“Minx” – The Fur Begins To Fly on AMC

I believe in evolution.  I firmly believe what we see around us is the mutation, over years and years, of an original, intelligent design.  Only the fittest survive, and the rest are relegated to a certain unheralded history.   I know what you’re thinking…dinosaurs, right?  Man?  Nah, I’m talking about the American soap opera.  When I [...]

Same-sex Soap Wars: My Acronym is Better Than Your *Acronym

I have noticed since daytime television began to commit more and more to same-sex storylines, there has been a strange undercurrent of competition between fan groups. Just as some melodramatic version of Yankees/Red Sox, devotees are showing a blind loyalty more often reserved for hometown sporting teams. Since I began writing the weekly OTALIA recaps [...]

Part 2: BAM…the greatest story never told.

In many ways, BAM became the first same-sex super soap couple with a storyline brimmed with angst, disappointment, and hope.  In the same vain as Luke and Laura and Tad and Dixie, Bianca and Maggie faced daily insurmountable odds along their journey toward love. Sadly, the most difficult obstacle turned out to be just moving [...]

Before BAM…Daytime Drama’s Commitment to LGBT before AMC’s Bianca And Maggie (Part 1 of 3)

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