From: cf@planck.physics.purdue.edu (Coleen Flanagan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: DOOL:  New Magazine
Summary: A couple of interviews
Date: 18 Nov 92 14:45:59 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Physics Department


                       *"Best of Days of our Lives" Magazine*
              I thought some people might find RKK's and Ashford's
              comments about their characters and story quite interesting
              from this magazine.  Grape's comments are in brackets.

	
                                   RKK's interview

              RKK doesn't sound as pleased with his role as he once did.  
              He said he could have played Bo like Peter Reckell did,
              as a super hero or he could play him as real as possible.
              He choose a more realistic approach because he feels such
              super human powers don't exist.  [But he lives with SuperDoc!]
              They are still having a hard time exploring Bo .  He's become 
              a SIDEKICK.  [His words, not mine].

              It seems, almost soon after RKK took over the role of
              Bo, the character's air time was decreased.  Now, Bo
              and Carly are not front-and-center anymore, and its
              something that Robert just doesn't understand.  [Wait
              till Carly doesn't do any scenes with him.]  RKK says
              "I think he has been pushed back from the day I started
              playing him! I think he ended up becoming Carly's support
              instead of alongside her, and he continues to be a support.
              I don't think we have had much of a chance to explore Bo
              as a human being.  The cop stuff is a little bit of that."

              Robert doesn't feel the same way fans do about Weddings
              on soaps.  "Marriage on soaps is death"! [NO KIDDING!]
              "The writers spend all of this time getting couples
              together, and all they can do with the story is break
              them up.  They did it to him on AW.  He'd rather they
              keep Bo and Carly hanging, or split them up, and keep
              the conflict going.  He feels the acting on DAYS is more
              challenging than it was on AW.  [NO WAY!  I think he did
              a much better job on that show.  The material was better]!


                                  Matt's interview!

              DAYS had some of their highest ratings of all time when
              Jack and Jen got married so where has this magical couple
              gone?  Matt says "We didn't even get to see this duo's
              first anniversary!"  Matt is as disappointed as his many
              fans but he's still keeping his fingers crossed.  "It's
              been disconcerting how little Missy and I have worked.
              We were voted best couple, best love story, best wedding,
              had good ratings when we got married and since then we've
              just dropped off the show.  It's been very frustrating.
              There's been frustration all the way around.  Sometimes I
              wish I could just get in there and do something. The feeling
              I get is that they're working on more structured, longer-
              running stories.  It is my hope that we'll be a strong part
              of that, not just the funny guys on the show.  The fans
              are so supportive.  I want to express my appreciation to
              everyone.  We don't want to let them down!  I have people
              sending me stories all the time.  One person said `"Make
              them do it so that last year was a dream"'. 

                 
                  
                    Magazine's Comments on the state DAYS is in

                                (edited for brevity)

              The rockiest disturbance occurred when DAYS got rid of four 
              characters virtually at one time.  After that there seemed to
              be a mass exodus though it wasn't the first time that happened.

              Storylines are straight out of the past.

              J. Eddie Peck's sexy looks couldn't save one particularly
              ill thought-out story.  Tearing Jack and Jen apart so soon
              after their Wedding day was not a good move, and it's one
              that DAYS seems to have taken into consideration for other
              couples. The much maligned romance of Shane and Kayla left
              Salem without its greatest heroine.

              There's one consistent problem with DAYS that angers both
              fans and, reportedly, various actors. We're talking about
              their habit of centering on only a few characters, while
              neglecting others.  Since romance is the driving force of
              DAYS, it's difficult to understand why some love affairs
              are left to flounder.  Probably one of the least satisfying
              stories this year involved Bo and Carly, who'd virtually
              taken over Salem.  Many people have been left wondering
              about the fates of Jack and Jennifer, Mickey, and Maggie,
              and others.

              Instead of a renewed emphasis on the Brady and Horton clans,
              most fans would rather see the kind of love stories that
              made DAYS so special.  While they have been attempting to
              do that, have the writers made any special couples that
              can compete with the memory of Patch and Kayla or Justin
              and Adrienne?  The answer is a disappointing "No", but 
              they did come close with Jack and Jennifer only to throw
              it all away on comedy.  


              [I feel the editors of this magazine read their mail, and
               more importantly, they agree with us]


              
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