Yeah Fake Jagger was pointless on every level. Maurice used to be able to play the complexities, but the truth is the writing was so skewed in Sonny’s favor that there were few actual reckonings. Jason got even more skewed writing and that added to the Sonny centric feeling the show had. They had no problem calling Carly out though, she had plenty of fights with Alexis, Liz, Sam, etc. But even Robin would trash Carly and then admit what Jason and Sonny did was criminal and dangerous, but not go so far as to say they were the problem.
But MB at least played the layers, even if everyone else had to be his fanclub. It’s part of what made the show so unbalanced- everyone could see he was the problem! As we have discussed before, when Michael was in jail and after, Jason and Carly were finally able to admit their lives were worse than the people they were trying to protect Michael from. And Sonny was getting darker as time went on. Plus Guza had his new favorite, Dante. The Sonny/Brenda breakup conversation was also a huge sign that things were headed in a direction of Sonny being the problem.
The whole Karen aspect is really on my mind because of how openly people discuss Luke and Laura’s terrible past together now. I know it’s been a long time since their heyday, but younger people really don’t like that they were as popular as they were. But people still give Sonny a pass, for the most part. Maybe not here as much, but certainly other forums.
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