Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 1992 12:48:55 -0400 
From: Liz Fox <lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: DOOL: Cancer (was Victor/Vivian)


[Vickie not Liz]
 
Cat responds to Lis:
 
In article <1992Sep2.191722.5061@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> lisad@dynamo.ecn.purdue.
edu (Lisa Dominique) writes:
>
> >I feel the same way.  I really like Isabella.... 
> >Altho it's very much a part of reality, I still wish
> >they wouldn't kill her off with something as dreadful
> >as pancreatic cancer.... stupid writers .... They could
> >have at least let her die instantly in a car crash or
> >something.  I will miss Isabella too.  
> >
> Well sure she could go in a car crash, but I don't recall seeing
> many Cancer incidents on DAYS as of late.  At least this is original.
> Also, it's something that will probably hit home to a lot of viewers
> who have had family members or friends who have had cancer.  I know that
> my mom will probably STOP watching actually, because she had someone
> close to her die of cancer and she's very odd about watching any
> portrayal of someone with cancer.  However, I think that a lot of
> people will be able to identify with this, so I think it was actually
> a good choice by the writers.  It beats another Salem murder, or
> falling into a vat of acid a la Hope... This has a touch of reality.
> Now let's hope the writers don't screw up a good thing.  And MAYBE,
> just maybe this will give Staci Greason a chance to stretch her 
> acting skills so we might appreciate her before she goes...or am
> I just wishing too much?
 
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."
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 
understatement.  The English language fails me.  There are no adjectives
to describe how I feel about her.
 
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
for any length of time.  It greatly offends me for them to write such a 
supposedly touching story for this creature.  It makes light of these people 
who I have admired and yet who have still succumbed to this horrible disease.  
Yes, worthless scum die from cancer too.  I just don't want to watch it as 
"entertainment" because I don't find it entertaining.  I find it disgusting. 
 
Oh my.  This was more strongly stated than I meant when I started, but this
storyline is just so awful.  I can't believe they're going through with it.
My only hope is that it will give Drake a chance to be wonderful.  I remember
when Marlena went sidewalk diving.  He was so terrific.  Maybe he will be
again.
 
Vickie