From: mins@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (timothy.j.mizerak)
Subject: Re: DOOL: Character opinions
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:05:33 GMT

In article <BvrorK.E5@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> e2hooger@leibniz.uwaterloo.ca (Erica Hoogerbeets) writes:
>I find it really funny how much I disagree with most of the vocal
>people in this newsgroup! 


Always glad to amuse!


>I also find it REALLY funny how you guys can always find what 
>you're looking for.


Well, I'm glad you get a kick out of it because the rest of us sure don't.
"We find what we're looking for" because this show can be so predictible
and repetitive.  I'm expecting there to be loads of Kim and Carly stuff
over the next few shows.  Trust me, it *will* happen.  

You imply that we are interpreting things that aren't really there.  Well,
could it be that you are just *not seeing* things that *are* there?


>For instance, for Jenn's shower, I did NOT think it centered on
>Carly. Okay, it did have a scene with her and Jenn talking about 
>Carly having a baby, but let's face it, that's something you talk
>about at a shower. Other than that, we saw Isabella and Jenn. But,


The shower itself didn't, but the anticipation of it [for Bo 
and Carly] seemed to be nothing more than a vechicle for Carly's
problems to take center stage again.


>since you're looking so hard to see Carly everywhere, you do. Maybe


You mean she isn't really there all those times????    I must be
hallucinating!!!!   Where's Marcus, I need a prescription!  :-)


>agree that she seems to be taking over the show lately (the only
>one with much of a storyline other than Isabella),but I don't find
>it all that bad. I'd rather watch her than Kim or Marlena!


I'd put them all in the same category right now, though some of 
Kim's stuff w/ Shane was good yesterday.  Hey, I was even going
to say that I thought yesterday's [Wed.] show dealt with Carly
well.  She was only a supporting figure in the John/Isabella thing,
the way it should be.


>Then there's Danielle. Ok, I liked the character. Ok, I liked the
>actress. But I didn't think she was all THAT wonderful and I certainly
>do NOT believe for a second that she was solely responsible for the
>ratings boost that we saw. 


If you don't want to believe a fact, that is fine.


>I personally think that the storyline had
>a lot more to do with it. After all, it was something interesting
>happening for a change! I don't think you'd find that Danielle would


I've said this before, and I'll say it again.  On paper there have been
plenty of "interesting" things.  I don't think the writing for Danielle
was much better than the writing in a lot of Carly and Isabella's stuff.
It was what she did with it!  Deborah Moore *made* the storyline 
interesting because she was so damned good!


>do much for the ratings if she just came back to the show and was a
>character with a more plain storyline.


Yeah, but she showed that she can get them up there when the writing
is good.  Carly and Isabella have NEVER done a thing for the ratings.
Traditionally, soap opera weddings guarantee a ratings boost.  Both
of them have had weddings in the past year. What did the ratings show?
Nothing.


>and still don't) in his acting. Tim is gross!!!!!! Yuck, ew, blech.
                                    :_(

Are you sure you don't think that Tim is gross because you were 
looking to see that?  :-)


>Just a few thoughts I had to express.


Thanks for sharing.  :)

>Erica
>
>Oh yeah, I LOVED it when Stella SCREAMED at Marlena! Totally irrational!
>Great stuff.

And again, are you POSITIVE that you didn't find Stella irrational 
because you were expecting to???   :-)

bye,

Tim  [not the gross one, I hope :) ]
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