tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post4262813416376053678..comments2024-03-26T17:32:38.865-04:00Comments on YA Outside the Lines: A Very Sad "Last" (Stephanie Kuehnert)Brian Katcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159532800819759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-27515015855238379732012-01-17T07:32:26.482-05:002012-01-17T07:32:26.482-05:00For four years in college I was on an All My Child...For four years in college I was on an All My Children and Once Life to Live jag (while everyone else was into Days of Our Lives). So sad to see them end. One of my most vivid recollections of childhood is coming home from kindergarten and watching The Young and the Restless with my mom while eating tuna sandwiches. It truly is an end to an era.Jenny O'Connellhttp://www.jennyoconnell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-26197241121263480342012-01-15T23:15:41.259-05:002012-01-15T23:15:41.259-05:00The three "stories" I remember watching ...The three "stories" I remember watching religiously with my mother, sister and great-aunt are "The Young & The Restless", "Days of Our Lives" and "One Life to Live." <br /><br />While I enjoyed Victor's multiple staged deaths and Marlena's yearly possessions/exorcisms, OLTL was my favorite because despite the lovely over-the-top soapiness, it was grounded in a reality that I appreciated. Character development was always first and I definitely learned that delicately layering complex stories while still engaging an audience is an art form.<br /><br />Robin Strasser (Dorian) fueled my appreciation for complicated villains and I actually scheduled my pre-DVR-era college classes around OLTL so I wouldn't miss Nathan Fillion's (Joey Buchanan) and Kamar de los Reyes' (Antonio Vega) storylines. <br /><br />I'm sad to see these iconic programs canned, especially for the sake of more "talk" shows. There goes my secret dream of writing for a soap opera!Adrianne Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108123882094459747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-89924462780275287852012-01-15T09:40:57.274-05:002012-01-15T09:40:57.274-05:00How cool! I'll be on the lookout for those ne...How cool! I'll be on the lookout for those new characters!Holly Schindlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16742207239654178917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-31810431918190212112012-01-14T15:36:03.665-05:002012-01-14T15:36:03.665-05:00Jennifer, yes, so true! I love that will-they-or-w...Jennifer, yes, so true! I love that will-they-or-won't-they stuff. Also love the backstabbing. But the SORASing (it's so common on soaps they coined a term for it, Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome) does drive me mad. Especially on OLTL when they screwed with it so much they made Dani older than Jack even though Jack was born first, gah!!!!!<br /><br />And Holly, they are bringing some of my fave OLTL characters to GH so I will be joining you in watching it now and really hoping it doesn't get the ax.Stephanie Kuehnerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337734171729461782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-89519510114155318792012-01-14T09:32:44.161-05:002012-01-14T09:32:44.161-05:00I know exactly how you feel, Steph...My show's...I know exactly how you feel, Steph...My show's GENERAL. I've watched it since the heyday of Luke and Laura. I was SO afraid that it'd get chopped, too. I've lived with the evolution of some of those characters since the '80s, and I'd sincerely miss them if I couldn't check in with them every day.Holly Schindlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16742207239654178917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388578325782539013.post-65332570891125762192012-01-13T20:17:58.697-05:002012-01-13T20:17:58.697-05:00I agree that most dramas with recurring characters...I agree that most dramas with recurring characters are, or owe a debt to, soap operas. Shows like ER and LA Law and even Cheers and Friends (comedies) used many of the elements of daytime serials. One thing is sowing the seed of attraction between two characters and then having years of will-they-or-won't-they, now-they're-together-now-they're-apart. Another is the intrigue of people taking over each other's businesses, the betrayals and backstabbings.<br /><br />I watched Guiding Light when I was in junior high and high school. First place I ever saw Kevin Bacon! I loved being able to watch character arcs play out over a long period of time. But the one things soaps did that drove me crazy was accelerating the growth of children. Someone would have a baby, the baby would be there for a while, and then would go away and about five years later would come back as an 18-year-old, while all the adult characters retained their regular ages!Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.com