Agnes Nixon's Best Character

January 17, 201312 yr

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Oh, you know I was just playin', SFK.

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January 18, 201312 yr

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I don't think its any contest really, Erica Kane.

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January 19, 201312 yr

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I don't think its any contest really, Erica Kane.

Exactly. Before ever watching soap operas, I knew about Susan Lucci.

January 19, 201312 yr

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Erica Kane

Viki Lord

Phoebe Wallingford

Rachel Davis

Palmer Cortlandt

January 19, 201312 yr

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Did she create Tad? Cause, if so. He's her best.

Tad=Awesome.

January 19, 201312 yr

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Did she create Tad? Cause, if so. He's her best.

Tad=Awesome.

Yes, she created Tad in 1973.

MEK's version started in 1982.

As for the question, Onyx Kane.... but I guess Jonathan created her.

January 19, 201312 yr

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I remember asking Jonathan Reiner what Agnes had planned for AMC back when she returned in 1999 (when she was *ducks* consulting while McTavish was still there) and his answer was that her number one priority was to get rid of Kit and Braden.

Ha that's a great story--and since I can barely remember them leaving (I know Braden was arrested) she made short work of them. I remmeber at the time my aunt, who had been trying for years to adopt, finally had a baby--who has become a cousin I'm really close to--but he was two years old when she adopted him and had the name Braden. A name pre AMC I had never even heard before, and she still says when I heard the name I gave a horrified face. lol

January 20, 201312 yr

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Erica Kane and Brooke English

Dorian Lord and Victoria Buchanan

Palmer Cortlandt and Adam Chandler

These characters together, who work as ying-yang, were some of Agnes Nixon's best characters. I always liked both characters more when the other was somewhere in the picture, even if they didn't always have scenes together.

January 20, 201312 yr

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As for the question, Onyx Kane.... but I guess Jonathan created her.

Still waiting to get paid.

January 20, 201312 yr

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Erica Kane! Everyone else is a distant second.

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That would certainly give them time and be more than appropriate.
Making my way around Threads and other online corners seeing the reactions to his death has been very interesting. I had no clue Luke was so popular with the Black audience of GH. It’s another sad reminder how invested that audience has been in soaps and how little the actual show has included Black characters as leads at GH. Even Viola Davis commented about him on a post I saw from Marlon Wayans.
The GH of that time still commands mainstream pop culture attention that other soaps just don’t enjoy. It shows how vast that audience was and how the nostalgia of it hits close for people of a certain age. I felt the same way when Jackie Zeman died- I saw it everywhere for days, media and fan tributes, same with Tristan, Leslie, and a couple of years ago, Stuart Damon.
Soaps have had deep roots in melodrama way before Monty took control at GH. Even when rooted in more realistic stories, they were often overwrought.

By titan1978 · 4 minutes ago4 min
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Love this statement as well as Genie Francis's which gave me chills.

By Taoboi · 26 minutes ago26 min
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A perfect time.

By Taoboi · 29 minutes ago29 min
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Before I started reading these threads a few years ago, I had no idea Luke and Laura were THE source of action/adventure in soaps. I thought they were just a symptom.
I don't resent that soaps evolved from a discussion based stage play to being more active, I would've appreciate more balance. EVERY soap didn't need to do action adventure.
I wonder if that also began the trend of soaps going toward the melodramatic storylines rather than being grounded in reality?
if so, I don't mind soaps going for a larger than life stories. There's countless dramas on television. soap is doing serialization and covering social topics is no longer groundbreaking as most TV show shows do it.
In this content saturated era, I don't mind larger than life stories being soap's niche to stand out.
Just don't get too extreme like a a gorilla and devil possession...And remember the budget constraints so those plots don't end up looking cheap and ridiculous.
Meanwhile, Y&R remains #1 having steered away from action adventure plots, stayes grounded in reality, and continues to maintain character driven plots with heavy dialogue.

By Planet Soap · 29 minutes ago29 min
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The gasp I let out at the library earlier as I was working on my writing projects. I about broke down.

I can't believe both of the Spencer duo are gone. Bobbie was my favorite so that tore me off. This...just...this hurts.

Count me in for not messing with his death, but I do hope they do something with him on screen.

Good and bad, Anthony Geary made Luke a force of nature and I can think of so many times when he enhanced so much story onscreen. I remember Luke leaving or returning to town to accommodate Anthony's vacation was always an event. Latter Years Luke wasn't a favorite, but Anthony Geary still had moments for me.

R.I.P.

HUGS

By Taoboi · 30 minutes ago30 min
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That he does, that he does.

Like I've said...Y&R's loss was GH's gain.

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By ReddFoxx · 40 minutes ago40 min
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These posts both speak to me. I was sad to hear of his passing, and I remember thinking Luke and his lore were cool when I started watching GH (as an adolescent who was not in any way cool). I missed what by most account what was the worst of Luke in later years. I did respect his supporting role in stories at times when he purportedly did not enjoy being on GH. I am remembering some of that now.
The rape is hard to reconcile with that Luke, or with core characters I loved continuing to indulge him later on.

By DeliaIrisFan · 45 minutes ago45 min
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That's a good idea. I'd think JJ would come back, and they can easily just recast Nathan again if they have to acknowledge him.
A fight to the death with Helena would have been a good way (although wasn't she dead by then). Heroics probably wouldn't have worked as Luke was not a hero in his last decades.
They probably should have had him pass away in a brothel.

By DRW50 · 53 minutes ago53 min
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Next year marks the 45th anniversary of Luke and Laura's wedding. In story, that might be the best time to reminisce about Luke, specifically Tony Geary.

By Errol · 55 minutes ago55 min

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