6 hours ago, janea4old said:

It felt like a great nod to Bobbie and Ruby's history, written from a modern-day perspective, yet redeemed with Bobbie's work to help other women escape the life. Wonderful.

That was a truly special memorial, like the ones we used to get in the 90’s. The BJ Angel with the original actress was a wonderful touch. I though Monica’s memorial was awful compared to that one, except for maybe a couple of scenes with Jason and Tracy.

10 hours ago, Jdee43 said:

There is such a big gap between Ruby described on paper and Ruby seen on screen. If you read things like Ruby was a former madam who scheduled dates for her niece, you'd think she was much more sinister and evil than she really was on screen.

Ruby is an example of an actor turning a potentially evil character into a character with a heart of gold with her performance, you forget they had any evil in them.

I don’t want to take anything away from Norma because she was a grounded actor that did solid work for her entire run. But it wasn’t just the actor. Back then the hooker with the heart of gold was a common storytelling trope, as was the wrong side of the tracks stories. Soaps did them often. Off the top of my head there were several on AMC, DAYS, OLTL, etc.

They just didn’t write about the true ramifications of the life like they would now, especially with Bobbie, Luke, and Ruby. It would sometimes bubble up, but they played it like it was hard, it was awful, but Ruby had saved them. That’s hard to take at face value now, and the greater audience is also unwilling to allow for nuance. It’s black and white now and that’s not how it was played for decades.

RIP Rif Hutton, who was on GH in two different roles.

Rif Hutton Dead: 'Doogie Howser, M.D.', 'General Hospital' Actor Was 73

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