Likely, I will return to Young and the Restless, although I am deeply dissatisfied with the course it is taking, but for now, I am tuning into Days of Our Lives. Why? Because they are finally going to deal with Frances Reid's death via Alice Horton's slow and inevitable decline and death and so far, they're doing a pretty good job.
Pretty good... but not great.
The thing that I really like is how the Horton relatives are trickling into Salem to pay their final respects. Coupling that with old clips featuring Alice Horton, at various ages, offering her steadfast advice and support to her family and Salem's strays, TPTB are conducting a respectful tribute. And unlike with MacDonald Carey/Tom Horton, Alice's death will not come as quite a shock. And the added element of Alice's health declining after the death of her son, Mickey, makes sense.
However, I think that the Alice tribute is taking the backburner to stories that seem irrelevant, given the circumstances. I honestly don't care about Arianna (who's that?), Melanie (who's that?), Nicole, scheming for Brady's affections (yes, I know about that and that was the reason why I stopped watching Days), Carly interfering with Chloe (oh, Chloe) and Daniel (who's that?).
Chloe, Chloe, Chloe...
You know, it didn't help when the writers decided to scar Chloe via a car accident, fake her death, and eventually reunite and marry Brady in what had to be the most hastily put together supercouple wedding ever. That didn't bode well for Broe's future. When Nadia Bjorlin's foray into movies didn't work out, the @$$hat writers decided to salvage Phloe (Phillip and Chloe), which I was always thoroughly against, since Phillip was possessive and obsessive towards Chloe. But Chloe had to do something...
But Chloe still being tangled up with Phillip and cheating with Phillip? Come on!!!! Chloe has some pucker to her, which was the reason why I gravitated to her, but this storyline is just cheap. CHEAP!!!! When Alice finally goes, I'm outta there. It's demoralizing that Days took what, potentially, was an interesting character type and made her a insecure, bedhopping slut.
Channeling Broe... stat!!!!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Rue McClanahan... gone
I realize that Rue passed away weeks ago, but I needed to mark her passing, regardless of how much time has passed.
For me, The Golden Girls' Blanche was an acquired taste. I understood Rose's innocence, Dorothy's doubts, and Sophia's scrappiness, but Blanche was one of the elements that I had to grow on; fortunately, once I hit my 20s, I finally 'got' Blanche. And in subsequent years, I realized that of all of the characters, Blanche came 'of age' during the run of the show. Yes, Blanche was known to be the sexy, promiscuous one of the bunch, but you also saw how she repaired her damaged relationships with her children, grapple with her own aging (getting a pacemaker comes to mind, along with doubting her allure, albeit temporarily), deal with the residual pain of being widowed and adapting to life choices of family members (brother Clayton's homosexuality and Big Daddy's marriage to a younger woman and his long ago affair with her nanny).
But enough with the internal reconciliations - some of Blanche's best moments involved the rest of her roommates. Unfortunately, I couldn't find my favorite Blanche clips on Utube, like when Blanche was trying to comfort Rose and Dorothy after they had a falling out due to their children sexing each other. Or the clip when Blanche taunted Sophia while she was on a date with Fidel Santiago, resulting in one of Sophia's best burns. But the clips I did find illustrate the awesomeness of Blanche, which Rue McClanahan portrayed with effortless panache.
For me, The Golden Girls' Blanche was an acquired taste. I understood Rose's innocence, Dorothy's doubts, and Sophia's scrappiness, but Blanche was one of the elements that I had to grow on; fortunately, once I hit my 20s, I finally 'got' Blanche. And in subsequent years, I realized that of all of the characters, Blanche came 'of age' during the run of the show. Yes, Blanche was known to be the sexy, promiscuous one of the bunch, but you also saw how she repaired her damaged relationships with her children, grapple with her own aging (getting a pacemaker comes to mind, along with doubting her allure, albeit temporarily), deal with the residual pain of being widowed and adapting to life choices of family members (brother Clayton's homosexuality and Big Daddy's marriage to a younger woman and his long ago affair with her nanny).
But enough with the internal reconciliations - some of Blanche's best moments involved the rest of her roommates. Unfortunately, I couldn't find my favorite Blanche clips on Utube, like when Blanche was trying to comfort Rose and Dorothy after they had a falling out due to their children sexing each other. Or the clip when Blanche taunted Sophia while she was on a date with Fidel Santiago, resulting in one of Sophia's best burns. But the clips I did find illustrate the awesomeness of Blanche, which Rue McClanahan portrayed with effortless panache.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Happy Birthday, Marilyn Monroe!!!
She was an unexpected surprise to me, a fact that may be lost on some. Like many so-called icons, she was talked up so much, that I didn't want to look into why so many loved her. But thanks to ole skool, commercial-free, actually showing classic movies American Movie Classic, I got a sample of why so many found Marilyn special.
She really was special - vulnerable and absolutely adorable. Sexy, of course, but that's only incidental, IMO. She was soft, both in manner and in appearance, something that women should aspire to more often.
Loved Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, especially because of the friendship between Dorothy and Lorelei. Marilyn was rarely paired with other women, in terms of friendships, and no, I can't count How to Marry a Millionaire because that was more about strategy. I wished that Marilyn was paired with more women, in terms of onscreen relationships - maybe it would've made her seem less threatening, although I still have a problem with women being threatened by another woman's sexuality, especially when the sexuality is far from pornographic or superficial. After all, Jean Harlow was often pair with Una Merkal and that onscreen pairing did wonders to add dimension to Harlow's persona (and it was fun and funny).
At any rate, this clip is the reason why Marilyn was added to my list of actresses/stars whose tears at the hands of another warrants butchy, ass-kicking wrath, because some hearts should not be hurt, whether accidentally or intentionally.
She really was special - vulnerable and absolutely adorable. Sexy, of course, but that's only incidental, IMO. She was soft, both in manner and in appearance, something that women should aspire to more often.
Loved Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, especially because of the friendship between Dorothy and Lorelei. Marilyn was rarely paired with other women, in terms of friendships, and no, I can't count How to Marry a Millionaire because that was more about strategy. I wished that Marilyn was paired with more women, in terms of onscreen relationships - maybe it would've made her seem less threatening, although I still have a problem with women being threatened by another woman's sexuality, especially when the sexuality is far from pornographic or superficial. After all, Jean Harlow was often pair with Una Merkal and that onscreen pairing did wonders to add dimension to Harlow's persona (and it was fun and funny).
At any rate, this clip is the reason why Marilyn was added to my list of actresses/stars whose tears at the hands of another warrants butchy, ass-kicking wrath, because some hearts should not be hurt, whether accidentally or intentionally.
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