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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 442443" data-attributes="member: 8">Her war against her ex-husband seemed justified, but the character became stagnated. And because of her immense popularity - because Joan Collins played it so entertainingly - the makers of Dynasty misinterpreted that success as the very result of that stagnation.Repetition in soap is not a problem as long as you can find new and entertaining angles to show more of the same, but Alexis was not seriously challenged.I don&#039;t mean making her look more sympathetic but they should have fed her with more reason to be that kind of person - which is why it worked so wonderfully for Sable in The Colbys. She plotted and schemed, it backfired and then she had to scheme harder.A much more extreme, and also more entertaining version of the resident bitch was Patricia Hamilton in Sons &amp; Daughters.Her storylines went in many different directions and she actually made attempts to better herself, but it always ended in tears and hatred and lust for revenge.You knew&nbsp;&nbsp; how bad she was and yet somehow she managed to surprise us, over and over again.It was a soap masterpiece.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 442443, member: 8"] Her war against her ex-husband seemed justified, but the character became stagnated. And because of her immense popularity - because Joan Collins played it so entertainingly - the makers of Dynasty misinterpreted that success as the very result of that stagnation. Repetition in soap is not a problem as long as you can find new and entertaining angles to show more of the same, but Alexis was not seriously challenged. I don't mean making her look more sympathetic but they should have fed her with more reason to be that kind of person - which is why it worked so wonderfully for Sable in The Colbys. She plotted and schemed, it backfired and then she had to scheme [I]harder[/I]. A much more extreme, and also more entertaining version of the resident bitch was Patricia Hamilton in Sons & Daughters. Her storylines went in many different directions and she actually made attempts to better herself, but it always ended in tears and hatred and lust for revenge. You [I]knew[/I] how bad she was and yet somehow she managed to surprise us, over and over again. It was a soap masterpiece. [/QUOTE]

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