From: bab2@nestor.cc.bellcore.com (barter,elizabeth)
Subject: Re: DOOL : first comments
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 18:08:19 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.151512.19812@bnr.ca>, greenwal@bnr.ca (David Greenwald) writes:
> Hi gang,
>      This is my first post, so I hope it goes out.  I don't have a lot of 

Hi David!  Welcome to net-land!
> 
>      Finally, the stuff with Marlena in the pit was good.  I thought Diedre
> Hall did a good job of acting those scenes Wednesday.  I also thought the
> writers finally did something right.  They showed Marlena to be a strong
> determined, intelligent woman who would not sit around waiting for something
> to happen.  She got up off her butt and tried to escape.  I thought her plan
> was a good one, and it would have worked if Stella wasn't so disgusting
> that Roger doesn't want her back.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big
> Marlena fan, I just thought she was good Wednesday.  
>      However, and I'll probably get shit for this since a lot of you like
> Stella, I think she went too far when she broke the wine glasses.  I know
> she was pissed and she wanted to hurt Marlena, but destroying those glasses
> is just too much.  That was a disgrace to the fans of classsic DOOL.  Those
> glasses were an important symbol of Marlena and Roman's (both Romans) love.
> To destroy them is a slap in the fans face.  I know the writers wrote her 
> doing it, but it still makes me like the character of Stella less.
>      If this is supposed to be a foreshadowing of Marlena and Roman breaking
> up, they could have kept the glasses for when John gets back with Marlena
> (dare we dream).  They meant a lot to him also and I remember some very

I agree most definitely - Dee and Elaine were great playing off each 
other.  I was ready to spit on Sammy for locking Marlena in that closet!  
Stella was great, "tell me how that makes you feel."  When Stella 
brought all of Marlena's negligees back and all her perfume and stuff, 
you could just see Marlena getting the creeps.  I think Marlena should 
have punched Stella in the face or something to get out of there.  If 
I was that close to getting out, no way would I meekly climb down that 
ladder again.  I would have at least tried something, anything, even 
if I ended up falling again.

My first thought when the goblets broke was "that's it, the marriage
is truly over now."  I mean those goblets became a symbol of Roman and
Marlena's love for each other and the good times they shared.  No matter
how many problems they were going through or how bad things got, a look
at those glasses made them remember how things used to be, and got them
started on the right path again.  We've been getting signals that they
might break up (especially if Manhattan Lives comes to pass) for a while
now, but now that the goblets are broken, that's it.  The fat lady has
sung, and it's all over.  It's a shame really, when you think of what
they used to be, not this cardboard couple they are now.     

Beth
              ___                           
             /\  \    
            /  \/ \    A fool, a fool!  I met a fool i' the forest
       ___  \   O /  ___   A motley fool; a miserable world!
      /    \ \   / /    \     As I do live by food, I met a fool.
     /   __ -    -  __   \             - As You Like It
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    O  ___|    ^    |___  O
     /     \  -^-  /    \    Beth Barter
    /   /\  \_____/ /\   \    Bellcore
    \_ / /          \ \_ /   Livingston, NJ
    O   /   /\   /\  \  O   nestor!bab2
         \ /  \ /  \ /   
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