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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Not Liking Starr’s Pregnancy and Michael’s Shooting on GH and OLTL
I watch the soaps as an escape from reality.
Always have.
So why is the my escapism lately leaving me not wanting to escape.
Let me explain.
I’m not liking storylines on my two main soaps: One Life To Live and General Hospital.
Namely Starr’s teen pregnancy on One Life To Live and Michael’s shooting on General Hospital.
I am finding it very uncomfortable watching Starr Manning a. Lose her virginity and b. become pregnant from that one time action.
I think it’s mainly because I’ve watch Kristen Alderson grow up as Starr right before my eyes.
She originated the role as a six-year-old and we’ve all watched her turn into a beautiful young woman.
Not that the acting by all characters surrounding this storyline isn’t good, because it is.
Kristen and Brittany Underwood, who plays Starr’s BFF Langston Wilde, are acting their hearts out. The storyline has highlighted the outstanding acting talents of these two young women.
An interesting thing about this storyline is that Kristen is blogging about issues surrounding teen sex on the abc.com/One Life To Live website.
Click here to read Kristen’s blog.
Much like I’ve watched Kristen grow up on OLTL, I’ve also watched Dylan Cash enter GH as little Michael Corinthos III.
He’s not quite a young man yet, but he’s getting there and learning the harsh realities of his father’s business. His father being none other than notorious mob boss, Sonny Corinthos.
Little Michael learned a hard lesson when he bought a gun, trying to emulate his father, and the gun misfired, accidentally shooting his father’s girlfriend, Kate Howard.
Kate survived.
But now a second tragedy.
Sonny’s rival, Claudia Zacchara, issued a hit on Sonny, which was executed by the devious Dr. Devlin.
Problem was that Devlin missed Sonny and hit Michael in the head, the bullet lodging in his brain.
Yes, the storyline is compelling.
But watching it is just so difficult.
It is so hard to watch Michael in the hospital fighting for his life.
As with OLTL, the actors involved in the storyline are giving some powerful performances - especially Laura Wright as Carly, Michael’s heartbroken, out-of-her-mind worried mother.
But again, I watch soaps to kick back, unwind and forget about the world’s problems.
And that’s not happening with these storylines.
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