Contessa Donatella

Yes, I also agree that Spencer/Trina had so many of the trappings of supercoupledom. And, they are the only contemporary couple to consider in supercouple terms. Adding to racism & taping pace & scheduling, I felt the show revealed a very unfortunate kind of valuing Spencer over Trina which I found to be appalling & not sure if it came out of misogyny or was just part of the racism.

Irony is lurking.

I am encouraged that not everyone is taking a crazy dangerous position like Facebook seems to be doing.

1968, Lesley with Donna Mills, LIAMST

Thanks, Jane. This represents the policy on moderation at Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3knqrsjeees23

I'm not a typical poster in this topic. I came upon this quote. Since we don't have a topic, Things Bill Bell Said, this seems like the best place to post it. Hope it fits. Russell, M. (1995). Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera. McFarland and Company, Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 0-7864-0112-5 File this under "Very Interesting Things That Bill Bell Said" "What we must all understand is that the truly powerful and richly identifiable stories involving the family are essentially very simple in their structure and substance. The key to the telling of this kind of story is in digging deep into the mind, body, heart and soul of various members of a given family; in how they act and react to a given situation. In other words, it's the pulling apart of people and the putting them back together again. Life for all of us begins with the family. Life for all of us, if we're blessed and fortunate, ends with the family. But between birth and death are an infinite number of experiences and conflicts that can come from within or outside of the family--but still affect each member of that family. Affects them in terms of love or jealousy, fear or sadness, disgust or grief, anger or joy, hate--but above all--hope! We must again reach our audiences emotionally! We must portray the human equation in storytelling."

That is one da*n fine way of putting it!

This is a quote I found while looking for something else. When I saw it, I thought it might be of interest here. Russell, M. (1995). Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera. McFarland and Company, Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 0-7864-0112-5 "Many things have changed about daytime in the past 30 years, including the pace of the shows and lack of secrecy regarding story line. Many of the changes in writing are attributed to General Hospital and the faster-paced action plot that it introduced in the 1980s with Luke and Laura days. I knew it was a love story, we all knew it was a love story, but the world out there, the competitors thought it was because we did Luke and Laura on the run, the adventure. It was not. It was how they felt about one another. And so they missed the key element in it and then they started copying all the kookie things we did, which was a terrible mistake because Luke and Laura were about emotion not adventure." [This is Pat Falken Smith, one of the HWs of Luke & Laura, speaking.]

No, not really. There was this one time, in Toronto, at a fan event, where he was involved with a fan & she was underage but he didn't know that & she lied & said she was 21. It was a minor scandal but it came to nothing in the long run. I'm not aware of any reason why he would be blacklisted & in fact this is the first time I've heard anyone mention anything of the sort. I think it's just because he seemed to vanish.

It is well worth the read. Bill & Susan swap back & forth. He writes a chapter. Then, she writes one. And, so on. Also they are both excellent scribes, using a vast vocabulary, having a great sense of what their audience is interested in, using colorful & descriptive phrases.

Here's the first one I've found today, at least. Hayes, B., & Hayes, S. S. (2005a). Like Sands Through the Hourglass: A Story of Love. New American Library, A Division of Penguin Group. ISBN 0-451-220005-6 "Head writer Bill Bell had sworn he would never let Doug and Julie marry. But Bill was gone. CBS had offered him carte blanche to do whatever he wanted, and he went on to create and produce The Young and the Restless and then The Bold and the Beautiful, two great soaps that will remain on the air as long as daytime serials last. Bell continued to influence our lives as my mother's writing mentor, but he was no longer writing DAYS. So, in 1976, Corday gave Doug and Julie up to marriage, that state of romantic fulfillment the fans were begging to see."

I find this confusing. You mention Spencer/Esme but then you refer specifically to the run/jump into arms that was Spencer/Trina. Makes me go hmmm.

LOVE that pic of Willow the full-time victim, as if!!

Spoutible has issued a press release about their response to what some other platforms are doing https://apnews.com/press-release/accesswire/spoutible-expands-ai-fact-checking-accuracy-alerts-as-other-platforms-abandon-verification

It changes but it doesn't represent who will be on the episode.

That Bill Bell didn't plan to marry Doug & Julie is published in more than one text. I seriously doubt that any of them were lying.

And, we know that originally that episode was intended for last Friday.

If not, I am relieved. If so, I don't know what to think!!! I guess we'll see.

Historically, I mean serious canon, has it that Marlena cannot cook. If they changed that, it would be enormous.

After ATWT the only dramatic thing he did, that I am aware of anyway, was this horror flick, he played action/adventure leader type. He also wrote & directed.

No, I read them. I fracking hang on every word. Not you, silly man, Felicia!!! Throws a huge birthday bash, gets extensions for her hair, you'll see!

Remind me who is already the fave? Mathematically amazing! OY! Girlfriend basically acts out massively over this birthday!

The Monica Lois clip I edited yesterday is from 12-21. Jason.

Doug & Julie probably had more obstacles to overcome than most. If you recall, they were out of synch with each other repeatedly. He'd be free & she'd be with Bill Anderson, maybe. Then, she'd get free but by then he'd be with Addie. Their stolen moments out of the country sustained them. I believe that thing of them being unavailable to each other began because Bill Bell's plan was NOT TO EVER marry them! So, timing being this huge obstacle for them was by intent. I get it that today all couples have obstacles. It has become an automatic trope that is always applied but it began by being applied to the supercouple formula that has been referred to & harkens back to PFS & Shari Anderson.

I'm not sure that these writers are up to writing it. But it might go something like this. Lucas & Isaiah invent a new gamma knife brain surgery technique. Brad could help since maybe a device would have to be created. Jason agrees to the surgery. Successful, of course. Now is the tricky part. As has been alluded to, he won't be Jason Morgan any more but he also won't revert to Jason Quartermaine. A new being, with a whole new way of looking at the world. But, he will retain Jason Morgan's life experiences. Some things might change, like he might not compartmentalize so easily. Your guess is as good as mine about whether this Emmy role story is gonna happen.