From: mins@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (timothy.j.mizerak)
Subject: Re: DOOL:  Thursday comments 
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 13:18:31 GMT

In article <MuqDr*t71@cecily.UUCP> rose@cecily.UUCP (Rose M. Delckum) writes:
>
>> [Gail (gsaidjohnson@vax.csun.edu) not Joanna]
>> 
>> Except for the Kim stuff, I thought this was the best episode in ages.
>
>     Not to jump on a soapbx or anything, but what does this comment say about
>the state of the show?  Several people said it was the best it's been lately, but
>does it really compare to the Good Old Days?  Did it compare to Jack's rape
>of Kayla, and his falling off the roof and Steve giving him a kidney?  Did it
>compare to Eve stealing a car and running down Sarah (and considering what they
>did with the kid she shoulda died :-)  )  Did it compare to Emma's murder?  Was


Ok, I'll bite.  YES, I do think the show the past 4-5 days has been every
bit as good as it was during the storylines you mention.  I was a huge fan
back in the mid 80s too.  My favourites were always Anna, Tony, Calliope,
Stefano, Liz, Marie, Alex, Renee, Julie, Marlena, etc.  I *did* love those
days and I have loved the show lately again.  Jack's rape of Kayla was a
very good storyline and Emma's murder was fantastic too.  Eve running down
Sarah was OK.  I guess you're recalling those days with greater fondness
because your favourite characters were in the spotlight.  I was never that
big on the Steve/Jack thing.  [I did, however, really enjoy the Emma/Kim
and Eve/Kim stuff.]  Vivian and Lawrence have worked their way to the top
of my list right now, so I am very pleased to see exciting storylines un-
folding around them.  I think Vivian is every bit as good as any of my 
old favourites.  Those days were better on the whole, by far.  But this
latest series of events was pretty darn good, in and of itself.  The fact
that Kim, Carrie or Marlena stuff is detracting from the overall show should
not be counted against the worth of the Vivian/Lawrence stuff.


>it really good, or did it just look good compared to what they've been
>givingus lately?  And is this the level of quality we want?  Do we just want


Well, of course it looks *especially* good compared to what we have been
getting. 

>it to be better than the recent dreck?  Will we settle for that?  Or do we
>want the quality to be what it was in the last decade?  So before everyone
>starts offering prayers of thanks to the soap.dieties, you might want to keep
>that in mind and consider further blood sacrifice to let them know there's a 
>ways to go!  :-)


Wow Rose, you're a tough one.  :-)   If the show was as good everyday as
it was on Wednesday-Monday, I would be one happy camper.  Maybe I'm jumping
the gun here.  Maybe I'm in too good a mood because I'm high on all the 
tennis I've been watching/playing lately.  Maybe I'm too thrilled about
Capriati and Sabatini losing.  :)  Maybe I'm too excited about the thought
that Graf WILL prevail in the finals.  Who knows?


>     Rosita


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