On 2008-05-09 13:34:33 -0400, "Laura M. Young" <bridgeplayer60@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
said:
> On 5/9/08 6:54 AM,"PJ" <pjmott@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> I'm glad you hit on this absence of private duty nurses, Laura,
>> because it's seemed so unrealistic to me too. With the gadzillions of
>> dollars that Sonny, Jason, Carly, and Jax all seem to have at their
>> fingertips you'd think there'd be at least one nurse sitting in
>> Michael's room at all times. In the past, whenever Carly has asserted
>> that *she* would do something, it nearly always meant that she would
>> hire someone to do it. Carly has never been the floor-scrubbing
>> sort . . . though, as I write this, we did see her actually folding
>> clothes that one episode. Hmm, are they really going to allow this
>> experience with Michael to be Carly's catalyst to finally grow the
>> hell up and stop being so self-centered? That might be nice.
>>
>> PJ
>
> I remember the clothes-folding incident vividly because it was so
> ridiculously staged that I commented on it here! Not only was she
folding
> clothes, but she was doing it all dressed up, standing in Michael's
bedroom!
> And, of course, the only reason for that scene was so she and Jax would
see
> or find something in Michael's room. (Can't remember now what it was)
>
> I would LOVE to see Carly finally grow up and stop being so
self-centered.
> I remember years ago, they finally let Lucy Coe turn into a sympathetic
> character...about the time Carly came on to be the resident "bad girl."
Now
> that they have Maxie, Lulu or Claudia to take over this role they could
let
> Carly metamorphose. This is a good time when every one is feeling
> sympathetic for the poor mom with the child in a coma, and all of us
with
> children are empathizing with her to convert her. However, they've
started
> down this path before, and she's reverted to character so I'm not
holding my
> breath until I see signs of a permanent change.
It took years and YEARS for Lucy Coe to turn into a sympathetic
character. It started about the time she divorced Alan and moved out
of the Quartermaine mansion and into her little apartment above the
Outback. AJ and Jason were helping her move and someone -- I don't
remember who -- took a swipe at Lucy. Jason told them off, saying "I
get so sick of everyone picking on Lucy" (or something to that effect)
"she's got a good heart." But it took years before the other
characters stopped taking swipes at Lucy, and even when she moved to
****t Charles it continued. All her character growth disappeared almost
overnight when TPTB decided they wanted to prop up Eve's character and
turn HER into a heroine.
Thanks for reminding me of Lucy -- she was one of my all-time favorite
soap opera characters, and even my husband (who went to college with
her -- or at the same place and time she did) loved her. He'd hear her
voice and come a-running from whatever room of the house he was in to
see what outrageous costume Lucy was wearing that particular day.
Anyone remember the scene where she was sliding on some plastic roll-up
thing wearing just a little negligee? He does!
Ruby
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