From: rose@cecily.UUCP (Rose M. Delckum)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: DOOL: Tuesday 11th---YUCK
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 19:10:56 GMT
Organization: The New Alaska Riviera
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In article <UeWbQ2i00WB_8JuEwf@andrew.cmu.edu>, Jeffrey Todd Blankenship writes:

> yuck is right.
> 
> carly and/or bo have mentioned that girl in almost every scene they are
> in together -- then they jump in the sack, on the pool table, etc.  why
> did we never even see the girl (or did we?). that really bugs me, tptb
> are using this "girl" to set carly up to be the hero of "the war on
> drugs" in salem and we don't get to learn ANYTHING about the girl. 
> maybe bo could be put on a special task force and the two could work
> together.--now that would be great!

     And maybe they'd both get shot by the local druglord and die quickly
in each other's arms.  Does this mean Carly's gonna work with the cops
too?  Boy, she sure is talented.  What an awesome, multi-talented, deeply-
caring 90's kinda woman...NOT!  When are TPTB gonna learn that the whole
'rebel without a clue' thing went out with the 80's and Reagan and Rambo?
What the hell can Carly do against druglords, huh?  Use a machine gun or
napalm to kill them all?  Then others will just take their place.  I 
really hate it when this happens...they pull something out of thin air
and expect us to care.  Now I realize this is a soap opera, and I don't
expect reality, heck, I love fantasy, that's one of the reasons I loved
Nick, all his fantasies, but this is ridiculous.  There is no sense of
reality whatsoever.
And also, does this mean CC gets 2 front-burner stories?  The new
triangle and her 'Rambette against drugs' line?  Whya re they
giving Deidre her own show?  Crystal is obviously the new
wunderkind in the studio (and the casting couch...sorry nasty
remark) so why even bother with Deidre anymore?  Just give Crystal
ML.
> 
> bo reminds me of a spoiled kid.  he pouts about everything and always
> has to have his way.  i've also noticed, carly incourages him to act
> like this.  like when he told her about trying to go after the pusher,
> she kind of praised him.  the same for when he told her "i'm going to be
> a cop and they are just going to have to deal with it."  i know she is
> supposed to be supportive but couldn't she say "well i admire you
> wanting to help but you can't go against the rules" or something like
> that!

    Exactly.  You hit it right on the head Jeff.  Bo and Carly are
juvenile.  Their storylines and relationship are shallow and juvenile.
If they were aimed at the summer teen audience I would understand this
to a degree, but they sure underestimate us grown-ups.  These two are
right in character for a pair of high-school freshmen...obsessed with
sex, narcissistic, shallow, selfish...but they are not adults and their
relationship is very unhealthy.  They are co-dependent personalities.
They'd be great villains, they act like villains, but TPTB want us
to root for them.  I don't understand.  Maybe this stuff was in back in
the 60's and 70's when Al and Gene were in their prime :-)  but this
is the 90's guys!  Wake up!
> 
> sally, you asked how bo could crack into the computer...you must have
> forgotten, bo spent that one night learning how to break codes and "now
> he can probably break into any computer in the world."

     Using a state of the art Vic-20 or PDP-11 and lots of
flashing christmas-tree lights!  
> 
> here's wishing that they would give larry someone better than carly and
> that jack would get some respect from tptb!

    
Amen.  And wishing they'd get some decent writers and bring back two
certain couples...
> 
> jeff

  Foaming Guava
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