—References to "General Hospital"
Yesterday's Theme: People Who Don't Love You. Niiiice.
Yesterday's theme was all about people not loving each other.
As House would say, "Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice."
First of all, Lulu Spencer is a classic, er, well, Spencer. She is a manipulative brat "housed" in her mother's gorgeous face and body. I find her fascinating.
Her father, Luke, is much amused and sees right through her games.
Her stepmother (long story) loathes her with a passion.
The young actress playing Lulu is doing a tremendous job holding her own up against powerhouse actors like Anthony Geary and Jane Elliot.....Whereever they found this child they need to erect a shrine. She's awesome.
Carly, meanwhile, still at the loonybin, RoseLawn, is doing her damnedest to get outta there. She loathes Emily and reads her the riot act.
The actress now playing Carly is taking her back to her wicked roots and I like it. Best Friend turned to me and said, "Now that's Carly."
Very good.
"Um"ily? Lose the tacky new southern accent. First of all it's bad. Go take diction lessons from Hugh Laurie. If he'll let you in the room. Second of all, where the hell did it come from? Third of all, it's completely out of character. A Quartermaine would not drop the "g"s off of the end of her "ing"s.
Lord Peter Wimsey got away with "ain't" and made it classy.
Anythin' you're sayin' ain't comin' across, hon.
Plot? Oh, yeah. That thing. "Um"ily's Holier Than Thou speech fell completely flat and I think that round went to Carly. hee
Mainly 'cause everything she said was completely accurate.
Sonny manipulates pretty girls and he's manipulating Emily.
As a matter of fact, back at GreySkull, we get ominous music just after Sonny announces that Jason is getting better and Emily throws herself at him in a hug. Which results in Maurice Benard flashing his amazing dimples.
I'm not that fond of MB as an actor but those dimples are incredible. I'm just sayin'.
MB is a very good actor (in my opinion) but his diction style is trying to out-Shatner THE SHATNER and that is a crime.
Or it damned well should be.
Plot: I've read rumours that Sonny has utterly no intention of getting romantically involved with Emily but she misinterprets his "advances".
That would make me SO happy.
In the hospital, Jason is out from under the brutal devices of the Evil IV and is better. He's even smiling.
Much to the dismay of thousands of viewers, he has NOT returned to being Jason Quartermaine but remembers everything about his life as Jason Morgan. Which makes him love Sam even more.
And they are adorable.
Even the Holy Saint Steve let a racy line out of his mouth. I paraphrase, but Weepy McWeepster (Sam) was by his bed and he said, "Get in here and let me make you feel better."
Both Best Friend and I went O_O.
(Nothing happened. They just cuddled while Sonny and Robin chatted in the corridor about the fact that Robin still has feelings for Jason but understands she can't act on them.)
Lastly, we have the classic literary technique in play, Character Assassination.
The teenybots are all hanging out at Kelly's when poor Ignacio Serrichio ("Humpty Dumpty" Roof Falling Dood) comes rolling in hot with guns-a-blazing trying to steal money to get out of town. His father, the incredibly HAWT Ted "Timecop" King now playing Lorrrrrrrenzo Alcazar, turned him in to the PCPD for being the roofie-doling-naked-girl photographer but he ran away before they could cuff him.
Paging Doctor Chase.
Paging Doctor Chase!
ANYway, Diego (IS) shoots at Mike* who brings up a shotgun and my guess is that today he ends up in the hospital. Just a guess.
*Mike runs Kelly's now. He is Sonny and Courtney's Father. He is played by a marvelous actor who has a long tenure in soaps. I ~think~ he started out on Ryan's Hope with Kate Mulgrew. That may not have been his start but he most certainly was on that with her.
I'm starting to love IS (and it has nothing to do with his stint on House, which was pretty wooden). On GH he's getting much better than when he started.
However, as I said before, it doesn't do anyone any good to get too attached to actors on soaps. They either stay forever, move around immediately, or come back for brief cameos. It's a very shifting canvas.
When this kind of character assassination begins it's usually the kiss o' death. I have a feeling old "Diego" is not long for this show. :-(
And isn't it amazing how much storyline these guys can cram into an hour? O_O
As House would say, "Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice."
