9 minutes ago, Maxim said:

Should I be worried about my mental health while watching this so-called SWAN? 🤣

No, it only reaches the level of aggravation, not so bad that one would need to be committed. 🙄😲🤐😵‍💫😶🤣😉

I could just see the headlines: Soap fan goes crazy. Family intervenes. A long stay at Bayview is indicated. 

And, you don't say "so-called Swan" NO. You always say, with your teeth gritted, the "Red Swan." 

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1 minute ago, Contessa Donatella said:

No, it only reaches the level of aggravation, not so bad that one would need to be committed. 🙄😲🤐😵‍💫😶🤣😉

I could just see the headlines: Soap fan goes crazy. Family intervenes. A long stay at Bayview is indicated. 

Been there, done that. 

🤣

2 minutes ago, Maxim said:

Been there, done that. 

🤣

Do you have a t-shirt?

3 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Do you have a t-shirt?

Yes... and written on it is - Please dear God... give us Harding Lemay's original tenure on Another World on a streaming platform. ❤️ 

14 minutes ago, Maxim said:

Should I be worried about my mental health while watching this so-called SWAN? 🤣

Haha- it will be fine. Swajeski ties the Red Swan to an “umbrella” February 1990 storyline that features Broadway star Terrance Mann and the entire cast at a night at the Bay City Ballet.  That was the best part of the Red Swan storyline.

16 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I didn't really mind the story. The worst I could say was I found it somewhat dull.

I was shocked when I realised how long the Red Swan had lasted. I think part of the problem is that for quite a long time they were vamping -- whether it was because they had not decided how to resolve it or because they thought it needed time to build up I do not know, but there were possibly too many red herrings sprinkled in.

A good MacGuffin would have tied the story together better -- but maybe MacGuffins serve finite storytelling better than open-ended serials. That said, although it was a chore to get through some of the mystery, I did not hate where it ultimately ended up (even though I know they could have got there without using the Red Swan as the device). 

I was trying to see if I could find the portrait that Sam painted of Amanda over a canvas that had the Red Swan painted on it and the portrait became a kind of sub-MacGuffin as a result, but I haven't found anything online showing it. (This was from the end of August into at least October 1989.)

 

Just now, watson71 said:

Haha- it will be fine. Swajeski ties the Red Swan to an “umbrella” February 1990 storyline that features Broadway star Terrance Mann and the entire cast at a night at the Bay City Ballet.  That was the best part of the Red Swan storyline.

Now my hopes are starting to get up, up, up again. I am an infamous optimist.  ❤️

2 minutes ago, Maxim said:

Yes... and written on it is - Please dear God... give us Harding Lemay's original tenure on Another World on a streaming platform. ❤️ 

Soap Jesus, what she means is ANYWHERE. We will take it, any way we can get it! (Although I always say Pete, which I have done since I read how he didn't like Harding & it was only from his family or official docs.)

Just now, Contessa Donatella said:

Soap Jesus, what she means is ANYWHERE. We will take it, any way we can get it! (Although I always say Pete, which I have done since I read how he didn't like Harding & it was only from his family or official docs.)

I still have balls, last time I checked. 

🤣

3 minutes ago, watson71 said:

Haha- it will be fine. Swajeski ties the Red Swan to an “umbrella” February 1990 storyline that features Broadway star Terrance Mann and the entire cast at a night at the Bay City Ballet.  That was the best part of the Red Swan storyline.

Another way of saying that would be that it is the only good part of it!!! But, I was never sure if I loved the ending or I was just filled with relief that it was finally over!!! 🙄👏👏😉🤣🤣

3 minutes ago, Maxim said:

I still have balls, last time I checked. 

🤣

Major OOPS. 

7 minutes ago, Xanthe said:

I was shocked when I realised how long the Red Swan had lasted. I think part of the problem is that for quite a long time they were vamping -- whether it was because they had not decided how to resolve it or because they thought it needed time to build up I do not know, but there were possibly too many red herrings sprinkled in.

Didn't it begin with - trying not to spoil - that thing that happened in Maine? If so, they had no idea at first what to write & had to throw out all they had written.

 

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

I didn't really mind the story. The worst I could say was I found it somewhat dull.

You, sir, are a fan of exceptional abilities to suspend disbelief.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

Given how much P&G had let ATWT rot away in this time period I wonder if they would have been as upset if JFP had not eviscerated so much of the budget.

She really spent a whole lot of $$$$.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

Heartbreaking to hear this - I knew she had had cancer but didn't know her current status. I hope all the best for her.

Wait, I thought that the last thing she posted was that she was in recovery. I could be mistaken, but I hope not.

 

With all this talk about The Red Swan, I have to admit I would go back and watch the story all over again. I'm feeling very sentimental lately for AW. IT reminds me of my grandmother who I miss so much.  

11 minutes ago, chrisml said:

With all this talk about The Red Swan, I have to admit I would go back and watch the story all over again. I'm feeling very sentimental lately for AW. IT reminds me of my grandmother who I miss so much.  

It's like that for me, too, only it's my mother. But, it's true, I miss her, each & every day. And, she got me started on soaps, on AW, on DAYS & on ATWT. She watched AW & DAYS from their first days. 

15 minutes ago, chrisml said:

With all this talk about The Red Swan, I have to admit I would go back and watch the story all over again. I'm feeling very sentimental lately for AW. IT reminds me of my grandmother who I miss so much.  

 

1 minute ago, Contessa Donatella said:

It's like that for me, too, only it's my mother. But, it's true, I miss her, each & every day. And, she got me started on soaps, on AW, on DAYS & on ATWT. She watched AW & DAYS from their first days. 

6 minutes ago, Maxim said:

 

Awwwwwww. For my mother? 

12 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Awwwwwww. For my mother? 

Yes. 🤗