SO amazing. First of all, the words "soap noir" and "straight outta Douglas Sirk" are like music to my ears. Once, long ago, Y&R and early B&B was this way. This is the potential B&B could and should be reaching today.

Secondly, fashion today is completely enmeshed in the entertainment and music worlds. It's called "synergy" and every mega luxe brand has been doing it since the 90s. Why do you think Anna Wintour rarely puts models on the cover of Vogue? It's all about movie or rock stars wearing the clothes and adding their cachet to the fashion. They shift merchandise. Forrester Creations should be more than a "fashion house" -- that sounds so quaint these days when we think that major fashion houses like Christian Dior, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton and others are all owned by the same major conglomerate LVMH -- it should be a brand, dressing the stars, dressing a major franchise, dressing freaking Kim Kardashian, sponsoring AmFar, buying up other brands, etc.

B&B defines wasted potential in terms of not capitalizing on its backdrop.

DAYS needs to be canceled, so Lauren Koslow/Margo can return/stage a hostile takeover of Forrester...

Not that Brad would write for her though.

Somehow, some way, I hope that when DAYS bites the dust, Lauren will return to B&B. Could you imagine her with Don Diamont? Perfection.

I ask this before, but i was curious if anyone thought that Agnes would make a good headwriter at GH?

B&B defines wasted potential in terms of not capitalizing on its backdrop.

Yes B&B could be so much better than it is. Why don't they have a character who is a film or tv producer? Why don't they have a character who is a struggling actor/actress? Why are no characters models? No singers or music producers? And they have so many possibilities for storylines yet repeat the same damn one!

Lets Assume Agnes is still in her prime (I personally think she can still knock anyone dead) would she be good at Y&R?? I know her and Bill worked for Irna so the thought of her taking over his show would be really cool. However, from what I have heard, I don't think Agnes Nixon's philosophy and Bill Bell's Philosophy for daytime could mix well though. It's my understanding that Agnes was more social issues and Campy Drama while Bill Bell was more serious.

What do yall think?

Bill and Agnes seemed to both reflect different sides from Irna (or at least get different things from Irna--it's true Irna soaps weren't known for humour under her, etc). So Y&R still reflected the Bill Bell style, I would say she'd be an awkward fit. In its current state, I'm sure she could make it her own though.

I ask this before, but i was curious if anyone thought that Agnes would make a good headwriter at GH?

She did consult on GH didn't she? (Of course for a while she was consultant for all of ABC daytime, so who knows how much she did--I remember reading somewhere that she recommended ABC hire one of its better writers). It would suit her more than Y&R, and certainly Agnes wasn't against the types of larger than life characters GH started to have by the late 70s.

SO amazing. First of all, the words "soap noir" and "straight outta Douglas Sirk" are like music to my ears. Once, long ago, Y&R and early B&B was this way. This is the potential B&B could and should be reaching today.

Secondly, fashion today is completely enmeshed in the entertainment and music worlds. It's called "synergy" and every mega luxe brand has been doing it since the 90s. Why do you think Anna Wintour rarely puts models on the cover of Vogue? It's all about movie or rock stars wearing the clothes and adding their cachet to the fashion. They shift merchandise. Forrester Creations should be more than a "fashion house" -- that sounds so quaint these days when we think that major fashion houses like Christian Dior, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton and others are all owned by the same major conglomerate LVMH -- it should be a brand, dressing the stars, dressing a major franchise, dressing freaking Kim Kardashian, sponsoring AmFar, buying up other brands, etc.

I agree. My only caveat is Sirk *did* like to put a lot of social issues into his stories, something I found Bell often did in a heavy handed way.

Agnes gave us her own slice of Sirk (Imitation of Life) with Carla and Sadie.

I dont think that Agnes would be a good fit for Y & R, Her show was a combo of warmth, quirky humor, and relevant social issues that never felt preachy to me. I always viewed Y & R as a very psychological drama (sort of like 70's AW) while AMC took on the whole 'takes a village to raise a child mantra'.

That said, I could have seen her taking on certain characters on Y & R as opposed to writing the show as a whole. I think she could have written characters like Nina (girl from the wrong side of the tracks), Victor (she did write powerful male characters very well like Adam and Palmer), and Jill (but only the 70's and 80's verison of the character since she did have a knack for writing daddy complex female characters).

On the other side, I couldnt see Bill Bell writing for AMC nor OLTL. Though, I think Erica would have been a gold mine character to write (abandonment issues, daddy issues, rape, drug use, etc... and I think he could have matured the character even with Susan Lucci playing the part).