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By Contessa Donatella · Posted
There's a throughline in BTS of self-hatred. Soaps like some other genres are ghettoized & stigmatized. It's that pink collar thing. If it's "women's shows" then that is considered low, lower & beneath notice. Not good enough. Unworthy. -
By Contessa Donatella · Posted
Yes, I know. I didn't know earlier but I've been told. 62 is way young. -
I will never understand how a medium directed at women has so many writers and producers who act as if being a wife or mother is the most horrible thing for a soap character to be. So bizarre to me. It's just not a few producers or headwriters. It's most if not all of them. It's those maternal characters that a lot of us gravitate towards. It's those characters that ground the show and give the shows the heart when so much ridiculousness is going on. It's those characters that new producers overlook when they want to shake things up. -
Tell me I’m not the only one who felt the heat in those Philip/Doug3 scenes? I’m not trying to imply anything untoward — or offend — but let’s be honest: JPL rarely exudes classic romantic leading man energy. And while I loathe the "bisexual con man" trope, Doug3 has far better chemistry with Philip than he ever did with Holly. I’m easily distracted by little things in scenes. Case in point: after Maggie threw Philip out of the house, she headed straight to visit Julie at the hospital. Who hangs out at a hospital (or their daughter’s workplace) just to chat? Wouldn’t it have made more sense to meet for coffee in the square? And when Maggie reminded Julie of her old shoplifting days, I couldn’t help but think: the old Julie would’ve snapped right back about glass houses and stones. After all, Maggie's seen her share of time behind bars (and I don't mean Chez Rouge). As for Sophia — I doubt the actress is very seasoned, but the writing certainly isn’t doing her any favors. A clever girl would never taunt Holly right in front of Tate. She’d wait until they were alone to twist the knife properly. This also feels like the perfect chance to reset Chanel. The actress is magnetic and at just the right age for a range of storylines, but the character is criminally underwritten. We get no real sense of the impact of her upbringing as a wealthy Black woman. Early Chanel was charmingly spoiled; now she seems defined only by her desire to be a mother. She could evolve — into someone manipulative, driven by anger, or nurturing to a fault — but she needs a few strong traits and motivations to make her truly compelling again. -
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Oh, yeah. I live in a city where I know soccer is major enough that people here will be lining the bars to watch it in the middle of the day. Heck, our baseball team is in town and people will be commuting over to the stadium TWO TO THREE hours ahead of the start time to watch. Sports fans (like soap fans) do not play. -
I disagree. Soccer fans will watch. TV audiences for the Olympics are proof that viewers will watch various sporting events at any hour of the day. The ratings might not be sky high, but the demo they want will watch, and that's what matters. These things have been studied by the networks for years. They are not pre-empting shows because some Joe lost his mind one day and said "Let's air some soccer!" -
By Gatecrashers · Posted
I disagree here. Sorry new pal... but, Charita was only 62 when she died. That is quite young for her generation and is definitely considered even younger now. Grant, Robert N., Liz, and Kim are all older than that now, and look fantastic. If Grant died today, would you consider him old? Try sitcomsonline.com. You love it there! -
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By dragonflies · Posted
I remember reading it didn't do all that well I think it was last year, and I could be wrong, please if I am someone correct me
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