Wednesday, July 08, 2015

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: WHY SOAP HISTORY MATTERS


“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

Except, it seems, on a soap-opera.

Last week, on General Hospital, Luke (Anthony Geary) asked Holly (Emma Samms) if she’d ever met his late cousin, Bill (also played by Geary from 1991 to 1993).

Holly said, “No.”

The Twitter-verse went mental.

Not only did Holly know Bill, but they had a romantic relationship, complete with the mandatory wacky adventure including art theft. Bill cheated on Holly, and when she walked in on him and another woman, Holly smashed all the precious wine bottles in Bill’s cellar and vowed revenge.

In other words, they’d met.

Read more at: http://community.ew.com/2015/07/07/soap-opera-history-matters/

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