Watching Roger Newcomb, Damon Jacobs and Elizabeth Kerri Mahon discuss one of my favorite topics — soaps’ lack of strong women — on We Love Soaps’ sixth episode of WLS TV got me thinking again. I sifted through each daytime soap that I watch, trying to think of a woman who is not reduced to obsessing… Read More Women on TV: the difference between night and day
There are a lot of logic flaws in GH’s “Franco Hearts Jason” story, but here’s one in particular: If everyone knows Jason is a killer, he’s not the best hitman, he’s theworst. Now, I’m hardly an expert when it comes to contract hits and the mob (okay, I’m lying; clearly whacking people is how I make extra… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
So, apparently James Franco joined GENERAL HOSPITAL as a form of performance art. He proclaims that it’s about making the audience suspend their disbelief. Not for nothin’, Mr. Franco, but have you ever watched a soap? We viewers suspend our disbelief every single day. Franco outlines his reasoning in an article in the Arts & Entertainment section of the Wall… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
A lot of mainstream critics are weighing in about James Franco‘s first few days on GH, so I guess it’s my turn! First, I think it’s terribly sad that, in GH’s shot to draw in new viewers with Franco’s guest appearance and the surrounding media blitz, the hospital has not been shown once so far. If… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
Yes, today was the day that “Elizabeth’s first love” returned on GH, and I’ll get to that, but let me talk about OLTL’s Kyle’s first love, Fish, first! I’m a sucker for two characters really digging deep into the core of their relationship. And, as we all know, I’m a sucker for Kyle and Fish… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
I don’t know if this means I’m perversely ornery or what, but when a canon tells me that a character is root-worthy, to the point of slanting stories to show how sympathetic or wonderful or favored they are, I inevitably run screaming in the opposite direction. And sometimes, I even start rooting for whoever their… Read More Soap characters and taking sides
“Elizabeth’s first love is back,” touts an ABC/SOAPnet promo for Jonathan Jackson‘s Oct. 27 return. (Check it out here) Uh, guys…? Elizabeth’s first love NEVER LEFT. He’s right there. In Port Charles. Wearing Greg Vaughan‘s face. I mean, I can only imagine how hamstrung the ABC/SOAPnet promotional department was, realizing that they couldn’t go “the real Lucky returns!”… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
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