On Wednesday, when The Bold and the Beautiful‘s Owen went AWOL in San Diego for a bit before a crucial interview for Jackie M, my Spidey senses started tingling. Then, as he returned just in time to sprawl carelessly in a chair and be both callous and flip about his marriage to Jackie, the alarm… Read More Double trouble
I think most people who love something passionately, be it soap operas or romance novels or genre TV like Stargate: Atlantis, spend a good portion of discussing those loves being an apologist. We always have to justify or explain it, often with a bullet point list or a slideshow. “This is what is great about… Read More This is not an apologia (except it kind of is).
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
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