swimming during a storm anyway?

It would be like getting a do-over with Lily, but without all the Cane-related baggage.

Despicable.

AND...that different family she has? Includes a daughter (or step/foster daughter) named Lily. That way, you could kill off CK's Lily and STILL have a daughter of Dru's with the same name, but portrayed by a different (and better!) actress. It's like recasting, but without the recasting!

Well, with more and more productions happening in and around that area, it makes sense. Of course, as more people and businesses flock to GA, housing costs are likely rising to astronomical levels, thus creating issues particularly for working-class African-Americans who live there already.

Well, I know I wasn't the FIRST one to suggest this pairing, but I did agree that the two complimented each other; and I still think that to be the case. (That is, if Douglas Marland was ever open to collaboration on that level, which I doubt, lol.) I think it comes down to producers. Marland's best work seemed to happen under EP's (Robert Calhoun, Gloria Monty, even Allen Potter) who saw the potential in, and amplified the rest of the production to match, the writing, thereby creating a sense of energy and vibrancy that other producers (Joe Stuart and ESPECIALLY Laurie Caso) couldn't. Now, imagine, for the moment, Douglas Marland working with the likes of JFP.

Obviously, I don't know which state you live in, but I suspect (as others have expressed in this thread) that the GOP wouldn't stand a chance (especially in the Southern states -- which, as we've noticed, is where most voter suppression efforts have been concentrated) if voting were made easier in any way for non-white voters. Last month, our state's governor, Kevin "Bull" Stitt, reinstated a requirement (which our state Supreme Court had previously struck down) for all absentee (mail-in) votes to be notarized; citing the old "protecting election integrity" excuse during this pandemic, even though instances of voter fraud are few, far between and (as recent events have shown) usually perpetrated by Republicans. Oklahoma is one of three states to have this ridiculous requirement; Mississippi and Missouri are the others. Of course, in lieu of notarization, Oklahoma voters can mail in their ballots with a copy of their ID or voter registration card "if a public health emergency has been declared within 45 days of an election." But, as we know, ID's remain an issue and a sore spot particularly with immigrants and working class voters; and if I know my state, I'd bet that, come this fall, there won't BE any public health emergencies to keep folks here from heading to the polling places and (exposing themselves once again to the coronavirus and) voting.

This must've been during the time she was busy with "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Phyllis." Damn, that IS sad. I know Cloris is eccentric (to put it mildly), but a neglectful mother...? Damn.

What happened in GA yesterday is nothing short of a national disgrace, and I'm STILL pissed about it today. Wypipo will do anything to retain power and deny black and brown people their constitutional rights. Now, I'm hearing (from my aunt, who's positively borderline, so take it with a grain of salt) that in El Reno, OK, where most of my extended relatives live, they are deputizing and arming citizens in order to help the local police force "keep law and order." Like it's an episode of "Gunsmoke," or something.

Wait, what?

I'm not sure, but didn't Fred(die) Bartholomew also work at EON as a producer and/or director?

Well, Douglas Marland WAS a fan of "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Granted, I'm a virgin, but...aren't sexually active people creative enough?

D.E.A.D. I can't even address this, it's so absurd.

ICAM. I, too, applaud those who stayed and made sure everyone in line had their opportunity to vote. Black voters DO matter, even if the states wish they didn't.

Yes! Absolutely! Off the top of my head: Cady McClain as Samantha Marler (GL). Marcia McCabe as Hope Bauer Spaulding (also GL).

But, that would mean bringing Drucilla back from the dead; and the more time passes, the more tired I become of that plot device. On the other hand, if there were some way to explain Dru had a long-lost twin sister....

I've always thought it would have been...well, delicious...to have a storyline where Jill loses her entire fortune (if only temporarily) and is forced to return to work as a manicurist in order to survive financially.

The only time when it was okay for a man of 21 to date a girl of 15 was during the Middle Ages -- and that's because, life spans were remarkably short; and if she wasn't married and with children by then, she was considered an old maid, cursed to spinsterhood for all eternity.

Because we've been served so badly by the networks/studios, we've learned to be forgiving toward Black shows that aren't necessarily the best written. (Although we do have limits, which explains the quick deaths of "Homeboys in Outer Space" and "The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeffer," among others.) I give Steven Bochco credit for trying to rectify that situation with his short-lived "City of Angels," which was the first network TV drama series to feature a predominantly Black cast (Blair Underwood, Vivica A. Fox, etc.). But, man, the writing for that show, like most of Bochco's post-"NYPD Blue" shows, was so anemic.