Madison…Just Die Already!

I love Stephanie Gashett as an actress.  She was fantastic as Tammy Winsolw on Guiding Light.  However, Madison North is so annoying and adds very little to the storyline that when these scenes come up all I hear is Blah, Blah, Blah.

Angie is a friggin’ doctor already and she’s tempted by this socialite crazy person’s scheming?  Come on now.  Her father was a big time criminal…it’s not like Angela hasn’t had a course or two in deception.  Okay this part  has nothing to do with the s/l…but what in the heck is going on with her hair?  Did they get the bonus plan at the wig store?  I miss her dreds…they were hot and sassy.  She’s a beautiful woman and although Halloween is only weeks away the Morticia the Doctor costume is over the top and dreadful.

It’s absolutely ridiculous that Frankie would be all a swoon for the woman who is destroying his family but yet every time they are together his eyes go all googly for her.  Boo-hiss…I’m not sure who’s writing this story for the show but someone should slap them because it’s just so awful that I’m offended.

Only one s/l is cohesive enough to stand on it’s own…Marissa and JR.  It’s sweet and sensitive and with every evil thing JR has done in his past it brings him a sense of humanity.

It’s so frustrating because when I watch there are these glimmers of hope and promise but then the other 94% of the show is just crap.

And then there is that anxiety of what will the show look like after it moves to LA.  Will the writing get any better?  Will my favorite actors make the move to LA?  Which then leaves me with the big question…will I continue to watch if these things don’t materialize?  Soaps are about Comfort.  About recognizing the characters and understanding the storylines.  Right now AMC is lacking in both and I’m not sure what will happen after the move but I think it will be sorely lacking after January.

Oh and I’ve been pondering the 40th Anniversary show.  Since the show is teetering on the abyss this would be the biggest opportunity to give the fans something to hang onto…especially with the move coming shortly there after.  If I was TPTB I would bath the fans in something they will LOVE.

Back in 1992 on OLTL Megan Gordon was dying and for an entire week everyone gathered around her bedside and told her stories of the past.  They played so many clips from the old days that it made me smile, laugh and even cry. They hit on all the old favorites who weren’t on the show anymore or had passed on.  AMC should definitely take this road for their 40th Anniversary.   The fans would LOVE IT!  If the show went this way and marketed it correctly that the fans who have stopped watching might come back.  With the internet it would be easy to get the word out there because some people stopped watching but they still follow it on the net through fan pages and message boards.

Hey I do not write for the show but I’m a fan and like so many fans we are just begging TPTB to give us a reason to watch the show.  Right now there isn’t much incentive.   I watch mostly because of my loyalty to the actors.

So in wrapping up I ask TPTB and the Writers to consider giving the fans a beautiful 40th Anniversary by showing us clips from the past instead of people telling us stories of the old days and that’s it!!!!

Here Endth My Rant!