SOURCE: "Jeff Kwatinetz Wants The New All My Children and One Life to Live to be Edgy"
It's starting to shape up that the casting breakdown I was leaked for the characters of Matthew and Destiny on One Life to Live—which finds Des looking for a Sugar Daddy online—could in fact be a glimpse into the kind of storytelling we will be seeing on the new versions of OLTL and All My Children. According to sources, Prospect Park principle Jeff Kwatinetz wants his soaps to do edgy, ripped-from-the-headlines story arcs.
"Jeff wants controversy for these shows," explains an insider. "He doesn't want the same old return-from-the-dead storylines and things of that nature. He wants the characters dealing with shocking, provocative issues being written about in the newspapers and talked about on the nightly news."
"Sugar Babies", coed girls who spend time with older men in exchange for money, have been a hot topic in the news of late. ABC's 20/20 has been covering the topic for some time and an MIT graduate's website recently posted a Top 20 list of colleges and universities where Sugar Babies could be found in 2011.
"Relaunching One Life to Live with a beloved teen character going the Sugar Baby route will provide just the kind of controversy Jeff is looking for," says a mole.
While it's definitely hard to imagine sweet, sassy Des in such a gamey story arc (Maybe that's why they're reportedly looking for an older actress for the part baby-faced Shenell Edmonds originated?), the original One Life to Live told plenty of controversial tales. Creator Agnes Nixon launched the sudser in the turbulent, racially-charged late 60's with a saga about a light-skinned black woman passing for white — while dating both a black man and a white one. Two years later, Nixon's All My Children began with a character staunchly opposed to the Vietnam War.
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17 June 2009
15 hours 11 min
Dear Jeff.
what's next? Viki or Nora tricking themselves out at Angel Square?
19 May 2011
1 hour 58 min
Sugar Daddy? I have never watched a minute of OLTL, but I might just tune in to something like this.
3 July 2008
2 hours 9 min
British soap operas doing this kind of stuff for decades and their soaps dominate the primetime. It's not a bad thing, it might just move the US soaps into the right direction so that they can be around for decades to come.
28 October 2008
1 hour 9 min
If soaps are to succeed this is what needs to be done. Not vampires, amnesia, evil twins, etc.
10 December 2009
3 weeks 4 days
I would recast Destiny too because if I was a sugardaddy Destiny would have to pay me!
5 July 2008
2 hours 16 min
Im really liking this
17 June 2009
15 hours 11 min
***I would recast Destiny too because if I was a sugardaddy Destiny would have to pay me!***
OMG
15 January 2009
23 min 6 sec
@Jamey Giddens: Agnes also told the tales of Jesse being falsely acused of rape by Liza, Angie's father Les Baxter being head of a baby ring where he sold babies on the black market and Erica's abortion.
AMC would later tell under Lorraine's leadership Mimi Reed dealing with the public outrage for a cop shooting an unarmed black man, gender discrimination when Mimi was fired for getting with her partner Derek, etc...
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So AMC has always told edgy tales. Agnes always said she pulled her tails from the New York Times. So I can't waitto see this.
8 September 2009
56 min 8 sec
Do we have a new Brian Fronz in Jeff K? I think that the 'edge' comes from the truth of the moment...people go through real life struggles everyday, and even though it's not as juicy as what happens in the Enquirer, it is just as intense.
I really don't want to see any filth flarn filth on my screen.
17 June 2009
15 hours 11 min
Destiny should become a Madame like Renee Devine was, and make Danielle her top earner.
10 August 2010
5 min 52 sec
This seems more interesting than any of the vanilla recycled crape we get on network soaps ...
17 June 2009
15 hours 11 min
i hope since it's not certain if they will be aired on the tv, then they can get away with a lot more adult situations online.
strong nudity
curse words
explicit love scenes
etc.
22 December 2009
4 min 39 sec
OK, people. We haven't even seen a damn show yet. Let's not get all twisted before we know anything. Frankly, the shows need to be "edgy" and rooted in stories to which today's audiences can relate. Remember, OLTL has been off the air for over a year, and lots of things could have happened to these characters between then and now. Until we know what the story and the characters' motivations are, all of this snark and complaining is nothing but wasted energy.
22 January 2013
13 weeks 6 days
Hmmmm.
This doesn't sounds so bad now.
Like everyone has said, it can't be worse than the back from the dead, doppelgangers, and other crazy stuff we get on the others.
I'll check for the new OLTL & AMC.
10 December 2009
3 weeks 4 days
lmao good one
10 December 2009
3 weeks 4 days
LOL Brazil and other countries have nudity in soaps.
I don't see it happening but I would welcome it especially
if Cara, Marissa, Greenlee and a few others were naked.
22 January 2013
13 weeks 6 days
Btw, they need to bring back that kid in the photo who's talking to David & Destiny, Matthew's friend!
I forgot his name but I liked him!
22 January 2011
43 sec
I, for one, have had my fill of the typical, tired, recycled soap fare that the networks dish out. My only hope is that these people's definition of "edgy" isn't non-stop pimpin' and hoin'.
