| Subject: I agree. Serial drama has to be self-perpetuating. That means |
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Date Posted: 14:30:05 09/03/03 Wed
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SkinTheKat - Soap Buff Uber Alles
's message, "It's What The Doctor Ordered For This Show" on 01:52:22 09/03/03 Wed
Generation has to lead to generation, and you can't have one age group eclipse the others, even IF the young'uns are making less money and it seems (to the shortsighted) that it's therefore more cost effective to have them on all the time. It's pennywise and pound foolish. Viki and Dorian should be passing the vamp/heroine torches to the females in the young to middle middle age bracket (and that's not to say that Viki and Dorian don't still have puhlenty of story left in them - it just shouldn't be trampy triangle win-lose story - they have outgrown that superficial bullshit and should be thinking about their legacies and what makes them happy women). Those full-grown females should be ceding the vixen/ingenue dymanic to the 20 to early 30's bracket. Puppy love can be incidental to teen stories, which I think should mostly be about trying to figure out who these kids are as people.
If Phil Carey really is thinking about retiring, or if TPTB are thinking of retiring him, then the Eddie Q tale is the way to go about it. Clint and Bo have made it clear that they're not interested in Buchanan Enterprises. But Max and Cord and Kevin have some spark and would make worthy competitors. Kevin, as the Buch-Lord-Riley of the bunch would have even more to contend with, since he would be pitted against either Todd, or his proxies (read: Tea and Blair) for THAT part of Llanview's power grid. Gabby could always step in as Max's proxy. And you've got 'em lined right up at the turnstile after that - Al, Jess/Nat, CJ, followed by Todd's kids and Duke Buchanan, ad infinitem.
You see, STK, the way you have outlined it builds in audience investment, continuity, shifting alliances, drama, suspense, and exit plans for actors who leave or retire.
All of which are sorely lacking in today's ABC daytime dramas.
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