BUFFALO COURIER-EXPRESS. Sunday. February 23 1981
HER SINGING days are over. From now on, she’ll be singing only in the heavenly choir. Last week on “Another World,” the character of Tracy Matthews, umpteenth wife of Dr. Russ, who can’t hold onto a woman longer than it takes to sneeze, was blown to bits. What a torch song! What a way to go! What a relief that we won’t have to listen to her warbling any longer!
Seriously, folks, actress Janice Lynde has a very decent set of vocal cords, but it was getting tiresome, to say the least, to hear her sing the same tune day in, day out, from rehearsals to performance as Tracy prepared for the Las Vegas bigtime.
Janice, we understand, was also getting to be a mite “too hard to handle die” around the studio set. Listen, big bucks and executive pampering can turn even the nicest girl into a prima donna. It’s happening all over the daytime tube and producers have only themselves to blame for blowing wads of dough on performers they expect to be huge audience-grabbers. Is it any wonder that egos fly and flare?
In fact, Janice Lynde was an asset to “Another World.” She’s a lovely actress with verve and an appealing presence. But when will soap producers learn that one big enchilada does not a dinner make? Soaps are an ensemble effort, and no one ingredient is more important than the entire menu.
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