Everything posted by ReddFoxx
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The Politics Thread
He currently holds the most Republican congressional district in Arizona so that's why he's still in Congress. Although redistricting has changed the map a lot and Gosar might be in some trouble in the future if he continues to go this far. The Native American reservations and liberal Flagstaff have been have been added to his district.
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Ingo Rademacher Reportedly DONE at ‘General Hospital’, Actor Called Out for Sharing “Transphobic Post”
From what I've read he's not very good anyway so this is hardly a loss.
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Actors who looked like members of their soap families (and those that didn't)
I think that Melissa Fumero was well cast as Dorian's daughter on OLTL, because she does somewhat favor a younger Robin Strasser.
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Unpopular opinions: cancelled soaps edition
Profanity has to be used in moderation and not just to be edgy, especially when it comes to a format where it wasn't present before. That aside, I remember waking up first thing in the morning to watch the PP's AMC and OLTL while I had breakfast. It was a good time.
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All : Storyline risks that didn't pay off.
B&B: Maya being transgender. Now this was probably less of a risk and more of a gimmick to put spotlight on the show, but no matter what it had no payoff long term.
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DAYS' Lauren Koslow - Surprise Family Update
Life does imitate art because he looks as old as she does similar to some of Kate's children on DAYS (*cough* Lisa Rinna's Billie). But in all seriousness this is really good news for her and it is nice to see family reunited.
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ALL: Storylines that took the biggest risks and got the biggest rewards?
It wasn't necessarily too risky, but Brooke and Deacon's affair on B&B was a bold story that had good payoff. Brooke had slept with other women's husbands, but to do that to her daughter was a new low. The way it was done was exactly how soap operas should be done.
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The Politics Thread
That whole picture with Romney and Sinema was weird. This is not a television program, it's real life and the fact that we have elected officials playing silly games like this is a testament to why this nation is so far behind the curve on just about every economic measure.
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The View
Meghan McCain has huge anger issues and also entitlement ones Nobody wants a co-worker like that. As much as she hates Trump she still tried to sneakily defend some of his behavior under the guise of her being a conservative. All that aside, I think that she quit because she knew that her contract would not be renewed.
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Unpopular opinions: cancelled soaps edition
The 80s theme song to Another World was annoying and loud.
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Unpopular opinions: cancelled soaps edition
The first actress to play Viki also originated Niki and that performance was said to be good. With that said, Niki was written more and more over the top over time. When Erika Slezak first played Niki in the 80s the writing and performances were more subtle.
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‘Days of our Lives’ to Revisit the Possession of Marlena Evans – TEASER
The vibe of the trailer seems to indicate that this might be for a Halloween episode.
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Alexis Morell Carrigton Colby Dexter Rowan and her Copies
Can't think of anyone to add to the list, so I'll just say that it wasn't just that the soaps copied Alexis, they copied the money and power structures from the primetime soaps. Sure there were some characters with money on daytime soaps before the primetime trend hit, but most of the soaps were still middle class oriented.
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Soap Bitches Choose Yours
I meant Victor, because he can get fairly bitchy when it comes to Jack. But you have a point about how Sue Ellen treated Pam, I haven't seen Dallas in a long time and I had forgotten about that.
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Soap Bitches Choose Yours
Sue Ellen Ewing was a victim, it was JR who was the bitch. But that aside, some of my favorites are Lindsay Rappaport Dorian Lord Gabi Hernandez Stephanie Forrester Victor Newman
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B&B: Bold from the beginning
They will have to increase the amount of uploads at some point because one episode a day is not enough for a soap opera with so many episodes. Fans like to relive their shows, but not in real time.
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Tyler Perry's 'Haves and Have Nots' on OWN
Madison was in the house with Jeffrey and David when it exploded so he was a casualty too. I wasn't surprised he ended the show like this because he did the same thing with If Loving You Is Wrong except with fewer characters dying. Not even Tyler Perry would hire Crystal Hunt, lol. That would be a nightmare on set.
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AW: It's being reported Philece Sampler died 🙏
Wow, incredible. It takes a real talented performer to pull off a scene like that.
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2021 Daytime Emmys
There definitely wouldn't have been a response if fans had not pointed out the mistake because the Emmys would not have ever realized the mistake. They probably just searched for Mamie on Y&R and selected the first picture they could find.
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Any Bias in the Business Of Reboots?
Oh, ok, got it. Black shows have definitely not been a part of the reboot wave. House of Payne only got a reboot because Tyler Perry can shoot at his own studio and reduce the costs to BET. There are fewer black sitcoms on the air now than there were in the past four decades so a degree of bias does still exist.
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Any Bias in the Business Of Reboots?
Sanford is probably the first example of a successful black sitcom getting a reboot, but that didn't last long at all and failed to get the attention that Sanford and Son did. Then there was What's Happening Now!! and one could say that What's Happening!! was moderately successful. With that said both of those revivals where in the 80s so there really has been no successful black sitcom that has received a reboot in recent times.
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The Politics Thread
The 9/11 commission was basically about making sure no surprises came up to harm Bush's re-election and allowed for a controlled narrative. A commission about the insurrection would be far different because there is much to be learned about just what elected officials knew about the attack and who financed it. But for the most part I think Democrats want to make sure that the electorate doesn't forget about January 6th and be able to use it as in issue in the midterm.
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All: Best scenes with mothers and children
It is Mother's Day, so I thought this would be a good topic. One of the best for me is when Dru confronts her mother on Y&R, but I cannot find a clip of that. In primetime, Abby and Olivia's scenes when Olivia was a drugs were top notch.
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LGBTQ Representation on Daytime Soaps
Seems like most soaps have LGBTQ stories just for the sake of being historic or just to be grab attention as opposed to really thinking the stories out.
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How'd they get so rich? (Soap Company Edition)
With changes in writers and producers, OLTL probably just forgot about manufacturing and it would have been easy for the writers to do so considering that manufacturing was becoming forgettable in the real world. But overall most of the companies on soap operas were written to emulate the business intrigue of Dallas and the other primetime soaps. With most daytime soaps not being set in big cities it didn't make sense to introduce corporate elements so over time the small town locales have morphed into metro areas to give a reason for powerful characters to be there.