Members bellcurve Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 Don't even get me started. Didn't Jamal push Alison away because he blamed himself for Valerie's death? I just remember they continually trashed Jamal to promote Alison/Rafe and I remember that pissed me off so bad. It all just kinda came out of nowhere. And I stopped watching regularly after Brown/Esenten turned PC into Twilight. I also remember when Rafe/Livvie became an item, they pushed Alison onto Jack instead of her ex, Jamal, which would have made more sense to me. I remember when she and Jack celebrated her 21st Birthday(IIRC, they aged the character a bit to do this) and I was so mad, especially considering Jamal was the one that helped Alison celebrate her 18th at his apartment at the Recovery Room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 We were supposed to love that because Jack and Allison were together in real life. It was a shame seeing just how badly Erin Hershey's acting fell apart once they put her with Gaskill. Wasn't B&B a very highly rated show among black viewers for a long time, in spite of not having any black characters on their show beyond the occasional stints here and there (like Stephanie's homeless friend and her nephews, and later, Lark Voorhies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 Jack and Alison could have been good together. I liked them and only wish the show went forward with them but they were only an obstacle to Rafe/Alison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 It was to Barbara Walters, but yes, Tyler Perry said that. And I agree that there's always been a degree of vicarious living. Dynasty was extremely popular in the black community (well, at least judging from my experience), and a beautiful black woman like Diahann Carroll playing rich and dressed Dominique Deveraux only made the experience next level. I might be so bold as to say that more than any other group, black women have been the most influenced by soap style, in terms of dress and even the way they decorate their homes. Not ALL black women of course. But if you're going to see an American woman dressed like this: she's probably black and on her way to church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 Word. That may have been because of B&B having a strong lead-in for years with Y&R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 I think it's only a matter of time before Tyler Perry does a soap opera/telenovela/serial type drama for TBS or a cabler. It's in his veins to do it. I don't really like or appreciate him for the shady way he treated his sitcom writers, but I do think a soap project that either he created or produced would be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 What happened with his writers? I can't say that I enjoy his sitcoms, I don't really find them funny. I haven't seen any of his movies, but I have seen some of his plays taped live and they were pretty hilarious. Heavy handed Chitlin' Circuit-type stuff, but plenty of LOL moments. If he could assemble a decent writing team, I would LOVE it if he launched a soap on TVOne, not even daily, maybe a weekly or bi-weekly Degrassi-like schedule or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 I know for a fact the dark paneling in (the original) Cortlandt Manor on AMC influenced my mother greatly in terms of how our home was decorated over 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 Neither do I, although I think "Meet the Browns" is marginally better than "House of Payne" in terms of how each episode is structured. On the one hand, I can't knock Tyler Perry's success; obviously, a tremendous amount of people enjoy his work, or else, we wouldn't be talking about him. And it isn't that I have qualms with his tendency toward flat characterizations and broad humor. His deficiencies could be forgiven, however, if his grasp of plot development were stronger. As it is, I wince whenever I watch any of his plays or movies, b/c events that occur within a given piece are just so arbitrary and random, w/o proper build-up or follow-through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 Seen one Tyler Perry movie, and you've seen them all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 For us, it was Erica's mauvey-pinkish contemporary Linden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 Oh, I adored the original Linden House. True, it was a rip-off of Erica's NYC apartment, but I just loved the feelings of class and sophistication that that set evoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted May 4, 2010 Members Share Posted May 4, 2010 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lovely_m Posted May 5, 2010 Members Share Posted May 5, 2010 I never watched Port Charles, but I was always under the impression that Rafe/Allison were very popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted May 5, 2010 Members Share Posted May 5, 2010 They were at first but I think a lot of people got sick of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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