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It will be exciting to see what these three actresses bring to the screen with these characters. The producers definitely are on the right track with casting and the rest of the cast should be on point.

I have a feeling that Tunie and Mosley are really going to light up the screen together.

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I'm not sure that the lessons of PSSN are of use to any other venture. So much was just about James Reilly. And, of course, the execs at NBC thinking he was a miracle storyteller. Their expectations were amazing & basically showed that they didn't know anything at all about beginning a new soap & that it would take time to grow an audience. I do not expect this to be at all like that was.

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I can't stop thinking about  the opening credits and theme tune. Will it showcase the actors (and if so their names aswell)? Or will it be simple and timeless ala Days?

Will the theme be orchestral, synthy, jazzy, or maybe even vocal. On a similar note I can't wait to hear the music cues. This is such an exciting time. 

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A small bit of food for thought, probably more trivia than anything else but, I have been thinking about how the recent mini scandal with P&G and one of their recently acquired brands might possibly have an effect on the PR for this show. In a deft stroke of ingenuity, there has been apparent diminution of P&G’s role in the production of this soap, which is probably for the best. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, nevermind lol.

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I think PASSIONS is getting a bad rap here.

If you wanted a traditional soap, it didn't work. You had to suspend belief and roll with the camp and the absurdity. That first day in Harmony took a month To play out onscreen, and at that point you were either in or out.

I understand why some people didn't like it, but I think Reilly had a vision that was carried out. The soapy weirdness kept me watching until it ran out of gas, but I think it was a noble attempt at something different.

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It's recently been discussed quite a bit in the FB soap group I run. Some call it the worst soap ever. Some say it's not really a soap at all. Some were very specific that they watched & read all about it ahead of time & then felt cheated because what they got was not what they'd been led to believe they would get. Others simply loved it & embraced it. Others were big fans but felt that at some point Reilly seemed to "lose it". With him it seems to me you get potential controversy. Everyone was civil. I moved a subset discussion that was embittered AW fans away because it was beginning to look explosive. My primary reaction to it is that I think some NBC execs were stupid & short-sighted because they had this weird idea that it was going to come out of the gate with great ratings numbers rather than have to grow an audience. Like learn something about programming soaps, guys. 

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I hear you on all of that. I was REALLY angry at NBC and P&G when Another World was canceled. So many of us were, even though we'd been frustrated for years about mistakes made at AW.

NBC was absolutely crazy to think that ratings for PASSIONS would be great with so many ticked off and sad AW viewers out there -- and it didn't help when The AW replacement was a hard 180 away from what we'd seen for decades.

No soap cancellation broke my heart the way Another World's did.

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