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I agree. Not much new information for any of us, and any chance at seeing any new clips is dead bc I’m pretty sure they honestly did just pull stuff from YouTube. I’d be OK with this being a non-fan’s introduction to the genre.

 

Lorraine Broderick looks amazing.

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Maurice Benard: “Even when the show’s not good, they think it’s great!” (loud cackle)

 

You would know, Mo! Your show hasn’t been good in 25 years.

 

Chris Van Etten looks 12.

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It’s a lot more restrained than I expected. I thought they’d go over the top with the catfights and bedroom scenes, but it’s very in the vein of the Tom Hanks CNN documentaries about pop culture through the decades.
 

And they aren’t shying away from the vile nature of the Luke/Laura rape.

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Yes indeed! The nasty things I’d do to that man, even now.

 

I’m actually not too crazy about how they are not distinguishing between daytime and the old primetime soaps.

 

JFP is Liza Minnelli now?

 

Super super glad they’re exposing L&L for the vile grossness that it was.

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