Another World Discussion Thread

[AbcNbc247]

Vic was on for a few years in the mid 70s. He worked for Steve. Lemay created him as a potential romantic interest for either Rachel, Iris or Pat, but according to Lemay, he didn’t really have chemistry with any of them, just with Susan Sullivan 

[TVFAN1144]

Maybe she is having a meltdown because she lost to Alice 

[jam6242]

Found the same picture in another newspaper.  This one had an explanation about what was supposed to be represented.

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[AbcNbc247]

Gotta love media mistakes. Ted and Janice were both gone by the time AW expanded to an hour 

[denzo30]

Ted I believe was gone but Janice was still on when AW went to one hour.  Didn't she leave around the fall of 1974?  AW went to one hour in May of 1974 for 10th anniversary or am I wrong?  

[AbcNbc247]

That was only for the 10th Anniversary episode, AW didn't go to one hour full time until January 1975

[Paul Raven]

Was amused by Connie Ford coming off all Helen Hayes of soaps with her 'Most of us are used to working in the the-ar-ter...'

At that point when was the last time La Ford had been on stage?

Edited January 8, 2022 by Paul Raven

[TVFAN1144]

He also played Reginald Love 1986

[Xanthe]

Thank you! With the suggestion I am now able to make out the flame of Vic's literal torch for Lenore. 

 

I don't remember Vic but we discussed John Considine's friendship with Nicolas Coster a bit last year so I am aware he existed. I hope the character's manner was entirely unlike Reginald's.

[AbcNbc247]

 

[TVFAN1144]

Reginald was certainly a diabolical character. But I thought this was a good period with the introduction of the Loves McKinnons and I love Denise Alexander 

[Xanthe]

I adore the introduction of the Loves and McKinnons before the Margaret DePriest era. MJ really resonated with me, and the introduction of Kathleen and her integration into the Cass/Felicia/Wally milieu layered on top of that fit so perfectly. On the Love side, Peter's introduction as an eligible bachelor with his snobbish sister Donna interfering in his love life was handled really brilliantly as well. Marley falling for Ben was serviceable (and secondary to the reveal that she was Donna's daughter) but replaced by the much stronger Victoria/Jake/Marley triangle. However although I liked Denise Alexander and Robert Hogan as Vince and Mary, I disliked the concept of bringing Reginald and Mary back from the dead and found that era just wasn't very good at complex characterization. I want Vic to seem different from Reginald not because Reginald was a bad man but because he was a simplistic moustache-twirling villain.

 

[Efulton]

I also prefer the Loves during 1983-85 and McKinnons 1984 -85 than during the DePriest era.  I get angry when I think of how she gutted the show during 1986-87. I enjoyed AW up to 1995 but it was a very different show.

Edited January 9, 2022 by Efulton

[j swift]

I am always delighted in the history of soaps when you get a character like Donna Love, who was introduced as an antagonist for Sally, but surpassed her, and eventually became a heroine in her own right, due to the undeniable charisma of their portrayal.  Donna is so interesting to me because whatever Depriest's original intentions were for the character, she became a muse for so many future writers who fleshed her out in other directions.

I guess we could put Clarice and Felicia in the same category.  They were supporting characters who were introduced to be a spanner in a relationship, but grew to become leading ladies.  Unlike, Victoria, Blaine, or Rachel, who were reformed by love and became heroines in a typical soap development, one could never have predicted the longevity of characters like Donna or Felicia.

[victoria foxton]