From: sally@remarque.berkeley.edu (S. A. Wilson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: DOOL: Tuesday's Episode
Date: 18 Nov 1992 06:29:32 GMT
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Well I really enjoyed today's episode at least the stuff with J&J and Jo,
and most especially Marlena and my gal Stella.

I can do without BillieGoat. I find it insulting her attempts at
being high and thus showing who EVIL drug use is. The whole way
it is presented, fueled by the woman's pathetic acting skills makes
the whole thing a joke. I am quite sure that this whole storyline
is supposed to serve as a lesson to young people on the sins of
drug use and addiction. However, it comes out as a joke, and thus
the lesson is lost. If they really wanted to show the affects of
drug addiction they should try to be realistic and use better
acters. The target audience of young people will find it a joke,
and thus will not get the message. I wish that they would have
done some real research on drug abuse, and come up with a storyline
with more impact which shows the horrors of overindulgence. Most
tv and movies do poor jobs with the subject. 

Well I guess that Billie and Butthead are slatted as a temporary
couple. These two have got to be the pits. [So far in my poll
each is doing quite well]. Does anyone care about either character
or acter? I really can't feel sorry for Billie's situation. I
don't care that her drug use and her flipant remarks are do to
the pain of her father's death--and that he may be the one in
Midnight Express. The actress brings nothing to the role, no
reason to care about her, no depth to make me insightful to
her pain. RKK just has no chemistry, not with Carly, nor any
of the folks who play his family, nor with Alice who was always
very close to the character. He may be a Reckell look-alike but
he brings nothing. A romance between these two will be a bust.
But maybe they will leave town together taking ShawnD with them.

I wish we would have had a break from the Lizard, Nikki, Carly stuff.
We have had this story around for quite some time. Now, Viv is 
going to ask Victor to sabatoge the tests. As if this ploy has
not occurred enough alread in the show. Though THANK GOD we were
subjected to TripKims.

Okay...again I love seeing J&J. I wish they would have a joicier
storyline and that Julie would be included. However, it is nice
seeing folks clean clothes, iron, have to deal with domestic
chores, and have everyday problems. Jo is getting invovled again
and it is nice seeing Jack deal with his mother and allow her
to be a mother and grandmother. I do like Jack's conflect of
being somewhat jealous of Jenn being the primary breadwinner,
yet trying to see to her happiness and her career. I know that
if my husband made more than I and was more famous than I part
of me would be quite jealous, and yet happy.

The best part of the day had to be the scenes with Bromka and
Hall. Yesterday we were dealt the rediculous and farcical scenes
with Kim. Bromka out did Pease to such a degree that it isn't
even funny. Today Stella started out as a great tormentor, psycho,
villanness. You could see the pleasure in her eyes as she verbally
tormented Marlena. Then when asked about Roman's condition, her
facial expressions changed. He eyes displayed her concern and
showed signs of feeling pain for Marlena. When she was psycho-
anaylzing Marlena--this was the best. Her eyes and expressions
said it all. Marlena was terrific too, finally breaking down,
and like many people who are imprisoned and tortured, came to
look at her tormentor as solice.  The Ice Maidan melted, we
saw that she has fears, and problems too. Stella at first
gleeful over her victory over Marlena, then changing to sorrow
and understanding--all this yet again by the merest of expressions.
I as a viewer felt sorry for her, sadistically also enjoying
her torment Marlena, plus I felt much more. We are to feel sorry
for TripKims, her condition is due to her molestation. Yet, Pease portrays her
as a fool, a joke, opting to dance around in alluring clothing
to show the characters illness. Bromka does it by acting, she does
not have to succomb to tricks. I think we are losing the wrong
character. I think that watching Stella try and overcome her illness
and her dependency on Roger would be far more interesting than
watching Pasty fall into another hokey accident, and try to be
sexy. If I were Deidre I would feel bad about the loss of Bromka,
for up until now the character of Marlena has been dull. With
Bromka the character has come alive. They have great chemistry together,
and it is great to she a different type of relationship, instead of
DOCL pact romance couples.


I think that Bromka should be up for a Daytime Emmy or at least
a SOD Award next year. The woman sure deserves it.

Spudnix--


-- 
Amore e 'l cor gentil sono una cosa,	   |||	 Sally A. Wilson
  si come il saggio in suo dittare pone	   |||	 Spudnix Peel
  e cosi esser l'una sanza l'altro osa     |||	 sally@mica.berkeley.edu
  com'alma razional sanza ragione.  [_Vita_Nova_ XX, Dante]
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