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My friends and family laugh at me for spending so much time writing emails and letters to TPTB at As The World Turns. They do not understand how this show has been a part of my life for over fifteen years. When I was in high school I would make excuses so I could be home at least once a week just to see what was happening with Lily and Holden. And then more Synders came to Oakdale and I was glued throughout many a summer day watching. Then came the bad years. The Zoe, Sarah, faux Connor and Mark years. I was so heartbroken when they replaced Allyson with a friend, I was told, of the producers. Those were the bad months and years and I never watched. Then I heard that Holden was coming back to Oakdale. I missed work that day to watch Holden ride to town on his motorcycle. I was cheering and crying and once again addicted to the show. Wondering what Diego would do next filled my thoughts each day. Slowly I could tell my show was getting better. The 'who shot Diego' was a horrible storyline but could have been so powerful. But I just kept watching. But I noticed something. The show wasn't getting any better. If anything it was getting worse. But before long Jack came to town. I thought he was a bad guy. I was yelling the day I found out he was a Synder. I was so happy. And Jack gave me another reason to tune in. In the past year As The World Turns has gone from okay to horrible. Where have all the people we love gone? Like Barbara, John, Hal to name but a few. Why was none of Lucinda's family brought to the hospital when she was ill? Why didn't John stop in to see Lucinda at least once? Barbara kept me glued to my television back when she came back pregnant with Darryl's child. Barbara and her snide remarks to Carly would remind me of Lisa and her remarks to Lucinda. Remember those days? It wasn't that long ago. Now I don't' even reconize 'my show'. Who are all these new people and what do I care about them? Nothing. The Camille breast cancer storyline could have won an Emmy. But the writing was horrible and the direction it took was for Camille to get Brad and not for Camille to fight for life. Eddie coming to Oakdale brought many changes to the Tom Hughes' family. And not good ones. But the possibility of a May/December romance between Margo and Eddie had me watching. But Georgia coming to town to find her mother who turned out to be Samantha was another bad storyline. This Chris Hughes can not act worth a nail. He is one of the worst on the show. Then I read that TPTB have been after him for awhile to work on As The World Turns? Oh please. Now we have the terrible storyline of Reid/David. Reid will never be David in my eyes. I was a true Daniel Markel fan and was surprised when he was written off the show. I thought he was an amazing character. Then out of the blue comes the Oasis and Denise. Now are we really to believe that the Mona Lisa and Fashions have given way to Java and Oasis? Oh please. To watch Denise dance at that trash bar makes me gag everytime. Why can't we ever see the fine citizens of Oakdale eating dinner at the Mona Lisa? Why can't we see the wonderful veterans like Susan and John and Hal and Barbara doing something fun and exciting, instead of being used as fillers? And why must Denise be crammed down our throats at every turn? There is not one storyline on right now that I care about. There is not one actor or actress that I feel connected with right now. And I am known on the message boards as Holden's girl. I was so crazy about Holden. But even he is nothing but boring. Now to cap things off I read that more newcomers are headed to Oakdale from Another World. At what cost to our great veterans I ask? More new people equals less air time for the ones we love. No, my friends and family don't understand why I write my emails and my letters to my soap opera. "It is only a show," they say. But to me it is a part of my day to day life. But not for long. There is no way this show can grow with the direction it is headed in. I am very saddened by the fact that I am turning this show off. My heart is broken over the loss of David, Lucinda, Cal, WorldWide and the Synders to name but a few. But I can no longer watch as TPTB destroy the Oakdale I love to make way for their version of Oakdale. In closing, in my opinion, I believe the reason there are so many new people in Oakdale is because TPTB have never watch a day of this show before they joined on. I truly think it is easier for them to make up new people than to research the past of the people already in Oakdale. So with this I say goodbye to the Oakdale I use to love. My friends and family can laugh but I am crying. |
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