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11 minutes ago, All My Shadows said:
This is my problem with back from the dead stories, in general. You have to suspend any understanding of basic human emotion to buy into it, and that's a no-go for me.
Your assessment of the story is right on the money. The false starts were stretched out for way too long that by the time Cady's Dixie returned and reunited with everyone, you just didn't care anymore. The backstory was so convoluted, and that made it even harder to accept her return without reservation. It just never felt like she was really "back" for good, so when she was killed off again, it wasn't very surprising nor was it really that sad. The show was just in a really ugly place by then.
Di was never fully developed as an actual character because I guess they didn't think they'd have to? So she became yet another aimless character in that age range, sharing the role of "female Aidan" with Erin Lavery. Mustn't forget the de-SORAS'ed frat boy Del.There's only a handful of ways to write back from the dead stories. Either 1) the person has amnesia 2) has been held captive 3) has to stay away from family in order to "protect" them.
The third one is probably the lamest of them all because from a critical reason standpoint, the argument tends to fall apart when you evaluate the claims made by said dead person.
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I was confused with the first competition where they were asked which room was the spray can art? There's a sculpture of spray cans on a wall in a hallway, but there is also an image of spray cans in the kitchen.
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I'm not sure who put this Agnes Nixon video together and for what occasion, but there are some nice tributes, especially by Susan Lucci. It looks like Susan taped her part on the set of Devious Maids; I remember that dress from the show.
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The stage looks great. The house looks amazing. It's too bad they won't have a studio audience. Watching the earlier years when they had no studio audience compared to recent years when they have had one, you can tell there's a huge difference in energy during the live shows.
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2 hours ago, Darn said:
I can't tell what color it is, blonde? Platinum blonde? Gray?
EXACTLY! It looks so harsh. And I don't think it's purposely done to reflect her character. It's just UGLY.
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6 minutes ago, Vee said:
You're thinking of Dan Wakefield.
All Her Children is such a great book. I remember reaching out to Dan Wakefield about 15 years ago (around the time Megan McTavish returned for her last run) asking him if he still watched All My Children. He said he hadn't watched it in years but "might" tune in again to see what was going on.
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"I'm going to make some tea and it's going to be chamomile because you need to calm down."
Who writes this stuff?
Does anyone else get annoyed by Laura Wright's hair color? It has grated on my nerves for years.
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Hearing about the Who's the Boss revival led me down a rabbit hole of Judith Light videos. Judith's answers in this interview are so thoughtful especially when she talks about the autistic boy at 5:23. You can tell she was appreciative of her time on OLTL.
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A La Lucci interview I have never seen! Regis Philbin as guest host on the Late Show with David Letterman.
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Wow, you all are mean. Congrats to the couple!
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It's ironic that Nicole Wallace's stock has risen in the last few years on MSNBC. When she was on The View, she was completely underutilized.
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Juan Pablo on All My Children.
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Watching this storyline back, Adam is really creepy. Not a "campy" kidnapping storyline (except the bear). Erica mentions pressing charges for attempted rape.
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19 hours ago, LeClerc said:
I've wondered that as well. She had no obvious connection to any of the key players. I believe she and Francesca James were friends so maybe Francesca suggested her (and was thanked with a role). Although apparently McPherson was initially supposed to write the OLTL reboot.
19 hours ago, Vee said:She did a great job AFAIC. But I liked a lot of her early work at DAYS too. I blame Corday for what happened there.
I assumed FJ came back because Agnes was involved in 2013, and was always fond of her. A lot of that show IMO followed the old Agnes playbook.
18 hours ago, Soaplovers said:From what I recall McPherson came in shortly before AMC was to start production and that Ginger Smith/and a few actors said that if it weren't for her..they didn't know if they would have been able to get started on time.
I do recall she was chosen out of the blue,and I'm curious why it took awhile to find a HW for the reboot AMC?
17 hours ago, John said:Prospect Park Intinally wanted to go non union with their writers and even asked writers they interviewed if they would go non-union (Fi-Core) when noone bit , they made a deal with the WGA. Thats why writers were hard to find at first.
They wanted writers with soap exp but many didnt want to give up the union
Ah ok makes sense.
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13 minutes ago, DaytimeFan said:
Cameron Mathison. I still can't fathom how he lasted 14 years on AMC.
I'm pretty sure he was Frons's golf buddy.
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Anyone know how / why Marlene McPherson was chosen as the reboot's initial head writer? That seemed like a hiring out of left field. Was she a fan of the show? Did she have a previous working relationship with Ginger Smith, Jeff Kwatinetz, or Rich Frank?
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1 hour ago, John said:
Can you link that interview please
I think it's this interview but for some reason it won't play.
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/tolnsoaps/2013/07/12/toln-soaps-live-with-michael-fairman
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30 minutes ago, John said:
Can you link that interview please
I don't remember who interviewed here, but it was back in 2013. I'm sure it is in this thread. In the interview she said that she realized that the reboot had a couples problem i.e. Brooke, no Adam; Dixie, no Tad; Zach, no Kendall, etc.
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Simone Torres on All My Children.
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8 minutes ago, John said:
Ginger Smith was a great Choice for EP in 2013 under Prospect Park
Agree. Again, a homegrown choice. She captured that small town feel of Pine Valley. In listening to one of her podcast interviews, you could tell she was passionate about the show.
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Great interview with KLG regarding Regis and the last time she saw him.
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54 minutes ago, All My Shadows said:
The canvas felt so thoroughly utilized throughout the first 18 or so months of the Carruthers/McTavish run (well, putting the starting point at when McTavish returned). Even before the baby switch, which pulled in almost everyone, there seemed to be so many different characters on each day, and so many relationships were showcased. Brooke, of course, was the biggest absence, and I will never understand why she was cast aside so dismissively.
What I hated about McTavish's writing is that she re-wrote history so that characters were instantly related to each other e.g. Greenlee and Jackson, being one example. McTavish bragged about weaving characters and their stories together but it was often forced and not organic.
54 minutes ago, All My Shadows said:To me, the show looked better in the Burke/Culliton era, but it was a better show during the first year or so of Carruthers/McTavish.
I didn't mind the Culliton era. I've been quite entertained watching past episodes on YouTube. The show was much better when Culliton was writing than when Pratt or Kreizman / Swajeski wrote the show.
54 minutes ago, All My Shadows said:Even before the baby switch, which pulled in almost everyone,
Looking back, this bothered me a bit. Everyone was instantly in Bianca's business. McTavish was too into her umbrella stories, which I don't think was always necessary.
I enjoyed the 80s soaps when there was an "A" story and "B" story and once A concluded B took center stage. Occasionally, stories would cross but they did so organically when it made sense.
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On 7/24/2020 at 2:02 PM, AbcNbc247 said:
Better a human stand in then a blow up doll
On 7/24/2020 at 2:17 PM, Darn said:I like the return of extreme closeups but that just looks goofy. It doesn't even seem like he's looking at her. But honestly B&B would do a scene like this even without COVID.
On 7/24/2020 at 1:44 PM, Vizion said:They really need to just not do kissing and romantic scenes cause... (lol at the stand-in having sideburns when Wyatt clearly does not)
Gasp! The directing and editing were horrid.
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I was also impressed that they remembered the John Remington character. I thought it was weird though that we only got one flashback of him and it was the back of his head. I'm wondering if the show couldn't get the proper clearance to show his likeness (probably because it was an old ABC contract that didn't have those waivers in place at the time).