Members BetterForgotten Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 Yet not one close-up of poor Ellen Holly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) You're great! You're all great! I really enjoyed that entire podcast. I've wanted to do a soap podcast but my one friend who watches soaps won't do it with me (he knows who he is). I hope y'all make more episodes. Try to recruit some daytime actors/crew willing to speak on their experiences. Thanks. Edited June 15, 2020 by Darn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 That was in another ceremony many years later, when Carla married Jack Scott. In her first wedding to Ed Hall, Ellen Holly was featured heavily in close-ups. Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 It makes you wonder if they were trying to 'punish' her by the time of that second wedding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted June 15, 2020 Author Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 Thanks for the feedback. I will pass that on to coryon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 Two producers in a row took a dislike to her, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 Heyyyy @ajsp35801 Long time no posts! It's good to see you posting again. Please register in order to view this content I look forward to listening to this podcast when I get more time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoria foxton Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) I found pics of Carla's wedding to Ed. Please register in order to view this content Edited June 15, 2020 by victoria foxton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lucaslesann23 Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 I don't care for coryon either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 The comment about these black characters not being in touch with anything “culturally black” - oof, I’ve had many arguments about that on this board. Re: them not knowing how to light black actors on these shows like Loren Lott: “Black people weren’t invented 10 years ago.” I love this podcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 And you'll notice that Carla had black people in her wedding party. When I was watching the character's wedding to Jack Scott, I was baffled by the show's choice to have Viki Riley as her matron of honor. The two of them had barely interacted for years. It would have made more sense for Sadie to have stood up for her daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 'Third Vicki' felt so damn forced into that wedding to Jack Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrenchFan Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 Who is Carla’s maid of honor BTW ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 It's interesting to me how much different soaps incorporated black characters throughout the 70s and then left them behind as the decade turned to the 80s. AMC seems to be the only one to make an effort at expanding the role of the black characters it already had by introducing Jesse as Frank and Nancy Grant's nephew. Comparing that photo from Ed and Carla's wedding to what passed as wedding for Carla less than a decade later is crazy. We know that by 1980-1981, daytime was chasing a younger audience and for the most part no longer cared about social relevance or realism, but damn...did that also have to mean "We don't have to worry about including major black characters anymore." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted June 15, 2020 Members Share Posted June 15, 2020 I guess it's all systematic. None of these shows were created with black or minority characters in mind (except maybe OLTL) - their innate purpose was to market household products to middle-class white women. That thinking still permeates this medium to its detriment. Whatever representation there was for black characters has always been under the guide of white writer, whether that be Agnes Nixon or Bill Bell. Black creatives have never been in a position in daytime soaps to create characters that reflect their own diverse backgrounds. Production studios and advertisers don't place the same value on the Black dollar as they do on the White dollar and that doesn't seem to be changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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