Members dragonflies Posted June 14, 2008 Members Share Posted June 14, 2008 http://www.elle.com/featurefullstory/13993...y-children.html I found this part interesting: plot has increasingly trumped character development on soaps, says C. Lee Harrington, a sociology professor at Miami University who studies daytime TV. “The industry is really in trouble,” she says, “and soaps are doing everything they can to compete with prime time, which sometimes means characters making 180-degree turns. They’re trying to mimic the pace of prime time, but it doesn’t really go with the genre.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted June 14, 2008 Members Share Posted June 14, 2008 Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted June 14, 2008 Members Share Posted June 14, 2008 Woah...who did the fact-checking on this piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted June 15, 2008 Members Share Posted June 15, 2008 Fantastic piece! I think I watch largely for the same reasons as the writer. I especially identified with this: "When I was younger, the soaps seemed a window into a wider world; now that I’m older, the world they depict seems soothingly small. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted June 15, 2008 Members Share Posted June 15, 2008 Great article. I cringed however when she brought up fetus boy. When is the show going to fix their mistake and let us all know that he is not Erica's son? C'mon, there was no DNA test done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted June 15, 2008 Members Share Posted June 15, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 15, 2008 Members Share Posted June 15, 2008 Ditto YRBB's Amen. Wasn't there? Not trying to start an argument, Jonathan, but I thought there was (and I thought Tad was the one who ordered it). If there really wasn't one done, though...WOAH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted June 15, 2008 Members Share Posted June 15, 2008 No. I'm 99.9999999% sure there wasn't a DNA test done. Can someone please confirm? Sorry to bring this up again but you know how this issue upsets me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavidEvanSmith Posted June 15, 2008 Members Share Posted June 15, 2008 I thought Erica had a DNA test done, and once it was confirmed she kept it a secret for a while, and even tried to get Josh to leave Pine Valley before he found out the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted June 15, 2008 Members Share Posted June 15, 2008 From what I recall, I think there was a Jeff-Josh test but not an Erica-Josh test. Maybe I'm just confused and this is all wishful thinking on my part. But hey, if Ryan can go from being a Lavery to a Stamp and then back to being a Lavery, then Josh can be aborted again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted June 15, 2008 Members Share Posted June 15, 2008 If there was a Josh-Jeff test it was never seen or mentioned on screen. When Tad told Erica the truth he said all they needed to do now is test Josh/Jeff to confirm. It never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 15, 2008 Members Share Posted June 15, 2008 Well, son of a biscuit-eater. Okay, Mr. Pratt. If you (or whatever assistants you might have on payroll) are reading this thread, then you know to do, lol. Thanks, Adam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 Thanks Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kzinlove06 Posted June 16, 2008 Members Share Posted June 16, 2008 There was a completed Josh/Erica test. Tad took a bloody napkin that Josh used to stop the bleeding on his arm after a drugged Erica stabbed Zach and then cut Josh's arm when he tried to restrain/disarm her. Tad ran a DNA test and found it to be a match. He then pulled Josh's birth certificate and found that Josh was born seven months after she aborted Jeff's baby. The night of the Mardi Gras Ball, Tad told Erica that a DNA test confirmed that Josh was her son and that the lab was running a Josh/Jeff test and they were awaiting confirmation. From that point on, Josh was assumed to be a Martin by everyone including Dr. Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted June 17, 2008 Members Share Posted June 17, 2008 Oh nutz! Well, this can still be rewritten. I want it rewritten damn it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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