Re: Thoughts about Monica

"Vox" <Vectra3456@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Laura M. Young wrote:
>> On 3/21/08 9:56 AM,"Lynnbug" <Lynnbug_10@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>First of all congratulations on 22 years of sobirety!  Awesome!
>>>
>>>I do think that if Monica is alcoholic that this route is not so far
>>>fetched.  If she is alcoholic, she would drink without thinking of
>>>consequences or what happened with her boys.  I agree someone would
>>>smell it and I am sure that eventually she is going to get caught.  It
>>>will be a good storyline if thewriters keep it real. I like the way
>>>they have handled Allen and Skyes alcoholism and their recovery.
>>
>>
>> I also question the idea that someone who has been a social drinker all

>> her
>> life and survived all sorts of emotional crises without abusing
alcohol,
>> suddenly at the age of 58 (according to her birth certificate we saw 
>> years
>> ago that put her birthdate at May 4, 1949) has become an alcoholic.
>>
>
>
> Perhaps losing a husband and a daughter in a short span of time put her 
> over the edge.  Why wouldn't you find that plausible???
>
> Geez...enjoy the dang show for what it is and quit overthinking it.
>
> The "Drinking Monica" stuff came up during the writers strike when the 
> actors had a bit of a say in the storylines.  LC wanted to do this in
the 
> same way Maurice Benard wanted to show depression.
>
> Vox

And she's doing a great job.
I think it's the most intense work she's done since the breast cancer
thing. 
Sitting on that bench, her body language and facial expressions were very 
realistic.  No wonder Lucky figured her out.

peggo