In a way, his comments speak to why we care so much about soaps, even if those who produce them stopped caring a long time ago. We - meaning, of course, the hardcore, dedicated, loyal fans - count on those shows and those actors being there for us - day after day, week after week, month after month, year after gotdamn year - because the world is too insane to cope without them.
Like Nancy Curlee once said, there's a part of us that needs to know that all we have to do is run up those back porch steps, open the screen door and there will stand someone like Bert Bauer or Kate Martin, greeting us with some cookies, some lemonade and some much-needed, sage advice.
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