Social Issue Storylines on the Primetime Soaps

[Soapsuds]

Wasn't Corley upset because Steven wasn't gay enough? That the writers were getting cold feet?

[John]

The actor who played Mickey, Lucy's BF and Ray's nephew was gay

[Khan]

Yup, I think so.  Corley, who had once worked as a doorman at Studio 54, had no issue(s) with portraying a gay man.  But, like I said, the network became skittish; and the next thing anyone knew, Steven was involved with Claudia AND Sammy Jo.

[John]

Yep that is why he walked and good for him. When he reprised Steven in 1991 for The reunion, Steven finally seemed confident in himself and his relationship with Bart. Jack Coleman's Steven was never comfortable, always 2nd guessing

[Khan]

Worse, he still seemed to have a thing for Sammy Ho, which made him look stupid AND confused.

[Soapsuds]

Yes I mentioned it earlier on this thread. Timothy was hot!

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[John]

Then on the New Dynasty, Steven is openly Gay and  was with Sam but still got written out because they didnt know what to write for him. Its a cursed Character/show

Edited February 16, 2022 by John

[Joseph]

exactly, he knew the character was representing a minority, he knew he was doing something important, and was fed up when they ruined it, just like Donna's Down Syndrome Baby story on Dallas dream season, i heard the actress was pretty mad

when they aborted it

also i apparently Forgot about Sue Ellen's drinking, but i knew she would be mentioned after all, she was one of the best representations of such a touchy theme

[Huntress]

In their early seasons, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place tried to tackle a lot of social issue storylines which were resolved within one episode. Most of these self-contained stories were cringeworthy, yet somewhat entertaining.

At the end of Melrose Place's fourth season, there was this weird child abuse storyline when an old friend of Sydney's appeared in town with her little son, who had bruises on his back. That storyline lasted like 3 episodes and was probably merely created to introduce Jo's love interest Dominick with whom she left town a few episodes later. At the same time, they also had that rather cartoonish statutory rape storyline involving Peter, Michael and a character played by Denise Richards. In season 5, the show did a domestic violence storyline with Matt and his boyfriend-of-the-month, and Matt trying to gain custody of his boring niece Chelsea could also be a called a social issue storyline. As in typical Matt fashion, both stories were C-material at best.