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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jimmy Todd" data-source="post: 177949" data-attributes="member: 3926">Great job, as always, James!  I'm intrigued by your observations about infusing humor into the soaps. I generally never liked it either. The little quips from characters such as JR or Alexis, those I enjoyed immensely, but the forced. Going the comic route, was eye-rolling However, one character who for the most part that seemed to work being played for laughs was Anne Matheson. I loved the character and Ms. Phillipd portrayal of her  I felt they successfully walked a thin line wih her in that she provided comic relief, but she never became an eye rolling joke herself. I recall when I first watched the episode with the "thought bubble" gimmick between Anne and Claudia, I saw it as a fun novelty. When they included Nick, in Italian, that added to the fun. Of course, a little of that goes a very long way, and your observations have given me a new perspective. When Claudia is trying to find out about Paige's possible marriage, I like your point that it could have been more intriguing without the " thought bubbles." That would have been a really "Knotsian" scene. Also, when Anne finds out that the money she's been trying to defraud her own daughter out of doesn't exist, as you suggest, was too "sitcom" when it could have had a darker irony to it. It would be fascinating to see alternative versions of these scenes the way you would have had them.  I will give KL writers credit, though, because it's still impressive that for a show that has been on as long as KL has been at this point, they still delivered engaging television. KL is the only soap I stayed with from the first episode I saw until the very last.</blockquote>

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