wLS: Spotlight on Soap Opera Catfights

[cassadine1991]

http://www.welovesoaps.net/2014/05/spotlight-soap-opera-catfights.html?m=1

[YRfan23]

Thanks for sharing!

I do miss having any real catfights on soaps, though I never did think it was a misogynist thing....but I wonder if that's why they stopped having catfights on a more regular basis......

[katie_9918]

IMO, catfights were unbearably old by the mid-nineties.

[YRBB]

I love a good catfight but it's only truly exciting for me if it comes out of very well written characters, dynamics and stories. I need it to be the result of months if not years of story and hatred. When Sheila and Lauren fought in the lab, you could sense the heavy history behind it and it wasn't done lightly. Jill and Katherine's catfights were like knock-out matches that released TONS of anger and hatred. Krystle and Alexis' studio catfight in season 2 came after a whole year of nastiness and the fact that Alexis caused Krystle's miscarriage. Great characters, sizzling dynamics, awesome stories. Two bitches saying "I cannot" after some half written, two week story and pulling each other's hair are just two trashy bitches fighting. Which is why I agree with Katie's post about catfights becoming old after the 90s: Writing quality fell and they weren't exciting anymore. Of course, I'm sure there are exceptions.

[Cheap21]

like these two?

LOL

[Soapsuds]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiRy1Cn4U2Q&list=PL635223EF39310869

[Khan]

I forget -- didn't GH have "Connie" and "Kate" in a cat-fight at one point? Or did I halluc-imagine that scenario?

[YRBB]

LOL You're in my head! I was thinking of this as an example of how not to do it (and the way Horsey Corinthos headbangs truly is atrocious).

An example of how NOT to do it, as well! lmao What trash!

[Khan]

It's shameful, though, b/c I tend to think Diahann Carroll was a much better sparring partner for Joan Collins than Linda Evans.

[YRBB]

LOL!

[YRBB]

I'm not sure I can agree because back when Krystle wasn't an automaton and Linda Evans' acting was still alive, soulful and fun, the two actresses and characters were the perfect opposites that complimented each other. However, the worse the show became, the worse Linda became, and it truly wasn't a good match after season 3. But, up until then, Linda was more than a great partner for Collins.

Carroll could have been dynamite in better-written seasons, especially if she had more to her character than just Black Bitch. I can imagine her being truly awesome under different circumstances but, much like GH currently, the show crushed its actors at that point.

[Cheap21]

[KMan101]

Emmy nominated actress right there! Soapy Goodness!

[SFK]

Exactly, and the writing didn't even live up to that concept. Dominique was hardly a bitch. She could match Alexis with the bitchy repartee, but she never said or did anything truly vile. Ultimately, she was a fabulously dressed, sympathetic, friendly diva who didn't take no stuff off of nobody. She was like Felicia Gallant. Dominique had those boring B-story romances, and the show didn't get this particular type of female rivalry with Alexis right until season 9 with Sable.

[amybrickwallace]

On OLTL in 1993, there was a great catfight between Dorian (Robin Strasser) and the phony evangelist Angela (Susan Diol), which was capped off when Dorian yanked off Angela's prim blond wig. Too funny.