From: sally@remarque.berkeley.edu (S. A. Wilson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: DOOL: Julie
Date: 22 Nov 1992 06:41:47 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <1992Nov20.232107.16602@sadtler.com> rick@sadtler.com (Rick Morris) writes:
>======
>Coleen Flanagan wrotes:
>======
>
>>                    ...             I couldn't agree with you more with how 
>>    Julie treated Jack in such a patronizing manner.
>>                   ...
>>    wrong as I normally love the scenes between Julie and Jack but that scene
>>    yesterday between them rubbed me the wrong way.  
>>
>
>The way EVERYBODY treats Jack is bothering me.  Even the way Jack treats
>Jack.  Come on Jack, let's see a good plan pay off big!
>
>-Rick.
>-- 
>Rick Morris                            Email:  rick@sadtler.com
>Sadtler Research Labs, Philadelphia   -But I speak for myself
>---------------------------------------------------------------



I think that Jack is supposed to be everyone's punching bag. TPTB
are trying to center everything on Butthead. As you so correctly
posted Rick, Bo is not Bo. RKK's response that he does not want
Bo to be a superhero reveals how little RKK knows about the character.
He took over Bo, he should have watched old scenes with Bo and Hope.
The old Bo was a hero. Remember when he rescued Roman from jail
along with Alice's donuts; when he kidnapped Hope before her wedding;
plus many more. What happened to his bike? When RKK took over he
knew that Bo was an established character and knowing this he should
have realized that he took on this character, that doing so leaves
little room for him to play with the character. If RKK had come on
as an completely different person than RKK could play him as he 
likes, but he did not and those has an obligation to the character's
past and to the fans of the show. This is why RKK is failing at the
role.  TPTB are trying everything to make us like RKK, Bo, but I
do not think it will work. What made Bo interesting no longer 
exists. No matter how much RKK tries to do is glare. Jack, Matt,
is being scarificed. Matt has an opinion about his character and
remains true to it, remaining true to the feelings of the fans. This
does not hold will with Corday. So Jack is trashed, Jack is everyone's
punching bag, and is the show's fool.

I cannot see were this script will lead to anything substantial for
Jack. If he published it he will be a romance novelist, out of
character from the dignified, intellectual, snobbish Jack--he will be
a fool. Secondly, the script has to do with a secret involving Jenn's
parents, hence publishing it will make Jack a bad guy--insensitive to
Jenn and her family's feelings.  I cannot see anything shocking happening
in the house, other than an affair, or else the story deals with Bill
and Laura's affair during her marriage to Mickey. It will not be
a grand mystery/adventure for J&J, Julie, and others, there is no room.
Jack is only the show's fun guy, doormate, he will not be involved in
any mystery which was always apart of the Days of old--in fact this
is the first time since I watched the show that by this time of
year there was no great umbrella mystery which involved numerous 
Salemites. I cannot take anymore of this Nikki, Carly, Lizard stuff
it has gone on too long. Lizard is now ruined. He no longer is complex,
he is a wimp, constantly moping about Carly. His past deeds are completely
forgotten as well. Yesterday Bo told Carly he thought Lizard was behind
Viv's death. When she told him she did not think so he did not come back
with the facts that Lizard tried to kill her brother, himself, her, his
sister, Alice, and others; that he did kill Steve; that he did rape Jenn.
The only reason was that we are supposed to forget this. Well, if I
were Sabatino I would be upset, because forgetting his past trashes his
character. He no longer is evil, which was his charm; or if in fact they 
plan to redemn the character, all this is also ruined for, by sweeping it
all away, it does not provide Sabatino with any scenes showing his
transformation, showing him dealing with the true horrors of his past--right
now the only things he feels guilt for his lying to Carly, and remorse
over thinking he killed Forrest. He will become like Victor I pathetic,
ineffectual, slobbering fool. Crystal and he may be sexually hot on the
air, but acting wise they are not very interesting together. They cannot
rely on sexual tension forever. Once they go all the way whatever interest
there may be between them will end. The only possible hope is that we
find out Carly is in fact one mean bitch. That she was using Bo, Jenn,
and the rest of the Salemites as suckers and has one big revenge up her
selves--that she is in fact Stefano's daughter or something. Right now
Little_Miss_Can't_Be_Wrong does not cut it, and she is bringing down
Lizard, and the show.

Was the stuff with Scarrie and Asstin pretty disgusting? I mean a
gym in her living room. Scarrie a trainer? Rick made an allusion to
the Striesand, O'Neil flick, seeing the show Friday I had to shudder,
Rick was more on the mark than he realized. I told you folks one of
the reasons for this boxing crap is since it is winter Asstin needs
an excuse to go topless. So maybe Scarrie will be his sparing partner.
He is a little too good and turns her face into Gainsburger. After a
long grueling operation Marcus saves her face, and it is then that
ClassicCarrie returns. The blows to the head also make her back to
her old self, the Carrie of old would not fall for a dick like him,
nor would live with the likes of Billie; she the moves in with John.

Since Bromka lives back East her work on DOCL keeps her away for her
family, so I guess it was probably her idea to leave. Though, I hope
that the truck does not kill her, that the role will be reaccuring.
Scenes of Marlena and her in therapy would be a riot. Also, again I
say she is a better actress than Pease, and she could do a damn good
job of showing a person try to overcome her mental illness, her
dependency on her husband, and her hatred of Marlena. Patsy plays
the whole mental illness thing as a joke, I do not feel sorry for
the character, I really see no motivation in her actions--they are
spelled out in the storyline but Pasty does not bring them out, does
not make me care.

I still believe that Steve is being held prisoner on some island of
the coast of N. Africa. That he will return. That Jack and he will
team up. That the real Stefano will return. That Carly is his daughter
and was the one behind Nick's "death." However, Nick of course is
managing a bar in Africa, hanging out in deep cover until the ISA
can call him back. That Carly will suffer the fate of Stefan's other
daughter--yet much worse. That......[oh it is time for my drugs...I
need to trade with Guava and Onion they always get the pretty colors...]

Spudnix--Thank god I don't have a small nose or else I wouldn't
have been able to type this...what with the nice white, long selved
shirt that the nice doctors gave me--Peel.



-- 
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]