tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post8437113027776375514..comments2023-09-27T08:03:12.568-04:00Comments on Damn the Man! Save the Empire!: Mythbusters, Soap Style - Part ThreeTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409103030213785080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-24026648862271627752008-12-05T13:47:00.000-05:002008-12-05T13:47:00.000-05:00C-story doesn't have to be filler, I just think ov...C-story doesn't have to be filler, I just think over time this has happened even moreso. When stories were more balanced and three/four or even five were told at a time, the smaller stories were needed breaks for the actors and the characters. <BR/><BR/>Some shows seem to get rid of these "minor" stories and replace them with just more of the leads or are dropped for so long that even if I like the people involved I get more frustrated than anything else. I'd rather see a C-story than have characters ignored for months on end or only brought on as their on screen work function like we only see AMC's Jackson if he is in lawyer mode (which for the most part since Carmen and Jack have been involved has happened--as we haven't seen her in months is she gone--no idea.) If a particular character isn't the focus on the story, they sometime get overlooked which is a detriment to the show, the performer, the character and the viewer. <BR/><BR/>When long term people are on and get stuck in such material, usually we can get enough information via their performances to be able to ascertain the character's point of view. There are some C-stories over the years I've liked even if they were weird, like way back on Days when Tom Horton was a beatnik poet. That was hilarious and it was so nice to see Tom and Alice be more than just the grandparents.blhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446533843513890208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-37744763847524115062008-12-01T10:47:00.000-05:002008-12-01T10:47:00.000-05:00Great blog, Tom. I was thinking about this basic ...Great blog, Tom. I was thinking about this basic idea watching Days of Our Lives on Friday. The scenes between Maggie and Melanie made me long for the show to just give us their relationship as Melanie's story for a while. First off, you'd be using the marvelous Suzanne Rogers in a role she could play the heck out of, and you'd establish some layers in Melanie's character as she and Maggie forged a fragile but eventually fulfilling surrogate mother/daughter relationship.<BR/><BR/>Sigh. So not gonna happen.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06618247976093599287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-68763249664079926292008-11-30T23:07:00.000-05:002008-11-30T23:07:00.000-05:00ohhhh ohhh - i must read the 1st and 2nd myths! of...ohhhh ohhh - i must read the 1st and 2nd myths! off to find them...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151648620999578441.post-91423521793605080622008-11-30T23:06:00.000-05:002008-11-30T23:06:00.000-05:00thank you for writing to me (a soap fan) in a way ...thank you for writing to me (a soap fan) in a way that challenges my thinking and peaks my interest in the soap opera industry even more/further. I found just in the nick of time... i was getting very bored with my long time obsession. The C- Story... hmmm...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com