I watch an unholy amount of television. It’s sort of my raison d’etre. And with the fall season starting next week, I’m going to be even more glued to my TV than usual. So why, then, have I become addicted to two shows that aren’t even on in the United States? Yup, I have joined… Read More Forbidden love is all that matters
I love “the rake and the ingenue;” I love the Benedick-and-Beatrice couples who banter their way into love. And I love couples who get back together after years apart. That device cropped up twice for me this week, first while reading Natural Born Charmer, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and then while watching As the World… Read More Natural born charmers
One Life to Live‘s Fish stepped out of the closet today, finally admitting to Cristian, Layla and himself what he’s been so afraid to acknowledge aloud: He’s gay. And, okay, from a ‘shipper perspective, I also had to squee because he acknowledged Kyle’s importance to him as well… Oliver: I went to college, and it… Read More Oliver’s coming out party: a recs post
Everybody who has read my stuff in the magazine or here in my blog knows that I’ve loved me some GL this year. The show bounced back from its slump in a beautiful, organic way and, sadly, that spike in awesomeness came too late to save it from cancellation. I can talk till I’m blue… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
It’s that time again. The Second Annual Mala’s Made-Up Awards. I did it last year in lieu of Emmy predictions (look for my June 20, 2008 entry) and figured it would be fun to do again! Obviously this informal set of kudos and disses spans part of last year and part of this year. There… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
I think I’ve said this before, but soap actors get a bad rap. People think it’s all camp and melodrama and overblown emotions, quavering voices or Pointy Fingers of Doom. Sometimes it is. But sometimes it’s subtle and poignant, too. These are performers who constantly have to run the gamut of human emotion. Their characters… Read More This is why I love doing what I do.
Since I’ve had massive love for OLTL lately, I should’ve figured that something would ruin it — my own personal romantic roadblock, determined to break up me and my cute, new steady. Yep, I’m talking Todd and Marty. I mean, pardon my caps-lock abuse here, but WHAT COURT IN THE LAND WOULD ORDER A RAPIST… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
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