First of all, Lulu Spencer is a classic, er, well, Spencer. She is a manipulative brat "housed" in her mother's gorgeous face and body. I find her fascinating.
Her father, Luke, is much amused and sees right through her games.
Her stepmother (long story) loathes her with a passion.
The young actress playing Lulu is doing a tremendous job holding her own up against powerhouse actors like Anthony Geary and Jane Elliot.....Whereever they found this child they need to erect a shrine. She's awesome.
Carly, meanwhile, still at the loonybin, RoseLawn, is doing her damnedest to get outta there. She loathes Emily and reads her the riot act.
The actress now playing Carly is taking her back to her wicked roots and I like it. Best Friend turned to me and said, "Now that's Carly."
Very good.
"Um"ily? Lose the tacky new southern accent. First of all it's bad. Go take diction lessons from Hugh Laurie. If he'll let you in the room. Second of all, where the hell did it come from? Third of all, it's completely out of character. A Quartermaine would not drop the "g"s off of the end of her "ing"s.
Lord Peter Wimsey got away with "ain't" and made it classy.
Anythin' you're sayin' ain't comin' across, hon.
Plot? Oh, yeah. That thing. "Um"ily's Holier Than Thou speech fell completely flat and I think that round went to Carly. hee
Mainly 'cause everything she said was completely accurate.
Sonny manipulates pretty girls and he's manipulating Emily.
As a matter of fact, back at GreySkull, we get ominous music just after Sonny announces that Jason is getting better and Emily throws herself at him in a hug. Which results in Maurice Benard flashing his amazing dimples.
I'm not that fond of MB as an actor but those dimples are incredible. I'm just sayin'.
MB is a very good actor (in my opinion) but his diction style is trying to out-Shatner THE SHATNER and that is a crime.
Or it damned well should be.
Plot: I've read rumours that Sonny has utterly no intention of getting romantically involved with Emily but she misinterprets his "advances".
That would make me SO happy.
In the hospital, Jason is out from under the brutal devices of the Evil IV and is better. He's even smiling.
Much to the dismay of thousands of viewers, he has NOT returned to being Jason Quartermaine but remembers everything about his life as Jason Morgan. Which makes him love Sam even more.
And they are adorable.
Even the Holy Saint Steve let a racy line out of his mouth. I paraphrase, but Weepy McWeepster (Sam) was by his bed and he said, "Get in here and let me make you feel better."
Both Best Friend and I went O_O.
(Nothing happened. They just cuddled while Sonny and Robin chatted in the corridor about the fact that Robin still has feelings for Jason but understands she can't act on them.)
Lastly, we have the classic literary technique in play, Character Assassination.
The teenybots are all hanging out at Kelly's when poor Ignacio Serrichio ("Humpty Dumpty" Roof Falling Dood) comes rolling in hot with guns-a-blazing trying to steal money to get out of town. His father, the incredibly HAWT Ted "Timecop" King now playing Lorrrrrrrenzo Alcazar, turned him in to the PCPD for being the roofie-doling-naked-girl photographer but he ran away before they could cuff him.
Paging Doctor Chase.
Paging Doctor Chase!
ANYway, Diego (IS) shoots at Mike* who brings up a shotgun and my guess is that today he ends up in the hospital. Just a guess.
*Mike runs Kelly's now. He is Sonny and Courtney's Father. He is played by a marvelous actor who has a long tenure in soaps. I ~think~ he started out on Ryan's Hope with Kate Mulgrew. That may not have been his start but he most certainly was on that with her.
I'm starting to love IS (and it has nothing to do with his stint on House, which was pretty wooden). On GH he's getting much better than when he started.
However, as I said before, it doesn't do anyone any good to get too attached to actors on soaps. They either stay forever, move around immediately, or come back for brief cameos. It's a very shifting canvas.
When this kind of character assassination begins it's usually the kiss o' death. I have a feeling old "Diego" is not long for this show. :-(
And isn't it amazing how much storyline these guys can cram into an hour? O_O
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