But with young-ish Cady McClain as Dixie, there's no other choice, IMO. IIRC, JR and Bianca were born a year or so apart. Ergo, I feel their ages must always correspond to that fact. Bianca can't be mother to a teenaged daughter while JR himself is about to enter college just because SuLu looks too old to have a daughter still in school.

And maybe "SORAS" isn't the right word. What is the opposite of SORAS, when you have to keep a child younger than you would normally because you can't believe his/her on-screen parent(s) are old enough to have teenaged or young adult children?

That's called a "clause in the contract".

That's called a "clause in the contract".

Thats the Eileen Fulton Clause

Who's having a huge issue?! Since when did it become blasphemy to acknowledge what we see on the screen? And it's not like no one has brought this up before (see: Sami/Will.) Bad SORAS has always been a topic of discussion on all the shows. Why is it off limits now?

A poster upthread called this particular case of SORAS "disturbing" and a "joke," which I think is overblown because this isn't the first time SORAS has looked absolutely silly because of the appearances of the involved actors. Examples have been given. Once again, I hate SORASing. I've never seen the point of it, ever, and I wish it didn't exist. I wish Agnes or Bill or Claire on SOMEONE had put their foot down when creating a new soap and said "On this show, the children will age naturally." Alas, that never happened, and here we are. I've learned to just accept that it will happen on all soaps, sometimes in the most ridiculous of ways.

BUT, my main problem here is that because I am not seeing a big deal about this particular case of SORASing, I was labeled as "trying to convince others that everything is perfect in the PP soaps." The PP soaps didn't invent SORAS, so I fail to see why this is being interpreted as a Prospect Park problem.

I wish Agnes or Bill or Claire on SOMEONE had put their foot down when creating a new soap and said "On this show, the children will age naturally."

Actually, Claire did. For at least the first 10 years, I think, RYAN'S HOPE had a strict policy about not SORASing and instead allowing the children - John Reid, Ryan Fenelli, etc. - to age in real time. Unfortunately, by the time Joe Hardy had become EP, that policy was overlooked.

BUT, my main problem here is that because I am not seeing a big deal about this particular case of SORASing, I was labeled as "trying to convince others that everything is perfect in the PP soaps."

If I came across that way to you, AMS, then I apologize. I wasn't directing that or any similar comments toward you specifically.

AMC is such a good soap! OLTL is my favorite, atm, but AMC just has that feel about it that you don't want to stop watching, along with OLTL.

Thats the Eileen Fulton Clause

Better known as The Alleged Reason Tom and Margo Lost Their Baby.

If I came across that way to you, AMS, then I apologize. I wasn't directing that or any similar comments toward you specifically.

No worries, it wasn't you!

My cousin was a grandmother when she turned 35 so it's not unbelievable that there are young grandmothers

Thank you. I hate SORAS, but I find it odd that people have a huge issue with it now. This isn't the first time there have been strong visual ramifications.

Well said!!!

A poster upthread called this particular case of SORAS "disturbing" and a "joke," which I think is overblown because this isn't the first time SORAS has looked absolutely silly because of the appearances of the involved actors. Examples have been given. Once again, I hate SORASing. I've never seen the point of it, ever, and I wish it didn't exist. I wish Agnes or Bill or Claire on SOMEONE had put their foot down when creating a new soap and said "On this show, the children will age naturally." Alas, that never happened, and here we are. I've learned to just accept that it will happen on all soaps, sometimes in the most ridiculous of ways.

You want SORAS that's silly, Dani and Jack on OLTL how is she older than him lol

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Actually, Claire did. For at least the first 10 years, I think, RYAN'S HOPE had a strict policy about not SORASing and instead allowing the children - John Reid, Ryan Fenelli, etc. - to age in real time. Unfortunately, by the time Joe Hardy had become EP, that policy was overlooked.

Right, which is something I always forget because they eventually did muck that up and have that obnoxious Johnno recast. Of course, it illustrated my anti-SORAS sentiments. The writers got bored with the characters they had, wanted to write new/younger characters, so they cashed in the 10-year-olds and brought in 20-year-olds.

But of course, that's related to another one of marceline's (and mine) soap pet peeves. Instead of just introducing new characters and slowly tying them in with the existing characters, they were stuck on The Almighty Core.

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FWIW, I don't look at this as being PP's problem. Somebody -- Agnes, Marlene, Ginger, somebody -- should have nixed the idea as soon as it was brought up.

My cousin was a grandmother when she turned 35 so it's not unbelievable that there are young grandmothers.

We just tellin' all our bidness, ain't we, gurl? LOL!

I like it, I think some are just too hung up on it. It's done nothing's going to change it at this point lol.

We just tellin' all our bidness, ain't we, gurl? LOL!

LOL

I think it's funny that alot of the same people who don't like this SORAS have NO problem with Liza being deSORASed. I think this more believable than believing Adam was married to JL's Liza or that her Liza was in high school with Jesse/Angie and Tad in the early 80's.

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You want SORAS that's silly, Dani and Jack on OLTL how is she older than him lol

Danielle was conceived in the Bermuda Triangle, and we all know how wonky time is in the Bermuda Triangle.

FWIW, I don't look at this as being PP's problem. Somebody -- Agnes, Marlene, Ginger, somebody -- should have nixed the idea as soon as it was brought up.

What idea? A.J. and Miranda being SORASed?

That was as obvious as the nose on my face, and I got a big [!@#$%^&*] nose. Of course they (and Pete, and Angie's daughter) are the teen leads for the new generation. Anything else would be weak tea.

Edited May 11, 201312 yr by Vee