From: ahelmers@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: AMC: TANs and Other Stuff
Date: 5 Apr 92 16:56:48 EDT
Organization: Univ of Miami IR

Just caught up with billions of posts...these days I always feel like the guest
at the party who comes REALLY late, and misses most of the good conversations!
So anyway:

CONGRATULATIONS LORI!!!!  So how's the honeymoon goin'?  Can we refer to your
"cotton-picking" ways?!?!  Hope you have plenty of 30-second outfits (That's
what my husband calls sexy lingerie, since if it is sexy enough you only wear
it for about 30 seconds :).

Margaret, I'm emailing you too but I definitely want to participate in the AMC
yearbook.  I may ask our microgroup to help me scan in something--those guys
love to take pictures and do fun things, like the one they did of the boss
where they made him bald and one-eyed.  But I must show off my little total
woman and those men in my life.  If I can just find a picture of me without my
hand in that bag of bon-bons...

On AMC:

I like the new Galen Henderson.  As for her abrupt hormone surge, on Friday's
show she actually apologized for making a fool of herself.  As Darren
commented, this new actress is so much more animated than the first one, no
wonder it looks like a sudden change.  As an exercise, I've been imagining the
previous Galen tossing off lines that the new one is doing--no comparison.
BUT, another blonde!  Deb is right, is Erica the only actress allowed to have
dark hair on AMC?  Except for ethnic characters (Livia, Mimi, An-Li) every
major female character is a blonde!  Natalie, Brooke, Dixie, Hayley, Gloria,
even Opal has strawberry blonde hair.  

Can't wait for Erica and Dimitri to get on with their tempestuous romance. 
Boy, are the sparks flying between those two.  Michael(?) Nader actually gets
warmed up enough to make me remember him as that sexy DYNASTY hunk when he is
duelling with Erica.  C'mon, let's go writers.

Is the murder mystery really going to drag on till May?  Am I the only one
getting just a tiny bit tired of it?  Frankly, Will *was* a slimeball, whoever
whacked him did the rest of Pine Valley a favor, and I hope they move on to
some other plots a little.  As for JaNut being the killer, I think she probably
is but it seems a little unlikely for her to be running around.  She supposedly
has become obsessed with taking care of herself for the sake of the
baby--sneaking around and using a crowbar seems a bit strenuous doesn't it? 
Also, IMO we shouldn't be getting terribly tuned up for every single clue.  As
Caz pointed out it will probably turn out to be a simple story AND remember
that AMC has been known to plant seemingly significant items that get
dropped/forgotten/ignored by the writers later.

As for An-Li, that worm is turning big time!  I think that girl is going to
turn out to be quite a scheming little bitch-type character.  She is plenty
steamed up (in both ways) about Brian and his affair with Hayley.  Oh, I vote
for doing the wild thing twice.  I really got the impression that they did it
once then she was saying they were "really married" because they did it AGAIN.
Sort of like my case, I did it twice, had two kids and now I know what causes
children so I won't make THAT mistake again!  Besides, now that I have two kids
I have no time/energy/stamina to do it anyway :).

Once again, the soap opera law #496: any professional can operate in ANY area
of the profession, regardless of specialization.  Jack is simultaneously
functioning as a crminal defense attorney for Brian *and* Gloria and now he
will represent Angelique in opposing Dimitri's divorce action.  Sorta like Dr.
Steve, who is emergency room wizard as well as JaNut's ob/gyn.  And speaking of
Dr. Steve--why does he always look like he is about to cry?  

Whew, better go.  Maybe now that I'm caught up I can stay at the party awhile,
so I don't miss all the good stuff!

Ann Helmers
whose name usually gets said "Hellman"--just call me Ms. Mayonnaise.

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