From: susanm@HP-AND.AN.HP.COM (Susan Margulies)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: RE: AMC: Update Wed. July 19th
Date: 26 Aug 92 19:19:50 GMT


From: susanm@wal.hp.com (Susan Margulies)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: AMC: Update Wed. July 19
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:00:16 GMT

slaury@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Susan Laury) writes:
: ALL MY CHILDREN -- WED. JULY 19
[part of a great update deleted]
: 
: Haley then yells at Dixie: "I thought you were on my side. I saw
: Brian and I know what you're up to." A very guilty Dixie makes
: Haley explain -- she thought that Dixie was talking to Brian about
: her. Dixie admits that her name did come up. Haley accuses her
: of trying to get them back together. Dixie says that she mentioned
: it. Haley makes her apologize for telling Brian about their 
: conversation and makes her swear not to try to get them together.
: Dixie had no problem doing this!
: 

Hayley needs to grow up!  She is sooo transparent about Brian.  I
thought she was completely rude when Brian showed up at the hospital
to show his support for Natalie and also when she was such a bitch
to Dixie.  If only Dixie didn't have the guilt factor going, maybe
she could be the one to tell Hayley to stop being such a SPOILED
BRAT!  So she didn't get what she wants.  So she's been replaced.
Get over it, and go on.  When I was Hayley's age, I NEVER got the
guys I wanted, and although it hurt, I didn't behave like that!
You would have thought Dixie put her in a well the way she was
carrying on (writer - you need not take that as my creative input!).


: CARTER
: 
: Carter sees Pheobe (at Tempo) and after sweettalking her, asks 
: about the fire. She tells him that Mo is fine (he says Thank God),
: but that Natalie was hurt and had to have surgery. He looks
: kind of sorry, but I can't tell if he's sincere. He looked upset

I think the point is definitely that Carter wanted to get Trevor.
He has nothing against Trevor's family.  However, he is not thorough
enough to make sure no one else gets involved - meaning he went for
the quick scare without considering the consequences, should someone
else be in the house, etc.  I also got the idea that Carter thought
they hadn't moved in yet (something he said to one of the firemen on
Tuesday) which would also lead to the logical conclusion that just
Trevor was in the house, Natalie and child were wherever the family
is staying during the renovations.


: EDMUND/DIMITRI/ERICA
: 
: Edmund, Dimitri, Jack, Angelique and Brooke are at the hospital. Ed
: and Dim are fighting again, but finally Angel has had enough. She
: tells them that she's sick of hearing them do nothing but fight.

Angelique's hysteria was some of the best acting I've seen on AMC -
as far as someone portraying that kind of bottled up
anger/frustration.  I can't even believe this is the same woman who
used to totally annoy me (during her recovery) with what I consider
shabby acting.  I am glad the directors had Angelique behave as they
did.  I was just trying to imagine the soliloqy (sp?) she gave being
delivered by Erica.  Can you picture it?  Every word would be full
of that famous Erica-anger, but the delivery would be flawlessly
smooth, thus ruining the human element.   I am not saying anything
against Erica as a character since I am a big Lucci fan and I like
Erica the way she is.  It's just that I was pleasantly surprised to
see AMC allow a female character to be angry and act hysterical
rather than the very "gracefully angry" speeches we hear from Hayley,
Erica, Brooke, etc.  When I am angry, I sound more like Angelique -
struggling to get the right words, lashing out irrationally, and all
that.  I definitely brainslap more like Angelique than like Erica.

: [stuff about Jack telling Erica Ed & Dim weren't fighting over
: her]

I thought Jack was unnecessarily cruel to Erica.  I know he is not
psyched with her behavior with respect to Dimitri and that he is
worried about Angelique, not to mention the sexual frustration.  But
really!  I thought he owed her a major apology.  Instead, the next
time they run into each other, he starts oozing sympathy because he
has found out about Mona's cancer.  I am glad she didn't allow him
to comfort her at all.  Even though I like Jack, I am glad when
Erica gives it to him - when he deserves it.


Susan

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