Members Faulkner Posted October 7, 2020 Members Share Posted October 7, 2020 Oh that’s shocking and so sad. I too loved the Kevin coming-out story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Pine Charles Posted October 7, 2020 Members Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) Agreed. Please register in order to view this content The storyline (written by the wonderful Lorraine Broderick) was definitely ahead of its time / daring for the time period. Edited October 7, 2020 by Pine Charles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoria foxton Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Ben did a wonderful job. Playing gay teen Kevin. The story really was ahead of it's time. RIP Ben. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted October 7, 2020 Members Share Posted October 7, 2020 Didn't he once date Barbara Mandrell's daughter Jaime when both were on ATWT? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoria foxton Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Yes he did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted October 7, 2020 Members Share Posted October 7, 2020 Thanks, I seem to remember a picture of them together in SOD that looked like they were a couple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted October 8, 2020 Members Share Posted October 8, 2020 LOL. WHORE! You're the reason bad guys finish first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alwaysAMC Posted October 8, 2020 Members Share Posted October 8, 2020 LOL - what can I say? Please register in order to view this content The memories!! If I remember correctly, the Jamaica storyline with Hayley/Mateo/Julia/Noah/Taylor was panned by the critics (right?), but as a 12 year old boy, I thought it was so fun, sexy and exciting! I also thought that episode of Laurel's assassination was perfectly executed by the directors. So intense and shocking. That was such a good era of AMC! The only thing terrible from that time was Dixie's hair hahaha - I think that was her worst look of all time, but I still was here for the Tad/Dixie/Liza triangle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Charles Posted October 10, 2020 Members Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) All My Children wins for ‘Outstanding Daytime Drama:’ Edited October 10, 2020 by Pine Charles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted October 10, 2020 Members Share Posted October 10, 2020 Right. AMC (and then-HW Lorraine Broderick) was accused of copying DAYS, which JER had turned into an utter camp-fest by that point. Agnes Nixon had always flirted with Gothic storylines on the show, but voodoo was just a bridge too far for many (myself included). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted October 10, 2020 Members Share Posted October 10, 2020 I remember this one so well. I wish the cast got up there, and not just the producers. In fact, every year after this the whole cast and crew went up there. This was also the night that La Lucci lost to Slezak and everyone in attendance gave Susan a standing ovation. Ahhhhhhhh. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted October 10, 2020 Members Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) I was under the impression the voodoo plotline was in part due to pressure from ABC to emulate DAYS. I could be wrong and that's fan supposition. I remember liking the pre-crazy Taylor. The voodoo thing and then the ludicrous Disney fairy tale wedding for Noah and Julia (which Keith Hamilton Cobb rightly lambasted as a betrayal of his character) turned me off them even as a kid. You put it up against OLTL's gritty stories and characters at the time and AMC just came off corny as fùck a lot, but I understand the contrast in style and tone in the shows more now than I did as a child - today most of its flights of fancy or goofier moments are of a piece with the show's fabric and brand. It was a great show I loved regardless but it had a lot of peaks and valleys in that era. The 2000s still made its flaws look like high art. Edited October 11, 2020 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted October 11, 2020 Members Share Posted October 11, 2020 No, you're not wrong. AMC was under a tremendous amount of pressure to emulate DAYS, due to the latter show (which aired opposite AMC in most major markets, IIRC) taking off in the ratings thanks to JER's outrageous stories. That's what I meant before. It just came out wrong. I thought Noah and Julia's wedding was ridiculous, too. But I chalked up my feelings to being lukewarm in general about those two. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted October 11, 2020 Members Share Posted October 11, 2020 Sure did air against it. As a kid I often had to choose between DAYS at the height of Billie/Bo/Hope (so good!) and the possession and AMC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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