6 June 2011
4 days 7 hours
I have no problem with edgy stories. BUT for Destiny to end up there knowing where she came from - is hard to swallow. I could see it with other characters...not Destiny. There would have to be a HUGE incident for such a drastic change of character.
5 August 2010
1 day 5 hours
I think this is just the step that soaps need to progress and make for better change. I don't think all stories should be smutty or sexual, but modernizing a lot of these instead of return from the dead or baby switch storylines would only do soaps good. AMC and OLTL need to come back with a bang to make people talk and start watching. Getting new viewers is a big thing for this deal.
With that being said, I also feel as though there needs to be a mix of that with some things of old, like the big, sweeping romances and interrupted weddings that we all know an love about soaps. We need a lot of family values that these shows are both known for to be a big prescence along with the ripped from the headlines thing. Hope they can manage this successfully.
22 January 2013
13 weeks 6 days
I found him.
The character was Darren Price portrayed by JJ Singleton.
Bring him back! Doesn't look like he's up to much anyway - https://twitter.com/JJ_singleton
17 June 2009
15 hours 11 min
there should be a 50/50 mix of typical soap opera stuff for the elder fans + rated-r/Degrassi stuff for the internet generation.
22 October 2010
35 min 29 sec
Soapjunkie, Europe tv is very different, especially England. I kind of think I would like to hear Vicki tell Dorian to go F her self. Wouldnt that be fun.
THE MOUSTACHE - you are out of control
28 September 2011
1 hour 43 sec
All right Destiny!!! Housewife by day and happy hookah by night.Make that money gurl!!!!
14 June 2009
6 hours 54 min
It sounds like these soaps are going back to what they were once upon a time before they became this safe anticeptic version we see on tv now. Bill Bell and Agnes Nixon were always trying to push the envelope with stories that created a stir and made people feel something new. Whether it be about race, or gender issues or even just things as simple as interfamily relationships, the pair of writers were always looking for a new angle to present.
I am all for pushing the envelope on stories and taking them from the headlines if the stories are presented well and delved into. They can't just land like a bomb then go away. The effects of the issues have to have long term effects. OLTL has an excellent historical precedence for this with the Judith Light story about the house wife that was a prostitute. The story had layers upon layers and converged into one massive event in court. AMC also has things like that in its history such as Erica Kane's abortion. It would be great to go back to these kinds of issues mixed in along with the normal soap conventions (evil twins and multiple personalities are always fun).
There are all kinds of stories out there that soaps could tackle such as abortion, gay parenting, what a couple will do to have a child, right wing/left wing terrorism, bullying, people who feel excluded from the world who do terrible things to show their anger and hurt, using and abusing drugs and alcohol, generation gaps, defining gender roles in the modern era, current teen sex issues, how the internet is defining life,
identity theft, CSI, experimental medical treatments, the issues are nearly infinite. Nighttime tv is using all of these stories on a regular basis to create drama to good effect. It is about time that daytime follows suit.
14 January 2008
3 hours 9 min
I love it! This is what soaps need to thrive. This will get people talking again at watercoolers! I think it's brilliant and can't wait to see how it plays out.
28 November 2008
3 weeks 1 day
I figured the storylines would be more controversial. I like that he has a vision and like many have mentioned, OLTL and AMC started out edgy, especially for that time. I am excited to see the fresher, riskier OLTL and AMC versions. Have we heard officially that they will air in April? I know I read Racina mentioned April in a blog or on facebook or something.
I loved the Frank/Ron era of OLTL. I also loved OLTL during the whole Marty was raped storyline. I hope to be just as excited and drawn into the OLTL revival. AMC had me hooked with the whole Mimi storyline that was referenced earlier..such strong performances during that story..oh and Cindy's story on AMC was also a must see time for me. Let's hope for the best!
9 March 2012
3 hours 21 sec
If this is the way the story goes, and it may not, I will be disappointed. I liked that Destiny had a supportive family environment, a powerful family to help her (the Buchanans), and seemed to be very likeable. I could be reading more into this but why Destiny? Why not Danielle? She also has a powerful family behind her. Mother's a lawyer. Aunt is a society scion with her own demons. Could you imagine the story? I guess I'm saddened by another possible storyline of an unwed, teenage, black, single mom that resorts to turning tricks. I mean really? Halle Berry had to play a prostitute in order to win an Oscar. Can't we move on from that type of stereotypical characterization of African American women using their bodies for money? I'm not saying this doesn't happen in real life because it does. I'm just sorry it may be happening to Destiny.
5 August 2009
7 weeks 1 day
I fail to see what is so edgy about a woman..especially a Black woman turning to prostitution regardless of the reason. Talk about done to death.
But that is the way society wants to see us...STILL !!! Yawn
Nevermind the fact that if any young adult should be turning tricks it should be Daniella...Poor child has had far more trauma in her young life than getting knocked up by the heir to a mega family fortune or finding out her loving parents and brother are actually her loving grandparents and uncle.
Not that I am encouraging Daniella to turn tricks either I'm just saying.
22 January 2013
13 weeks 6 days
I'm just hoping the actress will be good.
If we get a mini Denise Vasi, then we're in some trouble.