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I wish more soap writers in general familiarized themselves with these films. But it’s mandatory for Y&R (and lots of Josef von Sternberg, Hitchcock, and film noir for the darker shifts and villain stories).

Watched some of that Wendy/Nneka mess from last night’s Potomac. Ugh, that whole scene was cringe, and not in a good way. Ashley, Gizelle, and Mia all gotta go. It’s not fun.

Exactly. It’s not hitting the way it’s supposed to hit. 3-6 months minimum was needed for this. It does feel thrown together like a “shape up or ship out” moment for JG. Then again, Cameron Kirsten’s return was easily slapdash.

Oh thanks for the head’s up!

The introduction of Rose on ATWT. Seemed like it was destined to be one of those goofy, yuk-yuk doppelgänger/trading places stories (plus it was bogged down in Simon/Katie mess) but I remember many people preferring Rose to Lily before it was all said and done.

Tracey Bregman used to always sound so congested.

He’s so fit. Thanks for the tag.

KKL looks so masculine there.

I almost expected to hear, “Brown penny, brown penny…” I do wonder, with AI advancing so quickly, if we’ll see more stuff like this with flashbacks.

LOL at the Patrick Thornhart pic they used for “Young Ridge.”

They’ve already gotten CZ and EB together? They are really zipping through story.

Such a good actor. So frightening. Not surprising he carried some of that darkness IRL. He elevated that story that, without question, would be deemed transphobic today. Not gonna link to a clip because of how Santa Barbara videos get taken down so promptly, but Judith McConnell’s Sophia was in male drag when she first appeared in town.

Soap operas can offer a good, stable life, so I totally get it. But, like you say, Roger is gifted within a narrow range and he can’t spin sh!t into sugar, especially when you’re miscast or the characters are just poorly defined. When RH starts mugging (which is most of the time), you know he doesn’t have confidence in what he’s playing.

Totally. I’m all for dropping things that don’t work, but this show feels so chaotic with the fits and starts that ultimately revert back to the “norm.” Again, I wish we had a more empowered soap press who did more than transcribe publicity soundbites from TPTB. Like more insights on process, how they respond to fan reactions, etc. The types of interviews we often get from primetime showrunners.

Susan Haskell is such a professional that she played all that unhinged stuff to the hilt. But it’s so strange to write Marty Saybrooke as a campy joke. Daytime’s piss-poor writing of the last 25 years has laid waste to a lot of gifted actors. RH could soar in the right role, but not on daytime. He was SO miscast as Paul. And FV’s attempts to make fetch happen were so labored.

They almost played this exact same story, with Zende frustrated about not getting respect as a designer at FC, with Rome Flynn in the role. I thought they might have Zende defect to Spectra, but like so many promising B&B stories, it was dropped.

Brent Lawrence and “Marian Crane,” Guiding Light. Such a dark story. Wouldn’t fly today, of course, without considerable backlash.