More General Hospital: Outrageously the “M” Word
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman When Moose came home from work yesterday, he thought he’d have to dump a bucket of cold water over my head. I couldn’t stop yelling, over and...
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By Marlena De Lacroix. a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman What’s with the dip-dye hair on General Hospital? When I first saw that Finola Hughes’ (heroine Anna Devane) usual dark hair was blond in the...
View ArticleSunday Reflections 3: The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, Days of...
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a Connie Passalacqua Hayman The Young and the Restless: Finally a soap does what I’ve long advocated for this era of desperation: perform a radical life-saving change to save...
View ArticleSunday Reflections 14: General Hospital’s Non-Stop Storyline Excitement …...
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman General Hospital: “No one ever dies in this town,” exclaimed Luke and Tracy together as they talked about the wounded and missing Joe Scully Jr....
View ArticleMarlena’s Best of the Best, 2012
By Marlena De Lacroix, a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman It’s the end of 2012, time for best and worst lists. Because soaps are in such danger and I’ve already recorded most of the worsts in the weekly...
View ArticleGeneral Hospital: When the Veterans Come Marching Home
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman The late Jim Reilly used to say that writing a soap was like baking a cake. You mix in various ingredients, maybe a little bit more or less of...
View ArticleFour More Who Make My Day
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman Even when the plots of our soap operas drag or are otherwise unsatisfying, there are always actors who make our day. I named some of my favorites...
View ArticleHeavenly November Sweeps Performances on The Young and the Restless, The Bold...
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman It’s been quite an eventful November sweeps so far. Stories built over the course of a year or more usually reach their apexes if not their...
View ArticleSix Passover Questions
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passlacqua Hayman 1. Isn’t it a shame that CBS Daytime (The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful) is going retro just for ratings? Nikki (Melody...
View ArticleThat Was the Week That Was
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman I can barely remember a daytime soap week that had as much breaking news as this one. Here’s a peek into Marlena’s reporting notebook: Ian...
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