He certainly disparaged it and wanted to bring in more upper- and lower-class characters. Some quotes from Eight Years in Another World:
"Solid middle-class values were idealized through characters who were invariably white Anglo-Saxon Protestants with surnames such as Matthews, Hughes, Stewart, and Randolph."
"The existing conventional soap opera family on “Another World” – upper-middle class, professional children of professional parents – was to be contrasted with a group of vigorous young people from the dirt-farm deprivation similar to the bleakness of the impoverished region in which I had grown up. They would join the Matthewses and the Randolphs slowly over several years and in their individual way fight for the social acceptance and economic security their complacent betters took for granted."
"We were gaining Frames from Oklahoma and Carringtons from international society circles. The Matthewses and Randolphs remained but would no longer dominate the action."
"It would take time to weave the Perrinis into the action, so I set about making Angie a focal figure in a secondary triangle to counterpoint that of Iris, Mac and Rachel. Angie fell slavishly in love with Willis in spite of his blatant pursuit of Carol Lamonte, whose wealth and social standing was worth cultivating far more than the meek little Italian girl from the wrong side of the tracks. The two triangles had much in common: both heroines were brunettes and both spoilers were blonde, a departure from prevailing soap opera formula. Both spoilers were also extremely rich while both heroines were from working class backgrounds, factors which reflected my own prejudices."
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