Faulkner

Sarah Becker from The Real World: Miami died by suicide earlier this month at 52. So tragic. I remember her well. Such a lively, fun-loving character: https://deadline.com/2024/06/sarah-becker-dead-mtv-the-real-world-miami-1235981235/

Exactly. A growth vs. maintenance mindset. Squeezing the living daylights out of their product/“managing for margins,” reducing sets to nothing, repetitive stories with the same faces, content to be ambient background noise, with just enough effort to keep people from tuning out altogether. Lots of people will still watch just to see their “family” every day out of routine.

Totally.

This is a wonderful interview.

Another “Million Dollar Baby” reel…

Lucinda Walsh (ATWT) seemed to be attracted to smarmy schemers and corporate climbers who could match wits with her (Craig, John, Kirk, Scott, even James). Bo Brady (DAYS) had a thing for stunningly beautiful, headstrong, slightly tomboyish brunettes (Hope, Carly, Billie). For Reva Shayne, the last name “Lewis” was an aphrodisiac. Certainly soaps often attempt to catch lighting in a bottle twice (or more), replacing a popular love interest with lesser photocopies (Sonny and his string of dark-haired, vaguely “exotic” Brendabots on GH: Hannah, Angel, Sam, Reese, et al). Obviously, actor chemistry plays a role here as well. And there can be exceptions (just because you have a type doesn’t mean it’s the only kind of person you’re attracted to). What other characters have a very well-defined type of romantic interest in terms of personality/profession/looks (other than gorgeous and with the right “equipment”)?

These scenes with Nick/Sharon and Faith/Teriah are so awkward. I don’t want to hear the details about my parents having sex or how I was conceived lol. Yet, the kids didn’t know Nick and Sharon had been unfaithful to each other, especially the Phyllis affair that led to Summer’s (Faith’s other half-sister’s) existence? At least the flashbacks are a reminder that JM can act when he wants to or is asked to step up beyond the flatline he often gives.

No, godammit. That the Academy never once gave him an Oscar nomination for that body of work is scandalous and feels disqualifying to me.

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Following the footsteps of a rag doll dance, we are entranced… Spellbound…