From: EFS6MEF@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU
Subject: DOOL:  Stupidity in Salem
Reply-To: ecz5mxr@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
Date: 22 Nov 92 03:42:55 PST

Is there a Daysaholic Anonymous?  I don't know how much more of
this I can take.
Vivian cons Victor? (with apologies to the posters who give such
motivational credit to Vic, I don't think the writers thought
of that.)  The old intelligent, conniving, often evil Victor would
never have been fooled.
Carrie acts as Asstin's trainer?  I was hoping the barbell would
fall and crush his windpipe, he would die and Carrot would be
arrested for his death.  The whole notion of Asstin as a boxer is
ridiculous.  Ignoring for the moment the fact the obviously the actor
cannot play the piano, the character is supposed to be a great pianist.
What pianist would risk his hands?  With luck, he'll break his hand
while fighting and we'll never have to see the mental pianist again.
While I might like that, this is a stupid story and a cheap ploy to
have Asstin shirtless for many episodes.  And as was already mentioned,
Classic Carrie would never fall for this moron.  He gets dumber by
the day. 
Carly and Larry?  For my sanity's sake (I may soon join Vix and Spud
at Bayview) I won't go into this too deeply.  But, Saint Carly will
now obviously lie to her true love (blech) to protect Nikki since
Robocop is investigating Lisanne's "accident."  And as Spud has
already reminded us, did Carly say a word when Larry told her the
"secret" and condemned Viv?  Has everyone in Salem developed amnesia?
How can they forget about Jennifer's rape, Steve's death, Frankie's
torture and the attempted murder of half of Salem?  Oh right, sorry,
Carpy's sex drive is supposed to make us forget all that.
And Jack and Jennifer's story (is that what that is?) is laughable.
Now, I like Jennifer, but she is NO talk show host.  She hasn't the
personality.  And Jack's running around trying to be all things to all
people while making money is embarassing.  As almost everyone has said,
Jack gets no respect, not from anyone.  This was a once powerful,
intelligent character who could be funny.  Now he seems impotent and
futile.  I don't know how Matt can take it.  We all know how much he
really can do with Jack (if only TPTB seemed to know or care).  I
don't see Jack as a romance novelist improving Jack's story.
And I've refrained from defending Julie in the earlier Julie-bashing
posts because I did agree.  Julie was treating Jack horribly, but
everyone treats Jack that way.  (And I know that SSH loves Matt and
loves to do scenes with him, so I'm sure she hated it, too.)
Will Jack ever get any respect?  I don't see it.  All I see are more
problems and more fights and more nothing-to-do.  And without the
Spectator, Jack seems to have lost any friends or colleagues he
can talk to.  Jack has scenes with Jennifer, Julie, Jo and maybe
a stray Horton or two.  But no friends, no confidants... no story...
Boink and Bilgie don't even deserve any real comment.  (Although I do
confess, RKK has my complete sympathies for having to work with the
thing all the time.)
Kim as a woman in chains is just another dumb story.  She'll be out of
prison and treating patients in a week, since this is Salem.
The show's only real bright spot has been Stella tormenting Marlena.
Diedre seems to have thawed and is doing a good job.  And Bromka has
been brilliant.  The scenes with Stella and Jesse, the acne kid, were
truly moving because of her.  So what happens?  Abe puts her on hold(?!)
and, while standing in a phone booth, she gets run down by a truck?
Can this show get any dumber???
**Razzie (who really can't take it any more....)
.... "they're coming to take me away, ha-ha, hee-hee, ho-ho, where
life is beautiful all the time and those nice young men in their clean
white shirts..."   Hey Spud, Guava, Onion, do those drugs help?  Are the
colors pretty?  Is DOOL better at Bayview?
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