Word: soaped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pressing the off button only switches the set to a low-power mode, during which advertising copy appears noiselessly on the screen." Or a network's "Seamlessness Initiative": the characters in each show connect to the characters on all the other shows, so that "the star of the afternoon soap opera The Naked and the Damned (formerly Trailer Park) would appear as a contestant on the game show Quacks like a Duck." Or, in one of the book's funniest running motifs, the transplantation of a pig liver into the female protagonist's father, a Hollywood hustler of exceptional charm...
...language albums that made full use of his good looks. (The back cover of his 1991 album has him oh-so casually reclining in a wet ribbed tank top.) In 1994 Martin got a big break and landed a regular role on General Hospital. His part on the ABC soap was not a stretch--he played Miguel Morez, a singer from Puerto Rico. Wendy Riche, General Hospital's executive producer, created the role after meeting with him just once. She was struck by his drive and determination to succeed. Says Riche: "He lives to perform...
...currently making her theatrical debut in the hit Broadway play Closer, has experienced a mesmerizing turn of fortune. In just three years, with no classical training behind her, Friel, the daughter of middle-class parents, has gone from starring as a murderous, sexually abused lesbian in the British nighttime soap Brookside to being a serious and sophisticated actress who is quickly gaining international celebrity...
...been on the margins of hip hop, is much closer to clean. And we of the domestic workers-cum-welfare royalty ilk have other ways of making money. Stupid social programs have been supporting our endeavors for a while. We have time between neglecting our children and watching our soap operas to make art. (I pray that people realize that I've been facetious for the past couple of sentences and I'm about to switch back to truth starting now). A friend of mine recently said that art leads the majority, but follows the margins. The boys messed around...
...McAllister's first move in the election chess game is to hire a pawn to run against Tracy--in this case, the white knight of Carver, popular jock Paul Metzel (Chris Klein). Tracy, of course, throws a fit, but even she can't keep up with the unfolding soap-operas--especially when Paul's lesbian younger sister jumps into the election fray as revenge for Paul's "stealing" her crush...