I think about all the primetime TV shows that have lost a beloved character late in the show because the actor/actress decided they wanted to do something different and couldn’t wait for the show to end. It goes against everything we seem to know about actors. I imagine that all actors get into the biz because they love storytelling and playing a variety of characters, but some of these soap actors just seem to, like, stop wanting more after that early role. It seems so different from other non-soap actors who are constantly joining new projects and telling new stories. What kind of fascinates me the most about soaps is that there are actors who essentially spend their whole career on that one show, just filming decades of episodes. Which brings me to the point of this post. Also, the majority of the main actors are on the older side too… They’ve got a cult following of sorts, but it’s an age group that overall isn’t exactly young anymore, so I can’t imagine that in twenty years, there will be many soaps on the air still. Quality drama shows get axed after a season or two on primetime TV, but some evil twin coming back to life to marry the stepbrother you found out you had two weeks ago does numbers on daytime. They’re on the air for decades, with new episodes almost every single day, and the stories are so ridiculous, but people love them. Victor and Nikki are on their 800th breakup now, I think. It’s wild that now, all these years later, I’ll go downstairs to get a snack during work and there’s Mom watching the show still. I remember doing homework at the kitchen table and listening to Victor and Nikki break up for the 500th time or something like that.
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