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Another scene not on Youtube. Ryan's Hope, Jack's sister-in-law Siobhan is getting married to a man he has realized is involved in the mob. At the engagement dinner, Jack and Siobhan scream and fight. Jack's wife Mary is concerned, and then grows horrified when she realizes that he used to speak the exact same way to her. She knows immediately that he is in love with her sister.

Superb scene in every way, and easily the best work Nicolette Goulet did on the show.

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I disagree completely. The word melodrama stems from the greek word melos which is music. Melodrama is never realistic and music is such a powerful way of conveying mood. That's why John Williams is such a legend. this whole clip from Dynasty with Blake, Krystle and Alexis is an amazing use of music. The final portion barely even has dialogue because the music does all the talking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgIaibXGdcE&feature=share&list=ULUgIaibXGdcE

and to go to John Williams, this scene would be nothing without music

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and same for this

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and the last minute of this clip is nothing without the music

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In the late summer of 1995 -- a couple of months before the O.J. Simpson trial was handed down -- there were periods when the ABC shows rose to the occassion.

One Life to Live - Todd forces himself into Blair's penthouse and she tells him she isn't pregant afterall (but she was!) and how much she hates him and that she thinks he is a piece of trash. He follows her up the staircase and us viewers think he might rape her after the way she spoke to him..

General Hospital - (sorry to the Tony gives B.J.'s heart to Maxie storyline) but the shows where Brenda was shot in the shower still blow me away to this day. I think these shows led to her being wired to catch on to how shady Sonny was. Vanessa Marcil was the best soap opera actress on the soap planet in August of 1995.

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True that. However, I've never seen soaps (and by "soaps," I guess, I'm talking about daytime soaps) as pure melodramas (although they've certainly had their melodramatic moments). To me, soaps come closer to "straight" theatre with their emphasis on character-driven stories, intimate conversations, and simple production values.

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A couple of months after Bobby died on Dallas in the spring of 1985, I thought it would be safe out there in the soap world.

It wasn't.

Especially for Mary on the best soap opera ever, Santa Barabra. Damn, that big "C" in the Capwell sign. Damn that big C to hell.

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I absolutely loved this scene. I may be in the minority, but I absolutely loved Shannen as Brenda, and I stopped watching after she was fired, just like I stopped watching Charmed when she was screwed over yet again by Spelling. The best moments in 90210 featured her IMO.

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