Members Dale Posted January 29, 2011 Members Share Posted January 29, 2011 I can't believe that Jenny Wolek from OLTL didn't make that list in 1976. You wanna talk vulnerable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 29, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 29, 2011 Mr Right Mike GL Linc AMC Tony OLTL Bob ATWT Gary SFT Dan ATWT Julian SOM Frank RH *Linc, Tony and fFank are currently married but that doesn't alter their Mr Right status. Mr Right tends to marry women who are Wrong for Him, or who are doomed by fate. And soon he's in the running again. Believe it or not, soap opera characters allude no and then to "Mr Right" (or more delicatelt to "the Right Man'). To soap heroines, Mr Right resembles the man invariably recommended by one's parents and grandparents:good family, good manners, good job, and three piece Brook Brothers suit. This is no place for quirky romantic heroes with uncertain tempers. Mr Right is a doctor, lawyer or newspaper magnate. h He is tall, slender, attractive, and maybe even sexy. But his appeal is stability. He is professionally and financially secure; and he likes nothing better than to spend time with deserving members of his family. The soaps may play out fantasies and day dreams, but in male-female relationships, they don't cater to adolescent tastes. The dark,brutal-but-gentle stranger has been outclassed by the boy next door (fine young man,they call him) This is one category that definitely doesn't apply these days. They are in short supply, and when they do exist are seen as a lesser choice for female leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Posted January 29, 2011 Members Share Posted January 29, 2011 I think Rafe on Days (whatever your feelings on the character might be -- I don't HATE him, but I find him a bit boringly drawn) is pretty close to that "Mr. Right" archetype. No, he's not as polished as a doctor or lawyer, but he's certainly a hero in the mold of old-school Roman Brady, and he's written as this unshakably loyal husband, sort of a fantasy for hot-mess Sami. ETA: I think Days would like to be grooming Nathan Horton as much of the same, and he actually is a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted January 29, 2011 Members Share Posted January 29, 2011 How about Joey Buchanan? He pretty much has always been the ultimate prize any woman in Llanview could ask for: Honest, decent, handsome, heir to a fortune. He even tried to be a priest--he is just that moral. It is amazing the entire cast of characters didn't line up to take their shot at tricking him into getting them pregnant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 29, 2011 Members Share Posted January 29, 2011 He has been written as a loser and a failure for about 12 years now, because the show always prefers to hype bland smirkers like Rex and Cutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted January 29, 2011 Members Share Posted January 29, 2011 Frankie Hubbard could have been a great continuation of that archetype, but IDK about that now. He's still generally good, but I hate the way they write him as part of the anti-David lynch mob, so that kinda takes away a lot of the good things I like about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted January 29, 2011 Members Share Posted January 29, 2011 The Reformed Hero A relatively good guy with a past that often struggles to remain "good". GH Luke, Mac, Sean, Rick Y&R Nathan, Lucas, Paul, Ryan OLTL Max, Hank, Antonio, Kyle ATWT Isaac, Dusty, Simon AMC Tad, Ryan, Aidan, Zach, Leo Passions Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 31, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 31, 2011 The Suffering Antagonist Delia RH Brooke DOOL Vicki SOM Susan ATWT Cathy OLTL Stacy TD Not quite villians,these ladies may be properly called antagonists. They create trouble for our favorite characters, and very often display selfishness,jealousy, and other unattractive traits. Nonetheless, they are among the most popular and durable soap opera characters. Like us, they have needs and weaknesses,like our friends, they provoke complicated emotional responses, ranging from momentary annoyance to deepest empathy. These are people who make mistakes and seem to pay for them. we can't afford to identify with them all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted January 31, 2011 Members Share Posted January 31, 2011 I guess a modern day embodiment of that would be Greenlee from AMC. The only thing is she doesnt pay for her mistakes. When Lindsay was on OLTL, she'd have been a more perfect description for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted January 31, 2011 Members Share Posted January 31, 2011 As would Passions Ivy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Posted January 31, 2011 Members Share Posted January 31, 2011 DOOL's Nicole seems like a good fit for that one, nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted February 3, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 3, 2011 The Career Woman Laura DOOL Pat AW Vicki SOM Amy SFT Maggie TD Sarah GL Mary RH Lesley GH Susan ATWT Nancy EON The carrer woman is not so much an archetype as arole model.She is strongwilled but feminine; successful in her work, but pleasingly vulnerable in love and family life. Although most of the career woman are, like their male counterparts, doctors or lawyers, thee are novelists, architects,executives and secretaries as well. A list of all soap opera women who work happily outside the home would be so long as to resemble a "Who's Who" for daytime. The Career Women we've chosen are among the more attractive role models, and represent a variety of careers. Aside from their career image, and their good taste in clothes, these women are not necessarily similar in character or dramatic function. They inclide heroines like Laura Horton and Jill Coleridge as well as unsympathetic types like Gwen Parish and Vicki Paisley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 3, 2011 Members Share Posted February 3, 2011 Who was Amy on SFT? Something I notice with these women is that their careers were a part of their life. They were not presented as stifling their men, as not deserving jobs because they are just stupid wimmin, and so on. I miss that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted February 3, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 3, 2011 Amy was Steve Kaslo's sister who married Bruce,Jo's ward. She got pregnant with Bruce's baby and it began as a marriage of convrnience. Amy had to choose between donating bone marrow to Steve and endangering her unborn child, In the 70's soaps seemed to be getting on board with woman having jobs,but that began to change in the 80's as soaps became more escapist.Marlena in the 70's was often seen dealing with her job as psychiatrist but by the 80's she was more into being kidnapped,fighting arch-enemies etc.She seemed to be able to leave her job for weeks on end at a moments notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 3, 2011 Members Share Posted February 3, 2011 Thanks. I had forgotten about Amy. You're right, soaps did make more of an effort to integrate career into daily life. By the 80s that usually was more with women in big corporations. By the 90s and on it was none at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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