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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 445509" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>I wasn't watching GL during that time but I recall some of the basics just from hearing others discuss it. I think San Cristobel was created as part of a plot to explain where Reva had been during one of those "We thought you were dead/where have you been?" expositions. The show's writers just kept letting SC "grow" (introducing characters and back-story for them) rather than focus on the Springfield characters. Other soaps have fallen into this "mythical country" trap, like <em>Capitol</em> as you mention, as well as <em>One Life to Live</em>, <em>Days,</em> and <em>Santa Barbara.</em> And of course we all know Moldavia! Even the sitcom spoof<em> Soap</em> created "Malaguay," a South American country. About ten years earlier than this GL plot, <em>Another World</em> sent some of the characters to an island in the Caribbean called <em>San Cristobal, </em>but I don't think they meant for these to be the same place.</p><p></p><p>Making these places "unreal estate" allows the writers to say or do anything with them. I mean, San Cristobel had an odd leadership structure to say the least, It seemed to be in the Caribbean yet was full of white Europeans with non-descript accents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 445509, member: 27"] I wasn't watching GL during that time but I recall some of the basics just from hearing others discuss it. I think San Cristobel was created as part of a plot to explain where Reva had been during one of those "We thought you were dead/where have you been?" expositions. The show's writers just kept letting SC "grow" (introducing characters and back-story for them) rather than focus on the Springfield characters. Other soaps have fallen into this "mythical country" trap, like [I]Capitol[/I] as you mention, as well as [I]One Life to Live[/I], [I]Days,[/I] and [I]Santa Barbara.[/I] And of course we all know Moldavia! Even the sitcom spoof[I] Soap[/I] created "Malaguay," a South American country. About ten years earlier than this GL plot, [I]Another World[/I] sent some of the characters to an island in the Caribbean called [I]San Cristobal, [/I]but I don't think they meant for these to be the same place. Making these places "unreal estate" allows the writers to say or do anything with them. I mean, San Cristobel had an odd leadership structure to say the least, It seemed to be in the Caribbean yet was full of white Europeans with non-descript accents. [/QUOTE]
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