Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Date: Tue,  8 Sep 1992 12:57:35 -0400 
From: Liz Fox <lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: DOOL: Cancer (was Victor/Vivian)

 
[Vix not Lix}
 
And Vix responds to Lis (this is just so confusing):
 
> Lis responds to Vickie
>
> >Well, I'll jump in and say that I HATE the way they are killing off sIcklyB.
> >No surprise.  Each time I look at her I think of her butt hanging out 
> >behind a chair at Victor's, I think of the many times she did everything
> >she could to kill her beloved child, I think of that horribly offensive
> >Wedding/Birth, I think of a car in the river, a car in a snowbank, a
> >pistol packin' pregnant mother running off to a mobster's cabin without
> >calling for help, a woman so unprofessional she rolls into her PI office
> >and tells her employee, "Oh by the way, we're closing today.  You're fired."
>  
> Most of this stuff was written in the storyline....She didn't
> write her part.  She's done a lot of good stuff too as her
> character.  She's a very warm and caring person, and down to
> earth....
 
Thanks for making my point for me.  She is NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN TO EARTH!
She is supposed to be an Italian heiress and she has NEVER been convincing
at it.  She always seems confused and uneasy and frail which is why I think
she has not been terrible in this death stuff.  It appears to be a natural
for her personality on screen.
 
> >but mostly I think of an actress who has zero chemistry with my favorite
> >actor on the show and who it now appears did what she could to get Deborah
> >Moore fired.  To say that I despise the character of Isabella is an 
>  
> YEAH!!    Deb Moore was fired!!    Ha!  I didn't know she was
> fired.  I thought she was just signed on for a short time.
 
Previews at the time stated that Deborah was supposed to be around for a
long time to cause trouble in Drake and sIckly's relationship and POOF she
disappeared to make Spaci happy.  So not only is Spaci a lousy actress, she
is an unprofessional one too.  
 
> >In my life as a pharmacist, I watched many kind and brave people die from
> >cancer.  I don't know how oncologists do what they do.  I couldn't take it
>  
> It's a LOT different when it's yourself who might have cancer,
> or someone who is blood close to you.  
 
My dear, you assume.  You would be hard pressed to find many people have NOT
had someone close to them die of cancer or some equally dibilitating disease.
I have.  I just have watched many more of my patients die from it too and
they don't die just like that.  You get to watch them suffer for months.
And don't think that just because they are not related to you means that it
doesn't break your heart to watch it because it does and you get to watch
what it does to their families too.
 
> Oh Puh-lllllllllllllllllease!!  *gag*  *cough*
> STaci isn't doing THAT bad of a job in this storyline.  
> Give the lady a break!  *sheesh*  Staci is pulling this
> off just fine, IMHO.
 
Spaci is doing an OK job of it for the reasons I stated.  This is the way
she always acted on this show.  My problem is giving such a "touching"
storyline to a character I despise.
 
> At least you know your hated Staci will be off DOOL in a 
> few months.  It's hard telling how incredibly long we're gonna
> have to suffer thru watching DrakeWhoCan'tAct on DOOL.  
 
Maybe it's DrakeWhoCan'tActoffSpaci.  I've always said that she is the
problem.  I have seen him be wonderful with Deidre, Genie, Lori, and 
Deborah.  I would say that is evidence that Spackle is the problem.
I would also be willing to bet that most of the people who despise her
despise her for the same reason.  We like him.  She brings him down.  Of
course, there are those like Tim, who don't like him either.
 
> --Lis, who supports Staci all the way
 
Enjoy her while you can.  I can wait.  Fire away Lis.  I'm ready.
 
Vix