Dark, Disturbing, Daytime Dramas
Today we delve deeply into the matter of dark, disturbing daytime dramas!
It's not that I eagerly watch daytime dramas (soap operas), but I have stumbled upon a few of them in my advanced years.
When I say "dark and disturbing" I am not using hyperbole! (pronounced hyper-bowl...like the Superbowl where everyone is hyper) Ask any English major.
The way they talk is so dramatic, with long pauses before they go to the next scene, or to a commercial.
It's like, "Victoria, was it YOU that killed Billy with the meat thermometer?"
Then the camera pans in on Victoria's face for a long time, and she does not say anything. They go to a commercial or another scene, and leave us hanging about the meat thermometer murder.
Another thing they do, that makes me crazy, is bring dead folks back to life all the time! If anyone dies, especially in a car crash, where the body is burned beyond recognition, or a plane crash, where the victim turns up missing, you KNOW they are coming back alive, eventually.
They also provide an abundance of frightening "evil twins" on these daytime dramas! Which creates confusion for my simple brain, trying to figure out which one is the saintly good twin, and who is the dark, evil, murderous twin.
For example, the good twin goes missing in a plane crash, but later on turns up alive and well. However, he/she begins to act very strangely, and the citizens of Port Charles are being murdered left and right. Then it's revealed that it's NOT the good twin after all, but the evil twin pretending to be the good twin!
Later on down the road, the GOOD twin, who survived the plane crash, but had amnesia for a while, comes back and exposes the BAD twin, and the bad twin is sent to prison where he/she can escape and wreak havoc again!
Another disturbing thing about these "soaps" is how much crime the bad guys get away with!
Ian Ward - AKA Ray Wise
Remember the massively evil Ian Ward, from The Young And The Restless? Here is a list of his crimes, believe it or not....
Crimes Committed
- Statutory rape of Nikki Newman.(1970, reaveled 2013).
- Sexually abused Nikki Newman (1970, revealed 2013).
- Raped Nikki Newman (1970, revealed 2013).
- Sexually Assualted Nikki Newman (1970).
- Held Nikki Newman, Paul Williams and Peggy Brooks against there will (1980).
- Attempted murder of Peggy Brooks (1980).
- Imprisoned for running a cult (early 1980's).
- Kidnapped Sharon Newman's daughter Mariah Copeland (1991).
- Paternity suit by a nother cult member, thrown out when he was proven sterile (2001, revealed 2014).
- Broke and Entered the Newman Ranch several times (2014).
- Manipulated Summer Newman and took advantage of her so he could blackmail Nikki Newman (Feb 2014).
- Attempted to extort money from Nikki Newman (Feb-mar 2014).
- Lied about being assaulted by Victor Newman's goons.(mar 2014).
- Bribed Leslie Michaelson into making a lawsuit against Nikki Newman (April 2014).
- Broke into Mariah Copeland's hotel room (June 2014).
- Fraud; claimed to be the father of Dylan McAvoy when he knew he wasn't (January 2014-June 2014).
- Exposed to the world Nikki Newmans sexual life (july 2014).
- Kidnaped Mariah Copeland (Aug 2014).
- Told Sharon Newman to give him ransom money for Mariah Copeland's age (aug 2014).
- Drugged Mariah Copeland and changed her into a wedding dress while she was unconscious (August 2014).
- Held Mariah Copeland captive (aug 2014).
- Forced Mariah Copeland into marrying him (August 2014).
- Injected a guard at the Newman Ranch with an unknown substance (August 2014).
- Threatened Nikki Newman with a syringe (August 2014).
- Faked his death (Sep-Oct 2014).
- Broke into Avery Clark's apartment (Sep 2014).
- Had Dylan McAvoy would be arrested for his "murder" (August-October 2014).
- Broke into Nikki Newman car (Sep 2014).
- Planting a bugged cell phone in Nikki Newman car (October 2014).
- Arrested for the kidnapping and drugging of Mariah Copeland (October 2014).
- Escaped prison (Sep 2015).
- Along with Adam Newman, conspired the Paragon Project against Victor Newman (September-Dec 2015)
- Caused a blackout in Genoa City while uploading the Paragon Project into Newman Enterprises causing the security cameras to go down (September 2015).
- Used Phyllis Abbott to keep tabs on Jack Abbott (September 2015).
- Conned Phyllis Abbott (September 2015).
- Manipulated sales numbers of Chelsea 2.0 line (September 2015).
- Illegally sold off one of Newman Enterprises subsidiaries (September 2015).
- Attacked Adam Newman (September 2015).
- Escaped from prison (October 2015).
- Arrested for escaping prison (October 2015).
- Escaped prison again (October 2015).
- Sabotaged the wiring of the Newman Towers (Oct 2015).
- Caused fire/explosions/power outages and building collapse at Newman Towers during a Delia Project Halloween Benefit (October 2015).
- Knocked Cane Ashby unconscious and left him to burn to death (October 2015).
- Abduction; Locked Cane Ashby in a storage room (October 2015)
- Knocked Adam Newman unconscious and left him to burn to death (October 2015).
- Blinded Adam Newman by throwing dust in his eyes (November 2015).
- Clubbed Adam Newman over the head (Nov 2015).
- Smashed a prop over Adam Newman (nov 2015).
- Tried to stab Adam Newman to death with a pitchfork (Nov 2015)
- Almost killed Mariah Copeland, Kevin Fisher, Jack Abbott, Phyllis Abbott, Joe Clark, Cane Ashby, Lily Ashby, Charlie Ashby, Mattie Ashby, Billy Abbott, Johnny Abbott, Faith Newman, Katie Newman, Connor Newman, Patty Williams, Adam Newman, Abby Newman, Ashley Abbott, Ben Rayburn, Chelsea Newman, Nicholas Newman, Sage Newman, Victoria Newman, Victor Newman, Nikki Newman, Noah Newman, Marisa Sierras, Lauren Fenmore Baldwin and Luca Santori (Nov 2015).
- Faked his death (Nov 2015).
- Assisted Patty Williams in faking her death (Nov 2015-Feb 2016).
- Cyber Attacked Jabot Cosmetics using Paragon (nov-dec 2015).
- Gave Patty Williams a new passport/identity and money so she could not be takenrwe back to Fairview (Nov 2015)
- Let Victor Newman strangle Phyllis Abbott (Dec 2015).
- Arrested for arson, attempted murder, escaping prison, and federal paragon related charges, brought to a federal prison (Dec 2015).
- Charged for aggravated battery of most residents of Genoa City, found guilty and brought to walworth (Dec 2015).
- Had a inmate at the state penitentiary threaten Victor Newman (April 2016).
- Punched Victor Newman in his stab wound (May 2016).
- Conspiring with Adam Newman to escape prison ( June 2016).
- Escaped a baliefs custody (July 2016).
- Hit the balife with the butt of his gun (July 2016).
- Shot a guard in the side (July 2016).
- Shot Victor Newman (July 2016).
- Held Nikki Newman hostage (July 2016).
- Held Phyllis Abbott hostage (July 2016).
- Held Victor Newman At gunpoint in the cabin hostage
Sure ya do!
Another dark and disturbing thing is the lack of commitment to their significant others in these shows! They will start kissing another person's spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, mom, dad, grandma...at the drop of a hat!!
For you millennials
This makes these "soap operas" all the more confusing, when you have to keep track of who is with who, and what kid belongs to what parent, and who cheated on who...
All I can say, it's a good thing I don't watch these dark, disturbing, daytime dramas!
Wow! I'd be so warped!!
