From: peea224@chpc.utexas.edu (Joanna L. Castillo)
Subject: Re: DOOL Roger Lombard, etc
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 15:42:34 GMT

In article <UeRUrjy00VB10GkUc_@andrew.cmu.edu> Jeffrey Todd Blankenship <jb93+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>MY  point is name me five bradys or hortons that have done anything
>worth mentioning in the past year.  i can't think of any horton (except
>jenn) who deserve a major storyline -- julie won't get one so there is
>no reason for me to exclude her.  what bradys should get some more time?

Hmmmm...in the past year?  Ack!  You got me.  'Problem is...I can't 
think of *anything* that's happened in the past year that particularly
grabbed my attention...I think that's my point.  :-)  The show spent 
lots of time in the past (or so it seemed) developing characters and 
stories and now everything is just dumped on us...fait accompli!  And,
we have to suffer through the consequences.  I mean...look at the past
year...Hawk, the return of Roman and Marlena (which could have been 
done very well but wasn't), the Mexican Fiasco (featuring Stupido), 
the Dreading, the list is ever expanding (read Austin, the wonderkind
piano player -- no way were his fingers anywhere near the ivorys!).
How 'bout if I name five Bradys or Hortons who've done thing in the 
past that I would like to see involved in stuff?  

  #1 - Kayla!!!
  #2 - Mike
  #3 - Julie (I don't understand why she doesn't count in your list)
  #4 - Alice (Grandmothers are wonderful people and she's got lots
	      of possibilities)
  #5 - Caroline (Remember her and Vic? -- good stuff)
  #6 - Maggie (I even used to like Mickey before he turned into the
	       lawyer with only one tactic)
  #7 - Marlena (she's got it in her...I know she does)

And if we get past the Bradys and Hortons a bit to characters who've
been with the show for a while and deserve better than what they've
had this past year, I've got:

  #1 - Marcus
  #2 - Jack
  #3 - Jo
  #4 - Eve (she's gone but she was good -- I'm not mentioning Nick
	    'cause he's dead -- sorry, Guavita)

>                i haven't seen much from any brady or horton that is
>worth saying, so & so doesn't deserve time that could go to...  

I think the whole thing boils down to the folks in charge and I think
they've royally screwed up the show (MY show!!) and it aggravates me
no end.  It's just not fair...I *know* it can be better...why do they
keep dumping untenable plotlines on our TV screens expecting us to 
just take it?  The sad answer to that question is that we will just 
take it.  Several people have asked me why I continue to watch and the 
only reason I can come up with is that I've been watching forever.  I 
don't want to watch some other show whose history is unknown to me.  In 
college I did watch a lot of the other soaps but I've not really been 
drawn to start taping any of them in the years since.  I'll occasionally 
watch AMC or GH if I happen to be home but they just don't mean as much 
to me -- I haven't invested as much time in any of them and I really 
don't want to start on a new show.

Hmmmm...what were we talking about?  Oh, yeah...the Lombards vs. the
Bradys/Hortons.  Well, I guess my point is that I just want my old 
show back.  :-)

>                                       your point about the lombards
>being at the forefront from day one can easily be explained.  how about
>this, ~after the trial thing, they were supposed to leave the show. 
>however, somebody came up with the idea of using them to set up other
>stories.~  granted, roger hitting kim is a major story and roger has a
>major role in the story.  the thing with john and issy is not a major
>story but merely a set up for the much larger story, "who killed roger
>lombard."  we can't have only the brady's wanting to kill roger can we? 
>tisk, tisk, soap fundamentals.

Indeed...tisk tisk.  :-)

>it has been a bad day, but my i feel better now.

I'm sorry for the bad day but am glad you're feeling better!

>jeff

Joanna.

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