Members Darn Posted December 7, 2021 Members Share Posted December 7, 2021 Is it a recent development that soaps stopped addressing age gaps in relationships? I feel like 20 years ago the age gap between Jack and Sally would have been the crux of their relationship (maybe it was, I don't watch) but from what I can tell it was more about people disliking her or whatever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Antoyne Posted December 7, 2021 Members Share Posted December 7, 2021 They never addressed it and it was odd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted December 7, 2021 Members Share Posted December 7, 2021 Indeed. I wondered if it was a Peter Bergman vanity thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted December 7, 2021 Members Share Posted December 7, 2021 That's so strange. Was someone worried about offending Peter Bergman? Jack is old enough to be Sally's grandfather. They could have wrung so much story out of their age gap. But I shouldn't be surprised on a show that treats Nick, Sharon and Phyllis like they're perpetually 25. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Forever8 Posted December 7, 2021 Members Share Posted December 7, 2021 I was waiting forever for them to mention that. I mean let's recall Jack was a Harvard grad when Soul Train first premiered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted December 8, 2021 Members Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) But, if the situation were reversed, and Sally was 240 years older than Jack, Y&R's writers would have been cracking "cougar jokes" like there was no damn tomorrow. Edited December 8, 2021 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted December 8, 2021 Members Share Posted December 8, 2021 Or you would have had a character calling her an "old bittie", "old bat" or "old battle-ax", any number of names similar to the ones Jill used to call Katherine. In any case, it wouldn't be pretty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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