jessica leccia
June 28, 2009
- then soap opera is like hollandaise sauce. Making hollandaise is tricky business. It's an emulsion, and you have to keep whisking; add the butter to the eggs too quickly, the whole thing separates and falls apart. And so it is with how soap opera viewers suspend disbelief. The very nature of soaps demands more of viewers than other dramatic media when it comes to suspending disbelief. It's a ...
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June 15, 2009
- Last week's news that Crystal Chappell will be returning to Days of Our Lives pretty much assures that Guiding Light's 72-year run will end on September 18th. I say "pretty much" because to quote Yogi Berra, "it ain't over ‘til it's over." But, all things being equal... Anyway. I got to thinking about something I wrote in late March, as rumors of Guiding Light's imminent ...
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April 15, 2009
- so much more to write on this that will have to wait until next week. and i don't mean this to sound nitpicky; i know they've been cramming in jessica leccia's scenes before she leaves to have her baby. of course, i may be the only one who noticed...but it's a real tribute to the power of great storytelling and the acting chops of both crystal chapell and jl on today's episode of guiding light ...
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March 9, 2009
- Over the past few months, I’ve been thinking about a conversation I had with the late Benjamin Hendrickson many years ago. He was telling me about his early days playing Hal Munson on As the World Turns. Since he came on the show for what was supposed to be a one-day gig, there wasn’t much for his character to do other than hang around the police station with fellow cop, Margo Hughes. So he ...
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