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<blockquote data-quote="Jimmy Todd" data-source="post: 352397" data-attributes="member: 3926">For the most part, the big four prime time soaps played it safe, no matter how &quot;shocking&quot; they advertised themselves to be. They were still great fun, but the riskiest performance,imho, was on season 6 Knots Landing when Valene had a breakdown, looked herself in the mirror and decided she was &quot;flat-chested.&quot;&nbsp; She was then beaten up and humiliated by an irate wife when she tried to be a &quot;vamp.&quot;&nbsp; Calling attention to perceived &quot;flaws&quot; and having the herione humiliated in that manner was&nbsp; the riskiest thing on those soaps.&nbsp;Runners up could possibly be Alexis causing Krystle&#039;s miscarriage and Julia being the murderer on Falcon Crest and still remaining on the show. Although, both were subsequently glossed over.Valene&#039;s breakdown was as well in a way, but I don&#039;t know if too many actresses in the 1980s would have agreed to do what Joan Van Ark did.&nbsp;Agree? Disagree? Another completely different&nbsp; viewpoint?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jimmy Todd, post: 352397, member: 3926"] For the most part, the big four prime time soaps played it safe, no matter how "shocking" they advertised themselves to be. They were still great fun, but the riskiest performance,imho, was on season 6 Knots Landing when Valene had a breakdown, looked herself in the mirror and decided she was "flat-chested." She was then beaten up and humiliated by an irate wife when she tried to be a "vamp." Calling attention to perceived "flaws" and having the herione humiliated in that manner was the riskiest thing on those soaps. Runners up could possibly be Alexis causing Krystle's miscarriage and Julia being the murderer on Falcon Crest and still remaining on the show. Although, both were subsequently glossed over. Valene's breakdown was as well in a way, but I don't know if too many actresses in the 1980s would have agreed to do what Joan Van Ark did. Agree? Disagree? Another completely different viewpoint? [/QUOTE]

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