Marlena De Lacroix
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Connie has parlayed a love for daytime soap operas into a diversified career as a writer, editor, and professor. She started her soap journalism career in 1980 as an assistant to newspaper columnist Jon-Michael Reed, the first soap journalist to review soaps as theater and edit soap magazines for intelligent readers. She was editor of Afternoon TV magazine and Soap Opera World and went on to..
Marlena De Lacroix
1w ago
The news of O.J. Simpson’s passing last week at age 76 brought back a flood of memories for long time soap fans. We remember vividly how his sensational murder trial pre-empted our soaps almost every day from November 1994 to October 1995. There were 10 soaps on the big three networks in those days. Would ..read more
Marlena De Lacroix
1M ago
After decades of watching and writing about daytime soap operas, even this most fervent advocate must confess to a bit of ennui lately. But all is not lost. Now comes the best soap opera news in more years than I care to remember! Just when it looked as if the television networks were losing interest ..read more
Marlena De Lacroix
3M ago
General Hospital’s 60th anniversary celebration earlier this month as a fun collage of bits and pieces of history that triggered nice memories from the long tenure of the soap we all love so much. But in the end, the 60-minute romp was a disappointment. Instead of a examining why this iconic soap has endured for ..read more
Marlena De Lacroix
4M ago
Marlena grew up as a spoiled, and very lonely, child. My parents both worked full-time. Like many other “latch key kids,” I eased my childhood loneliness by watching daytime soap operas. Soap characters became my childhood “friends”—and my involvement with them led to a 40-year career covering soaps. My loneliness was cured decades later when ..read more
Marlena De Lacroix
6M ago
When I was a lonely teenager, soaps filled my after-school hours with surrogate friends and family. Another World became my favorite when young vixen Rachel Davis, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, played by a very young and poignant Robin Strasser, seduced chiseled businessman Steve Frame (George Reinholt), breaking up his romance with ..read more
Marlena De Lacroix
7M ago
Tom Lisanti’s many followers know him as Mr. Sixties Cinema, based on his wonderfully collectible series of 10 books on that era’s pop culture. In such richly evocative studies of the period as Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies, Drive-In Dream Girls, and Film Fatales, as well as biographies of Carol Lynley and Pamela Tiffin, he ..read more
Marlena De Lacroix
7M ago
Soap Opera Mourns Recent Losses: It has been a heartbreaking time for those of us who love daytime TV. Five of our beloved actors and three top-rated soap journalists have left us in recent months. We Soap Opera Weekly alumni have lost our beloved managing editor Robert Shorke, 51, and features editor Katie “Caelie” Haines ..read more
Marlena De Lacroix
8M ago
Marlena delights in introducing a new contributor, Jeffrey S. Pearlstein. Jeff is a veteran soap journalist and long-time colleague of Marlena’s who has written for many soap magazines. He is an expert in soap history, a wonderful interviewer, and his great passion for soaps shines through in everything he does. He is also a wonderful ..read more
Marlena De Lacroix
8M ago
Marlena proudly presents the work of new contributor Mike Poirier, who knows everything about soaps, particularly the old ones. Here, Mike writes about early soaps, such as Somerset— which Marlena is old enough to remember. He also presents resources on how you can see episodes from some long-gone shows. He has been a valued supporter ..read more
Marlena De Lacroix
1y ago
Who is the funniest, most charming man on daytime television? My choice is Kin Shriner, who has played Scott(y) Baldwin on General Hospital, on and off, for 45 years, and has appeared on plenty of other soaps, too, like GH’s spinoff Port Charles. He’s a beloved veteran star with a huge and richly deserved following ..read more