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Feb.08.2009
I was going to circulate this little rant among a few friends, but once it's out there, it's out there... So, what the hell.
I logged on to We Love Soaps Sunday morning - before I had my first cup of tea - and what do I see but the following headline: "ATWT Wins WGA Award." That was...
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Feb.08.2009
I'm finally finishing up my essay comparing primetime and daytime soaps. Including the references, it's going to be pushing 5000 words. Since Friday Night Lights is one of the examples I consider in the essay, I was intrigued by this little nugget I found at We Love Soaps (many thanks to Roger...
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Jan.14.2009
I was taking a little break at work late Monday afternoon, scrolling though the Media Domain site, and there it was - actually, there were two - "Finally, Sheesh" and "Finally, Spoiler." I didn't even have to open the posts to know that almost a year-an-a-half after their first...
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Nov.12.2008
When my cable provider added SOAPNet a couple of years ago, I finally had a chance to see Ryan's Hope. The episodes airing then were from 1980, about five years into the show's 14-year run. I have to confess, the character of Delia Reid Ryan (Ryan Coleridge Crane Coleridge) didn't make much of an...
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Sep.29.2008
Like my Red Room colleague, Jennifer Gibbons, I've been in a bit of a funk of late and haven't felt much like writing. Like Jennifer, the election and the economy are sapping my energy. Then my 92-year old uncle died and two days later Paul Newman. So...
But that's real life. Then there are the...
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Sep.03.2008
to Helen Wagner, who celebrated her 90th yesterday. Thanks to Roger Newcomb at welovesoaps.blogspot.com (having technical problems and can't insert live links), who shared his memories of meeting Helen a few years ago, which, in turn, prompted me to share the first time I met her.
It was maybe...
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Jul.30.2008
Well, I was right, Rick Decker is no James Stenbeck. On the heels of yesterday’s announcement that Jon Prescott will be leaving As the World Turns at the end of August, comes casting news that has enormous potential for the show. The boards have been buzzing all day about the returns of Anthony...
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Jul.29.2008
When I read about Colleen Zenk Pinter evoking Douglas Marland earlier this month, I was reminded of a comment I made almost exactly a year ago in the midst of a very long exchange sprawled over four blogs, "...although, dare I say that ATWT seems to be back on track. Let's hope I haven't...
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Jul.20.2008
or the actor. In this case, it's As the World Turn's, Jon Hensley, who's been dodging bullets on the boards since last Thursday's (17 July) big reveal. (For those not up-to-date on this fakakta Carly-Holden storyline, look here and follow the links within.)
It's not that bad acting and bad writing...
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Jul.16.2008
Rule # 10 from Douglas Marland's "How Not to Wreck a Show:"
"Good soap opera is good storytelling. It's very simple."
First rule of creative writing:
"Show, don't tell."
Marland Rule # 6"
"Don't change a core character. You can certainly give them edges...
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