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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Todd Manning’s Rage Surfaces Once Again
Just when I’m liking One Life To Live’s Todd Manning again, what does he do?
He goes ballistic, beating up on Markko, a teenage boy, in order to get some information out of him!
I was appalled at the way he was whaling away on Markko - and, judging by the previews, he will be punching out Cole today.
Isn’t that called child abuse since they’re under 18?
When disgraced FBI agent turned police commish Lee Ramsey entered Llanview, he is so vile that he actually made Todd look like a good guy!
Not that Todd is really a bad person, because he has a lot of good qualities - namely being a good father.
Trevor St. John
Trevor St. John, who portrays Todd, reminds me a lot of Rick Hearst, who plays Ric Lansing, on General Hospital. Here’s why: they both have done some pretty despicable things.
For Todd, his biggest crime was raping Marty Saybrooke many years ago.
For Ric, I would say chaining a pregnant Carly in a soundproof room in order to steal her baby is probably at the top of his list.
The thing about both these very talented actors is that they can turn on the charm so fast that the viewer immediately forgives them their transgressions.
I have liked Trevor St.John ever since he entered the scene as Walker Laurence - later revealing he was really Todd Manning.
I really enjoy his portrayal of Todd, because Trevor brings a lot of depth to the role.
To be honest, I never liked Todd when his originator, Roger Howarth, portrayed him.
Roger seemed to always show the dark side of Todd; whereas I feel that Trevor brings many layers and nuances to the character.
Not to say, Roger did a bad job. Not at all.
Hey, he won a Daytime Emmy for the role.
Scads of fans still adore Roger as Todd to this day. I prefer him as Paul Ryan on As The World Turns.
Just my preference.
As for Todd, I just happen to like the kinder, gentler version.
Although, Todd’s actions yesterday, were far from that.
This new turn of events…where Todd is violent to teenage boys…it’s his dark side reemerging.
And I’m not liking it at all.
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