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Date Posted: 01:52:22 09/03/03 Wed
In reply to:
Holly
's message, "A well-written feud, whether between the moms or the sons," on 12:28:39 09/02/03 Tue
>Would make a world of difference to the show, and
>maybe to the ratings. Just think how much fun it
>would be for everyone to be able to get behind a story
>in one way or another. The major problem, imo, with
>the Toddian "looove" stories since the last balloon
>dropped has been the inexplicable need to decimate
>characters to promote whichever wife/couple is being
>pushed at the moment. Tea could have been a great
>character, and I know there are people I love very
>much who think she WAS a great character, but her soft
>side was twisted into what I saw as a clingy,
>abuse-sucking nightmare that pulled every good,
>interesting quality she had into its vortex. Blair
>was turned into a brainless bimbo and then into an
>aging hussy who kept getting stupider and stupider.
>And why? Was it necessary? Was it good for anybody?
>
I think the reason why they HAD to make vicious caricatures of both these women was to prop Todd and to DEFLECT the viewer's attention from "certain contract restrictions" and all those out clauses. It also didn't help that GODJILLA was at the helm. Naturally , the most MISOGYNIST treatment of Todd's women would prevail with THAT bitch large and in charge.
>My favorite part of the T&B/TnT dynamic was the night
>Tea went out the window. Why? For me, it was a
>shining moment when both female characters were,
>mostly, at their best. At that moment, I do not think
>Tea was trying to steal Blair's family. I think she
>was trying to win her case at any cost. I saw Tea's
>competitiveness take her way ahead of where she meant
>to go, much as it had when she decided to get a
>confession from Javier (whom I miss).
>
>And, from Blair, I didn't see some racist cracker. I
>saw strength, fire, and pure territorial female rage.
>"Chiquita" and "Mommy" did not mean what they came to
>mean, when someone decided reducing the scene to its
>simplest parts would be a good direction for the
>entire story to take. They meant we were seeing two
>different, imperfect, aggressive (yes!) women at a
>critical moment in time. And it wasn't about a man,
>or even a child (except for Blair). It was about
>which bitch was queen bitch. And that's how I like my
>soaps to be.
That was MY favorite part, too. The last moment we saw REAL Tea or REAL Blair on the canvas. Before BlairHead and "Human Up" TeUgh took over. My ONLY complaint? That Blair ACCIDENTALLY pushed Tea through the window. Since she was going to end up in deep shit custody wise, ANYWAY, Blair should have mopped the floor with Tea's grubby little ass and then TOSSED her out the window. I always saw Blair's bitchiness as impulsive and not very-well thought out while Tea's was much more calculated.
>
>I also think there's plenty of room for interesting
>women on any soap opera. They don't have to be
>identifiably good or bad, and their alliances can and
>should shift from time to time. Ideally, Tina would
>be between Blair and Tea a lot, because Tina and Blair
>do not get along, but they are actually a lot more
>alike than are Tina and Tea.
Not only Tina, but also Gabrielle. Though, IMNSHO, the CWTOC lost a golden opportunity in NOT making Blair and Gabrielle best buds. That's what is troublesome to me with OLTL; the WRONG characters are being fired. The wrong characters are being promoted and the wrong characters (i.e. TODD) are being brought back. Tea Delgado coming back to challenge Blair for Todd's inheritance on behalf of HER TnTot generates a lot more storyline than the umpteenth story of Todd lying to Blair to get her back and then losing her when the truth comes out.
Right now, it should be discovered that Max IS, in fact, Asa and Rene's son and Cordero Roberts should be just coming onto the canvas and Asa Buchanan should be pulling an Eddie Quartermain and pitting Max against Cord against Kevin to see who is worthy of succeeding him. This is yet ANOTHER area where shifting alliances could come into play. Like I said, much more of an umbrella story to play out by shifting some of the action back to the second-generation Bukes (i.e. Cordero and Max). The only way we should see the teeny-boppers on the canvas is as employees of Buchanan Enterprises, The Sun, The Banner, etc.
>
>But I'm just moaning about what could have been, when
>I could be pissing about what is. Jen and Jess and
>Nat and Flash are losers. Adriana? Ish. Is this the
>future of Llanview? If it is, Llanview has no future.
I wish TPTB would look at 2.7 and realize that the Teen Scene is fully responsible for it.
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