Good soap isn’t just about one thing or the other. Truly good soap is a collaborative effort between talented writers, actors, directors and crew. If even one of those elements is off, it does make a difference. You can have the best script in the world, but a weak actor may not be able to sell it.… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
I am a guest on today’s We Love Soaps podcast. In the eighth installment of WLS’ fun and informative podcast, I dish diversity, soaps’ LGBT storylines, why B&B is awesome, and my school truancy record with hosts Roger Newcomb and Damon L. Jacobs. Give it a listen! And please assure me that I don’t sound… Read More Oh, yeah (on the radio).
I’ll have a more articulate reaction over in the WEEKLY blog tomorrow. For right now…? Here is my wholly unprofessional, fangirlish reaction to today’s OLTL: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I mean, okay, it wasn’t exactly the most uplifting of scenes, what with Fish yet again pushing Kyle away, but what it was was honest, and so well acted… Read More The obligatory Kish day reaction post.
I was doing some blog maintenance this morning, making some posts through July of this year public, and it occurred to me that you can really chart how my opinion about something goes through an evolution…primarily because of the ongoing nature of soaps. A story that starts out with an inkling of promise –like Y&R’s… Read More Ch-ch-ch-changes
Sexual orientation is a hot button topic in soaps these days, which is refreshing considering it used to never be discussed at all. But it also brings to light a lot of misconceptions about the Kinsey Scale and being gay vs. being bisexual. Many One Life to Live fans, for instance, are hoping for Oliver… Read More Soaps, sense and sexuality
Cultural identity is a funny thing, the way it changes and morphs over the course of a generation or two. I identify as American or Indian-American most of the time. My roots are firmly planted in American soil, I was born here and raised here, but I’m bilingual and brown and of indeterminate religion. Most… Read More Born in the USA, and borne from Bengal
Victory! I’ve finished Meredith Duran’s much-touted third novel, Written on Your Skin… and I think I have to read it again. It was just so dense and there was a lot of character work in the text. What I found fascinating was how despite the headless/shirtless dude on the cover (like Bound By Your Touch… Read More Written on Your Skin, by Meredith Duran
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