People in the Soap Industry You Feel Sorry For

[John]

Loved em. I Thought george looked fine and It was Great 2 c Christine Jones as Janice. This was right before she subbed as Tracy on GH

[dsvd79]

I feel for all the people behind the scenes. The hair dressers, make up artists, camera men, lighting, etc. Many of these people have been employed for years. Now with all the shows eventually going away, all these people will suddenly be jobless.

[Saving ATWT]

Bell was great at using the sex act, love in the afternoon, and then exploring the aftermath, following the butterfly effect of the romance that would eventually involve most, if not all, characters on canvus. An example could be Jill's relationship with Phillip, and how it drew in Liz Foster and gave the character a productive role.

I am not against vets. I am against any show having too many vets, over-relying on vets to move story. Also, I hate when writer fail to allow female vets to mature in terms of sex and romance. The current Ashley story on Y&R serves as an example. What Guza did to Laura, too.

[alphanguy74]

I never consider soaps to be about sex and adventure. Escapism? Yes. But Escapism encompasses alot more than sex and adventure. It also involves wealth, class, and yes... even the DARK side of human nature. Living vicariously through characters, that feeling of satsfaction when a character you hate bites the big one, the tittilation of revenge and blackmail, seeing and identifying with the thoughts and feelings of the people on the screen. And older characters can be HUGE, moving parts of a storyline, and add so much to a soap. Even be instigators of major turns on a show, such as Lilimae running down Chip on Knots Landing (Do I even need to mention the rooftop scene with Julie and Alec Baldwin), or Vanessa's suicide on Y&R.