Santa Barbara Discussion Thread

[Faulkner]

She definitely left a strong impression on me from that tiny, tiny role when GL was really starting to lose its way. Sad that she hasn’t done much more acting since then, but I’ve seen her work on SaBa and GH, and she’s wonderful.

[amybrickwallace]

I don't know why she left acting, but she could have played villainy on soaps for some time to come! At least her work is still available to watch.

[Keri]

Hi all I'm new here.

Question about 1988. I've never seen it. I've been watching just at the very start and Cruz and Eden are in Hawaii and he gets sick bc of some cursed rock and is also asked to do an assignment for his old spy agency.

Where does this story go? Bc it seems dumb and I don't know how much to ff lol. Does it connect to the storyline with Cain and Andrea and this Harry guy?

Or I vaguely read about a storyline where some amulet or something curses Cruz....not sure. 

I've read some summaries online but I'm not 100% sure.

I'm starting 1988 with queasiness lol. The writing seems so poor already by the tail end of 1987.

Edited October 8, 2021 by Keri

[amybrickwallace]

I thought 1988 was a pretty decent year, particularly October on. I think the writing didn't truly fall apart until 1991.

[Tyro]

At the end of 1987 the writing crisis began because Dobsons left the show. Then the problem increased because of the Writers Guild of America strike, which lasted from March to August 1988. It follows that the quality of screenwriting was restored just before October.

[pdm1974]

One of what I thought was one of the show's best and most unique characters was Flame. I was so disappointed when they wrote her out. She was an extremely complex character IMO.

I still remember the shock of this sequence when Debra London turned into Flame AND we found Robert being held captive.

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[amybrickwallace]

That was the perfect name for her, too - Flame. The chemistry was there right away.

[Liberty City]

This is just... *chef's kiss*

[amybrickwallace]

Letting her go was definitely one of the show's biggest mistakes.

Edited October 12, 2021 by amybrickwallace

[Liberty City]

Once again, I'm guessing the Dobson's misfortune of mis[re]casting people came into play. Not to mention, Marguerite Hickey was a poor replacement.

[pdm1974]

Do we know why the original actress was replaced to being with? Was she let go? I remember the replacement only lasting a short time.

[Tyro]

As far as I know, Roberta's one-year contract was coming to the end. A couple of weeks before that she was asked to get a short haircut. And when the time ran out, the contract  was not extended, and replacement was introduced. Surprise! She had short haircut. And authors quickly wrote Flame out of the plot. Roscoe Born was just furious about this.

By the way, Flame, like Cassandra, was Conboy's fulfilled promise to introduce more young sexy female characters. In my opinion, the early period of Conboy was not so bad (up to the story of Andre Wolfe and Lisa).

[victoria foxton]

Flame was a great character. She even made a boring Michael interesting. 

[Liberty City]

Hmm.. makes little-to-no sense, since Roberta Bizeau Weiss has since sported short hairstyles.

[amybrickwallace]

That's no easy feat.

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