Days of Our Lives: March 2022 Discussion Thread

[Noel]

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[SFK]

I thought that was so disrespectful to Susan Rogers.

Xander and Maggie’s expository dialogue was straight soap parody. Talk Soup fodder.

[Vee]

Seeing as Ron used to love that Talk Soup/The Soup was roasting his GH and IIRC began actively writing the show into scripts and courting its attention, that's on brand.

I will never get over the Soup skit making fun of Luke's flashback episode where Tony Geary played Luke's abusive dad, with Tony Hale howling 'you're old, Luke!' and ranting about their inability to do a second take of any scene no matter what. I wish it was still available.

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Edited March 17, 2022 by Vee

[AbcNbc247]

I'll never forget old ass Jessica sitting in a classroom at Llanview High with that dumb look on her face as Cristian taught her class 

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I know Liz was, but I'm not sure about Neil

[carolineg]

Yeah, I doubt Sarah/Renee would tell Marlena/DH she's aged lol.  It should have just been a blanket reaction to all the characters she knew.  Even saying something like Tony/Anna looked older than she remembered or something because at the moment it feels like she was singling out Maggie.

[Khan]

Suddenly, I'm having flashbacks to all those times when Ron Carlivati would write "AJ/Sean Kanan is SOOOOOOOOO fat" jokes on GH.

[carolineg]

I never got that. SK wasn't fat.  He gained weight since the 90's, but he was still hot.  MB and SBu don't look like they did in 1995.   In fact SBu looks like an entirely different person and MB is certainly not the smoke show he was in the 90's.  

I honestly don't think it was meant to be a dig at SR/Maggie, it was just noticeable because she didn't say that to anyone else.  I assume it just a poor dialogue choice.

[Khan]

That's the thing about Ron Carlivati: it all looks and sounds innocent enough AT FIRST.  Then, one crack becomes two, two cracks become three, and so on and so forth, until it's practically all you hear and/or see whenever the actor/character is even mentioned.  It's what eventually happened with Sean Kanan and the "fat jokes" on GH - not to mention, Heather's sudden, irrational cravings for BLT's on the same show - as well as what happened on DAYS with Julie and all the times RC had her spitefully call Gabi "Chiquita."  (I swear, there's literally an entire generation of DAYS fans who are CONVINCED that Julie, once one of daytime's most complex and beloved anti-heroines, is a racist old bitty, and that's enough to make me cry.)

I wouldn't be surprised if, before too long, he'll have EVERYbody in Salem making cracks about how long in the tooth Maggie's getting while she suffers from bladder control issues and "leaks" on her and Victor's couch.  That crass, unfunny jackhole just doesn't know when to stop.

Edited March 17, 2022 by Khan

[Faulkner]

Was RC also responsible for Kim Zimmer and the “pig” and “Fat Sow” jokes when she was on OLTL as Echo?

[Gray Bunny]

 

Kinda similar to people mentioning Vanessa's age and aging looks and the age difference between Matt & Vanessa on GL during the late 90's Paul Rauch era... 

[carolineg]

It's strange because RC doesn't do that to men on Days.  He goes out of his way to say Victor and Doug are super active and spry.  And of course I want to articulate this delicately, but BH is a 96 year old man.  John Aniston clearly has back problems and mobility issues.   BH is looking fabulous for his age, but I don't believe Doug is a racquet ball champion.

SR is much younger and looks and acts it.  They have painted Julie into a old, grumpy, slightly racist lady as well like you said.  But on the flip side Kate, Marlena, and Anna run around town fighting evil and bedding younger men.  I do think it has to do with who they are paired with as well.  Tony, John, and I guess Roman are more viable and younger.

[Khan]

Probably.  I remember various characters referring to her as a "slut" on several occasions - beginning immediately with Echo's reintroduction at Dorian's house.  Maybe they were all references to the fact that KZ once portrayed the self-proclaimed "Slut of Springfield," but if you never watched an episode of GL in your life, then you probably never got the jokes - if that's what they, in fact, were - and if you didn't get the jokes, then you likely thought it was cruel, even toward a known homewrecker like Echo DiSavoy, and, well, slut-shamey.

[carolineg]

That was bad and insulting.  But wasn't it mostly Dinah making the digs?

[Gray Bunny]

Beth Raines had plenty to say too, during the brief Vanessa/Matt/Beth triangle... 

[Khan]

Yup, it is, lol.

I thought it was Beth?  Maybe Dinah was making those cracks, too?  IDK.  It just seemed like cheap shots at the ALWAYS gorgeous Maeve Kinkead's expense.