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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 309408" data-attributes="member: 5079">I admit, I can't see Lucy on an 80s soap but I think it would depend on which Lucy we'd get: Lucille Ball the actress or Lucy, the female Bob Hope?At her prime, even on ILL, Lucille was a great actress but from the 60s onward we rarely saw that talent.  She turned into a personality reading from cue cards.    STONE PILLOW is shaky evidence of what she was still capable of by the mid-80s.  The director said she kept detailed notes on her character, so she was still taking her craft seriously; but Lucie Arnaz said it was a grueling experience for her mom, who had difficulty memorizing the script.  (I think Stanwyck had the same issue on THE COLBYS.) [ATTACH=full]33706[/ATTACH]</blockquote>