I have watched Days of Our Lives on and off my entire life. I started this blog about the current show, as a place for spoiler-free discussion (hence the name). Getting back into the show inspired me to order Steve and Kayla edits from the 1980’s. I’m lucky that my DVDs also include the Jack and Jennifer storyline. When I gave up on the current show in late 2008, I decided to keep this blog going as I work my way through the DVDs.
Soaps are unique in the world of entertainment. They may not take advantage of the format the way they used to, but a five-day-a-week daytime drama that unfolds over years and years allows for amazing depth and complexity. A show that only comes on once a week simply cannot replicate it. The situations can be contrived and over the top (and that is part of the fun), but the characters and the emotions are real … at least when soaps were at their best.
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December 6, 2006 at 9:51 pm
I think this blog is going to make me have to start TiFauxing “Days of Our Lives”. Or–for Paul’s sake–I’ll just keep updated here since this writing is better than any soap opera has seen since the days of Irna Phillips.
January 20, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I just wanted to say what a delight it was to discover your blog. Not only are you a wonderful writer but you have the uncanny ability to express what made all of us fall in love with our favorite characters (especially S&K) so many years ago. It is sometimes like reading my own thoughts. I’ve also been a DOOL fan for many years. but after Stephen Nichols left in 1990 I just couldn’t bear to watch anymore. It’s funny how life comes full circle sometimes. I am grateful to be able to have a second chance to watch my most favorite Soap couple on the air once again.
January 20, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Thank you, Demelza!
I stopped watching around the same time you did (actually just before Steve “died”). After that I never thought I would watch it again, honestly. But here I am.