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Not to mention it's basically taken as psychological fact now that DID almost always stems from severe sexual trauma, which just adds an extra bad taste here--that was the whole reason why Malone/Griffith claim they decided it was fair game to delve back into Vicki's DID in the mid 90s on OLTL--whether you hate the Victor rewrite (though he was already a sexual creep in his 80s rewrite) or not, it was partly as they felt they should address what people now more firmly understood about the condition. Even Higley, in her ugly way, did that with Tess/Jess and the beyond creepy child pornography story they gave her (again it's a subject I don't think soaps absolutely shouldn't touch but when you have to include scenes--with sound effects--of her parents watching the TV aghast--which is ridiculous anyway there's no reason, as the show claimed, that the parents would have to watch that to understand the condition)... So I dunno if RC is gonna give some even more traumatic reason for the Connie split or if it's still just this "part of me knows I shouldn't date a mobster" plot...

I seem like the big Kelli Sullivan defender here, and I guess I have been, but I do think that, as others mentioned, the directors and FV as EP (as well as the writers to a degree) are also responsible for how OTT her performance is.

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Right, like PsychoMarty. I loved that in the OLTL Farewell Magazine Susan Haskell actually said she wouldn't miss Marty anymore because she was so pissed off at the way they had her exit, she couldn't wait to finish that material.

I forgot she replaced Sutton. I'm not saying her acting on GH is good by any means, but the woman does have talent and I blame the directors and writing at least as much as her. It is true that someone with real soap experience, like Robin M is doing much better with her OTT material.

Exactly. I mean I'm a big True Blood fan, and 70% of that is pure camp, really. But the writers have always said it's meant tobe a pulp show.

I get what Carl has been saying (and others)--the fact that RC in particular does seem to think he's doing really brave drama in his interviews, goes on about how families are the center of soaps, etc, just makes it all the more off putting. Add to that that we did have to put up with (and continue to) years of Nelson B, Daytime Confidential, etc, telling us that his writing on OLTL was what a true soap should be, how it had all these groundbreaking elements and issues it dealt with, etc... That's not really his fault, but it still makes it all the more off putting.

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I actually could see Ron Carlivati fitting in well on a show like B&B. He loves his camp and comedy and crazy women and thats what works for that show. He'd be able to do a little bit of serious drama here and there, but mostly focus on what he enjoys. I also could see him at DAYS. Those shows seem like natural fits for his writing type.

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They already did a story where Ridge raped Brooke (and Caroline) out of love. He wouldn't have any material.

I guess we could get some "comedy" of Hope having a crazy alter and having her talk like Rizzo and then having her get raped out of love. And then Steffy would pass a baby off as another man's and have months being taunted by Pam over and over and over.

He writes for parodies of parodies. Not soaps.

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While I actually don't mind Dante (IMO, every soap needs a regular and good guy and he fits the bill), I'm with you about that hoodrat. Then again, I haven't liked her since the day she stepped foot into town to "call Connie out for forgetting her roots" or whatever bullcaca Guza was trying to sell so that they could cut The Real Kate Howard down to size.

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