Very true...and that was the heart of what the character was and excelled at..everyone goes on about the Slut of Springfield scene, but damn, did the writing and acting come together when Reva confronted Pharoh about her early molestation by him. THAT is the stuff that worked...not being the Queen of a dumb island.
I liked Reva, too, but as I've said before, no one at that show besides Pamela K. Long knew how to write for her or for KZ. You don't plunge a character who is OTT by design into circumstances that are equally (or more) OTT. The trick with a character like Reva Shayne Lewis is to keep the storylines as down-to-earth as possible and allow her emotions to be bigger. I've always said that both Reva and KZ were at their finest when they were dealing with relatively mundane things like Josh's paralysis, her marriage to H.B. and her pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage.
I agree! AE was just one of those performers who could draw you in, no matter what. I don't believe I ever saw her phone in any performance on any show. To me, she always gave 100%. God, how I miss seeing her on TV every day.
LOL! Yeah that makes sense, it seems like many soaps have that one character like this. I do find it sad the other vets just sit around in the later years.
WOW!!! Just amazing. Her acting was topnotch and this was only an audition. I was totally drawn into the scene! I seriously wanted to know what happens next!
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