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OLTL: Discussion for the week June 9-13


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You're right about the lack of diversity. The Halls would be a touch of class. Ellen H. is probably too much to ask for. My partner, and many other people of colour I know from that generation and older, got their start with soaps via OLTL and AMC, mostly OLTL. Evangeline was a popular, polarizing character, but her absence is in no way the definitive story of OLTL's lack of racial diversity.

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Vee, your earlier post hit the nail right on the head and impressed me greatly. I agree with you - Ron Carlivati is doing what GOOD soap writers do: write frothy, fluffy melodrama REALLY, REALLY well. There's still messages, such as themes of family and friendship, but unlike Malone's work it doesn't come off as a public service announcement.

As for the Justis Bolding/Sarah stuff... I like Bolding's Sarah, but the problem is that the character has been so mismanaged in the past that Carlivati has yet to write something that really defines her. I think she's got a good range and I look forward to what she brings to the table when Tina comes home.

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They do, don't they? (I'm watching the end-of-episode montage on SoapNet "as we speak". Take notes if you're watching, Ellen Wheeler. That's how it done.) Either they're longer, or they're more in-depth. Either way, OLTL, keep it up!

I loved watching Blair and Addie's conversation so much. Aside from the bits of foreshadowing (you just know we're heading for another Todd/Blair showdown, as well as the whole scary truth behind Blair's conception), it was just a nice, simple, quiet talk between mother and daughter that covered not just Starr's dilemma, but Blair's, Addie's, Viki's, Todd's and even Tina's. No beating-you-over-the-head plot advancement, just a little character development. Nice.

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