Another World Discussion Thread

[Maxim]

I guess my hunch may be right about her.

I'm still very split about it. My husband thinks she is a joke, doesn't like her acting and thinks she is over the top.

At the beginning I liked her a lot... And I definitely don't agree with my husband about her acting... But still something just puts me off when Felicia is on screen. It's like they are pushing her to be this grand dame too much. It doesn't come off natural, but very staged and superficial.

Wearing a head piece and a gown doesn't make you suddenly be that.

In most cases it makes people look foolish... when they are still wearing a huge hat while sitting in someone's ugly kitchen talking about stuff.

To me... the actress and character shine the most when she seems down to earth and talking through something troubling. When the fluff and glitz is less and the REAL is more. When they act like she is Joan Crawford that's when I start wondering what is going on. She isn't. And some of the wardrobe choices for her have been horrific. 

Of course all of these impressions are personal ones and I don't claim to know what the character will become in the future or what it was when she started. 

I'm only saying my natural response to her now. 

 Then I'll blame him too!

Thank you for the compliment. I'm sorry to respond so late but that's the first time I'm reading these comments.

 

More like criticism to the show and the way they are portraying her. I still like the actress a lot.

Edited 9 hours ago by Maxim

[Contessa Donatella]

It doesn't matter when! 

[Soaplovers]

Felicia becomes more layered/balanced in the early 90s (circa 1991/1992/1993).   She leans more into the more down to earth element that you like, while still being Felicia of the 80s.  The process starts in 1989.. but doesn't really become apparent until the early 90s.

 

Iris was the rare connector character with her having a role at the hospital (I think she's on the board), working at Cory Publishing, and having romantic flirtations/connections with a lot of the male characters between 1988 and 1994.  Which resulted in her having interactions with the other female contemporaries (Donna, Felicia, Rachel) even if the three didn't always interact with one another.

Writing her off in the fall of 1994 severed one of the main connections/bridges with the different orbits.  Irony that the show didn't see her value.

[Maxim]

I'm happy to hear that. I'll look forward to it. Again, thank you and to all the other wonderful people filling in the gaps for me. Amazing group of people ! 

[Franko]

This is probably an unfair generalization, but I do say it with affection: I've always thought of Felicia (and by extension, Linda Dano) as "your mother's fabulous but slightly insufferable friend." Sort of a Godmommie Mame, you know?