Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Date: Thu,  5 Nov 1992 09:44:39 -0500 
From: Liz Fox <lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: DOOL:let's see...

 
[Vix not Lix]
 
JEFF IS BACKK!!!  And he says:
 
> well, well, the dead has found life!  
 
Glad to have you back!!  ;)  Now allow me to totally disagree with you.
 
> now for one i am sure you'll all like.  some of the posts i did read had
> lines like " i can't believe carly would kiss the man who raped her best
> friend..."
> thank you wasavika and tim for bringing up the point about jenn, jack
> and kayla.  rape is rape.  is the college kid who date rapes a passed
> out companion any better than the sicko with a knife hiding in the
> weeds?  no, there is no difference.  ok, jenn and kayla were not best
> friends does that really matter?  the reason you all attack carly for
> this and not jenn (don't give me the jack went to kayla and faced his
> mistake stuff) is you do not like carly.  no matter what she does you
> hate it.  attacks on carly have the same feverish frenzy as a witch
> trial.  i don't like her either, but let's be fair.
 
I think you are missing a BIG point here.  Jack repented and has attempted
to reform as MANY of us have pointed out.  Lizardo has not.  Not only that,
besides rape, Lizardo murdered Steve and attempted to murder Julie and 
Alice.  So yes, I think there is a big difference between Jack and Larry
and therefore, between Jennifer and Carpy.  Also, you assume.  I never
have cared for Jennifer.  Period.  IMHO, Matt Ashford carries her.  While
I don't like Carpy, I don't feel for her what I felt for the creature.
So for you to say that this is all because we hate one and love the other
is incorrect, at least in my case.  Also, I don't think they have ever
made Jennifer out to be the saint they have made Carpy to be.  I would
have no problem if they made Carpy want him even though it was wrong and
she knew she was betraying her friend.  However, I get the feeling we're
supposed to have undying sympathy for her and her wretched fallopian
tubes.  I still cannot believe that they made Tom say "God Bless You"
to Lizardo.  That was totally inconsistent.  If you cannot see that they
are clearly trying to get us to forget these misdeeds in favor of the
always-right Carpy, I am surprised.  
 
Also, many of us complained about the tasteless pool table scene at
the time it was aired.  It is somewhat disheartening to think that
she choreographed it, is proud of it, and based it on a movie that a lot
of women find degrading.  Carpy is a character and for the most part
she can only be what the writers make her (although, the actress has
input and appears to have had quite a bit in CC's case).  However, the
only person responsible for the things CC said recently is CC. 
 
Just for the record, I do not think that Crystal Chappell is a good actress.
However, I think Tracy Middendorf, Lisa Rinna and Patsy Pease, are far worse.  
Is it just possible that maybe we have some basis for the dislike of the 
character of Carpy that is based solely on the way she is written?  I think 
we do.
 
Welcome back Jeff.  Fire away.  ;)
 
Vix
 


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