Posted
6:50 AM
by Gene
We'll credit the great OJ for lots of things, but "killing" the soaps isn't one. Watching a daytime serial demands patience, something the Manhattan Masters of the Universe have been fraying with increasing success for many years. More recently the hard-core among the fans got
SLUTSVILLE, and anything so ew-yuck-gross is sure to make all else look like watered-down oatmeal by comparison. Why should we mourn the decline of the soap opera anyway? It's just one more bad kind of entertainment out the window. The thing is, lots of good kinds went out that way first.