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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 132265" data-attributes="member: 8">1. Constance's 50% Of Shade - THE COLBYSSable (during an argument about Jeff and his inheritance): What am I supposed to say? Dear Constance, I wish I had half your integrity, half your wisdom, half your sense of honour?[ATTACH=full]12420[/ATTACH]Constance: But you do, Sable. You do. Almost exactly half.The reason why this insult stands out for me is that they manage to maintain a level of civility. After all, these two women are supposed to be (at least wealth-wise) the crème de la crème of SoapLand. And somehow that makes it extra bitchy.2. The Gay Trashes The Tramp - DYNASTYFallon: Sammy Jo is common trash, everybody knows it![ATTACH=full]12421[/ATTACH]Steven: And what are you, Fallon? Uncommon trash? A million dollar tramp?3. Mirror, Mirror On The Wall - KNOTS LANDING[ATTACH=full]12422[/ATTACH]Knots Landing does the unthinkable by tearing down the carefully constructed imago of the romantic soap diva.Valene: How can anybody love you? How can anybody want you? Look at you! You look like a man, you're flat as a board.Skinny arms, long sad face etc etc. Stupid little sweet Valene.None of this would have had any effect if, say, Mandy Winger had said that to herself. Because Mandy Winger is anything but all those things.But Valene is kinda flat, and she is kinda skinny, and she does have sort of a long face. But we ignore these things because we like to adore our soap divas.And that's what makes it such a daring insult.4. His Father's Son - DALLAS[ATTACH=full]12423[/ATTACH]John Ross: I was shocked too! Who knew that Elena could be such a...thieving whore?The soaps had many bitch and whore insults, but I like John Ross' gleefully malicious way of saying it. In this scene, the insult really has the effect of ammunition.5. Is She Or Isn't She? - DYNASTY[ATTACH=full]12424[/ATTACH]Claudia: You allow the treachery. And that makes you the most dangerous Carrington of them all.The effect of the insult is softened by the fact that the insulter is known as an emotionally unstable person. But, considering the history of these two women, it's not so hard to understand why Claudia would say something like that.Of course we all know Krystle as being one of the most loveable characters in SoapLand, but Claudia is not exactly a villain, and this is also not an insult for the heck of it.Where there's a smoke, there's a fire? Or not? Somehow, it lingers.</blockquote>

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