From: bd344@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael N Bastedo)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: DOOL:  maybe i'm just lowering my expectations...
Date: 19 Dec 1992 23:35:50 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bd344@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael N Bastedo)
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(linda, not mike)

i don't know, maybe i'm just getting less picky, but here's my statement:
this show is actually showing some improvement.  granted, most of it is 
complete garbage, but hey, let's not be picky.  let's not forget the hawk
fiasco.

the carly and bo and lawrence and nicky thing is tricky.  (pardon my 
inadvertent rhyme.)  on one hand, i can't stand carly...she's just so
annoying...she just needs a punch in the teeth and i think she'd be fine.
if i have to watch her breathe in through her teeth in that way she has 
that's supposed to make you think she's feeling REALLY loving towards bo
but which basically makes her sound like a slowly deflating air mattress
ONE MORE TIME, i'm going to have to do some damage.  but i am going to step
away from what seems to be the consensus (after all, i go to oberlin, what
do you expect?) and say that i LIKE this bo.  i think he's pretty cool.
granted, i was a little distressed when he stood out in the snow screaming
"carly!!"  i expected him to say "come and get me, too, chino!"  (sorry, west
side story humor.)  but mostly, he's okay.  i think he's pretty good with 
the rug rat, too.  makes a pretty good dad.  i guess i was never that much
of a fan of the original bo, so i'm not as unable to adjust as some of you.
however, i like lawrence slightly better than i used to.  at least he seems
to have a personality.  

speaking of personalities, kim cannot leave soon enough for me.  i hope she
skedaddles as soon as possible.  she could take carly on in the facial 
contortions contest.  and it was a great joy to me to read recently that
they're ditching this TERRIBLE actress playing carrie and getting the old
one back...at least she won't have that haircut.  they're weeding out some
of the real bad stuff on this show.  (hooray.)

speaking of weeds, what is the story on billie's hair?  

speaking of hair, who puts that much mousse in nicky's hair and WHO gave
vivian that wig?  wearing that in front of the kid constitutes child abuse
in many cases, i believe.

speaking of vivian, i hope whether or not she gets out of all this trouble
she ditches ivan.  i've had enough of his eurotrash generic accent AND the
multiple pronunciations of his name.  

speaking of names, is no one ever going to care that john isn't named john
and his kid has a last name that doesn't technically exist?

speaking of not technically existing, DOOL has lost its sense of humor and
needs to reclaim it as soon as possible.

speaking of AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, can we PLEASE get the john-and-marlena thing
going?  i think it's extremely promising, but it's dragging already, and it's
only a couple of weeks old.

speaking of old, do we REALLY need victor anymore?

just my random observations (and creative segues)...

						linda



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