Happy Saturday POU! So many crazy wild characters in the soaps, can't get to them all. But for our last look, here's for the One Life To Live fans! Rachel Gannon, the biracial daughter of divorced Llanview lawyers Hank Gannon and Nora Hanen, comes to town in 1992 after her father is named district attorney of Llantano County. She soon enrolls in Llanview University … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Character Storylines of the Soaps
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Friday Open Thread: Black Character Storylines of the Soaps
Friday! Friday! The Young and The Restless sure had some plot twists involving the infamous Neil/Dru/Olivia/Malcolm days! But wait......remember, Dru and Olivia's aunt is the legendary Mamie (yes, Mamie...the Jabot's housekeeper of course! LOL) Mamie Johnson is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The role was originated … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Black Character Storylines of the Soaps
Thursday Open Thread: Black Character Storylines of the Soaps
Good Morning POU! We continue our guilty pleasure look at the black character storylines in the Soaps. First a little background on this set of interesting long running characters from Days of Our Lives: Mayor Abraham 'Abe' Washington Carver (Lawd, they really named this black character Abraham Washington Carver?!?!) Played by: James Reynolds A Days mainstay … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Character Storylines of the Soaps
Wednesday Open Thread: Black Character Storylines of the Soaps
Good Morning POU! Today we look at one of the craziest plot lines ever in the soaps and it was centered around the black characters! It had a cult following as big as Passions, yet when most people think of a crazy soap opera, they think of the one with zombies and witches and tiny dolls. But fans of the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach know that in one fateful summer 15 … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Character Storylines of the Soaps
Tuesday Open Thread: Black Character Storylines of the Soaps
Good Morning POU! Let's finish the storylines for Soap Opera supercouple Angie & Jesse. Oh...he died? Yeah, well, you're never really dead in Soapland! … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Character Storylines of the Soaps