Alan Sarapa

Alan Sarapa
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Alan’s Soap Box: General Hospital Makes A Bold Choice To Be Terrible

There's a popular expression that writers tend to hate: "It writes itself." They hate it because it conjures up a vision of an unseen...

Alan’s Soap Box: Soap’s Use of History & How It Could Be Improved

Soaps have one big advantage over primetime: History. They have decades of it. Some fans can say they have been watching since childhood. That's...

Alan’s Soap Box: The State of the Under 40 Crowd On Soaps

Young people are the lifeblood of a soap. They are the ones who keep things fresh when things are stagnant. They can be a...

Alan’s Soap Box: The Mid-Year Report Card For Soaps

2021 is halfway done, so it is time to take a deep dive look at how the past six months have been for each...

Alan’s Soap Box: Top 10 Worst Current Soap Characters

Written by Alan Sarapa Complaining about which characters are terrible is the pastime of soap fans. We all have our particular characters that we think...

Alan’s Soap Box: 8 Ways to Solve The Liam Spencer Problem

Written by Alan Sarapa Liam Spencer is a cancer to The Bold and the Beautiful. Brad Bell has a propensity for hiring and discarding actors...

Alan’s Soap Box: The 10 Best Current Soap Characters

Written by Alan Sarapa What makes a character good? It varies. They could be entertaining. They could be an antagonist who is just a wrecking...

Alan’s Soap Box: The State of Romance on Soaps

Written by Alan Sarapa Romance is the bread and butter of soaps. It is likely one of the reasons many of you got hooked on...

Alan’s Soap Box: 5 Things I Want From Each Soap in 2021

With the nightmare year that was 2020 over, let's make this month's column about five things I want from each soap in 2021. I...

Alan’s Soap Box: The Case Against Ron Carlivati

Written by Alan Sarapa Head writer Ron Carlivati has always been divisive among soap fans. From his days at One Life to Live to General...

Alan’s Soap Box: Doll Romance, Cougars, GH Explodes and Adam, Adam, Adam! 

Written by Alan Sarapa  After doing lists for September and October, I think it is time for a column where I just talk about how...

Alan’s Soap Box: Top 12 Characters That Need To Leave 

Soaps often don't know when it is time to get rid of or rest a character. It is more understandable when it is a...

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