Sapounopera

12 hours ago, danfling said:

Excuse me for forgetting this name, but what was the name of the actress who played the daughter of John Gabrielle on Loving?  I also forgot the name of the character.

Kathleen Fisk portrayed Kelly Conway.

19 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

She would sure as Hell be a better Anjelica Deveraux than Morgan Fairchild was. That's for damn sure. 

It's never too late.

1 minute ago, Liberty City said:

Yes, because the retcons, back from the deads, SORASed children, etc. are why they are taken seriously.

Just be happy Bradley Bell did not kill Pam Douglas off because Alley Mills went to a different soap opera to actually ACT.

I wouldn't mind Pam being killed off. She has always been a very silly character. And so is the revelation that Heather is Esme's mother. Perhaps Alley Mills has more luck playing Anjelica Deveraux next month, since everybody thinks it is ok for actors to appear in all soaps at the same time 

Jill is not Kay's daughter 

Jill is Lauren's sister 

1 hour ago, dragonflies said:

Like that's really a reason to not take soaps seriously? Really?

 

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Yes really. I hope you are ok with me expressing my opinion. With only four soaps left, it seems stupid to use the same actors at the same time. It takes away some of the soapiness. Sorry about that

2 hours ago, janea4old said:

 

Poor JG doing his best to make Chelsea work. Not happening. Especially with this kind of dialogue.

1 minute ago, Melroser said:

I think soaps gave up on that a long time ago. 

No one dies.

The Devil hangs out whenever. 

Clones can be created and live their entire lifespan in a short period of time. 

Kids go from 2 to 12 to 32 in 10 years. 

Blindness, "terminal" diseases, drug addictions are cured in a couple of weeks and never talked about again. 

Someone can go from being an Asian to a white, southern girl (Blair, OLTL).

Someone can blow up an apartment complex and then move in as a tenant before the dust has settled. (Kimberly, Melrose Place). 

Seeing actors on multiple shows takes away something from the soapiness, at least for me. Considering that a soap is supposed to be an alternate world, whether it is written by James E. Reilly or Claire Labine. 

1 minute ago, dragonflies said:

Wally Kurth has done it for years on Days and GH

So has GR as Kevin and Leo. I hate it. 

5 minutes ago, janea4old said:

What do you mean? It will show Alley Mills' range of acting that she can appear as Heather Grant Webber and Pam Douglas the same month.

In a world of hundreds of unemployed soap stars, the idea of an actor appearing on multiple soaps at the same time sounds stupid. What's the point? 

2 hours ago, janea4old said:

And she's going to appear as Pam on the B&B Christmas episode, which will be funny now that we've seen her as Heather.

How can someone takes soaps seriously when actors appear on multiple shows at the same time? 

Cass Winthrop... so random. Sometimes these things can be clever, and sometimes they feel like bad fan fiction and they mean nothing in the Days universe. 

Pacific Lives was an earlier project involving Jack, Jennifer and Tommy Horton, right? 

With Roman, Marlena and Carrie leaving the parent show, would Bo and Carly headline Days along with Jack and Jennifer?

And John would be left in Salem? Doing what?

I haven't watched the Aremid episodes in ages. Was it obvious that it a hidden pilot? I guess Aremid was an early version of Passions.

10 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

 

 

I wonder if they would show the retcon of her being sisters with Jill. 

What a weird, horrible story idea it was. 

11 hours ago, Joseph said:

VICTOR NEWMAN HAS 14 WEDDINGS in his curriculum, I'm not Sure hoe to rank his wifes, but Here they are

Julia

Nikki (4 times)

Leanna

Ashley (Twice)

Hope

Diane (Twice)

Sabrina

Sharon

Meggie

I consider 14 marriages a shocking creative failure.
And I had to google Meggie.

22 hours ago, Forever8 said:

Guiding Light Snapshot on Morgan Richards 

 

Morgan Richards... She could have been our very own Lily Walsh.

Patty Lutz was more like Nola Reardon.

Roya was Erica 2.0.

Lisa was more like Tina Lord. 

5 hours ago, Marissa Gallant said:

What were people's impressions of Sasha in the freezer? I'm seeing it for the first time and I'm rolling. Julia and NLG are so funny. Her comedic timing is perfect. It isn't the Julia I've always known, but it's easier for me to think of this show as SB 2.0. 

In my eyes this was not a suitable story for Mason and Julia. More of a Keith and Gina or Lionel and Augusta thing.

On 11/16/2022 at 4:33 PM, Marissa Gallant said:

I don't think it ever did.

2 hours ago, Liberty City said:

It never did. It was remodeled in 1990 by the request of CC. The O.G. mansion was never seen again.

I was always under the impression that the old Capwell set was back once Conboy was gone. After watching some random 1992 episodes, I realized that the mansion was no longer important to the show.

How did the Capwell mansion get the old look back?

Thank you so much @DRW50! The many faces of Loving... a brand new show every other year. I find Trucker and Trisha so boring, all this staring... 
Celeste Holm is such an interesting Isabelle. Dabney was Alice Horton with money, Barry was Phoebe 2.0 and Holm reminds me of early Stephanie Forrester. 

All episodes feature several random characters. I don't remember other soaps doing this.

3 minutes ago, Joseph said:

I'm Still In Disbelief!!!! And He died 3 days ago???? Is Google nuts? 

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What was the point of creating Allie? 

Does Josh Griffith have any long term plans for this show?

3 minutes ago, Marissa Gallant said:

When did THAT happen?

In 1991 and it was a very short story written by the Dobsons.

15 hours ago, j swift said:

When we discuss the lost potential of characters like Angie and Lorna, I am reminded that Stacey was just not that compelling as a main character. 

Guys on soaps like Jack can be dull because the romantic hero is just an archetype who runs around saving damsels, trying to resist his libido, and setting up romantic situations.  But, a character like Stacey needed a lot more exploration to be a surrogate for the audience's fantasies. 

Despite being introduced in college, she had no specific skills, so she couldn't interact with others as a business professional, lawyer, or doctor.  She lacked sex appeal.  She wasn't written as being very funny or charismatic.  And, she didn't fit into any classic exemplars of the time like Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts who were sexy, powerful, and dynamic.  I mean who wants to fantasize about living in your parent's small town home for your entire life? (even though she was inexplicably irresistible to the richest men in Corinth).

So, as the center of the soap, she wasn't a character that I was invested in seeing what happened to her over time.

Stacey was the Hilary Bauer of the group in the early episodes. I guess that Marland planned to have Jack and Lily as the star-crossed lovers. Once she was written out, Stacey became the love of Jack's life. 

It is interesting that Jack and Lily's story is almost identical to Phillip and Beth's on GL.

Knowing that Marland loved his blue-collar families, I wonder what his long term plans for the Donovans were. 

What was the point of Kelly getting involved with a pianist who was married to Deborah Adair?

He died in bed with her, the story was similar to the one Dobsons wrote for Dee Stewart and Peter Simon's Ian. 

Everything started and ended within a few weeks.