As I binge through Season 2 of B&B (this particular season beginning in 1988), I compare all the story, characters, plot threads, and music to today's B&B and notice one major absence of something; Elegance. Class. Sophistication.
Mind you, today's daytime TV needs to connect to the millennial and Gen X audiences, which unfortunately creates a disconnect from what B&B used to be.
The writers at the time went for a particular style that lasted over a decade with this show. B&B has always been about fashion, romance, and beautiful people. To some degree it's still there, but not quite. I compare the dialogue to today's B&B and everyone talks like they're from a teen flick rather than speaking with some form of eloquent speech.
This obviously is an unfortunate result of the writers not speaking above a moderate high school level themselves leaving plotlines uninteresting and dialogue completely boring. The actors/actresses are doing their best with the material given, so I give them props for that.
As a matter of fact, we have fantastic people on the cast that have come and gone due to writers not giving them the material they deserve.
Finally, the music today sucks. I understand they're trying to mimc the tone of other TV shows and movies today (there's an entire topic over the death of melody in general pop culture), but B&B was never like anything else at the time it premiered and for the decade after it.
Someone needs to take hint at this and revive this show to be something more than other soaps on T
Mind you, today's daytime TV needs to connect to the millennial and Gen X audiences, which unfortunately creates a disconnect from what B&B used to be.
The writers at the time went for a particular style that lasted over a decade with this show. B&B has always been about fashion, romance, and beautiful people. To some degree it's still there, but not quite. I compare the dialogue to today's B&B and everyone talks like they're from a teen flick rather than speaking with some form of eloquent speech.
This obviously is an unfortunate result of the writers not speaking above a moderate high school level themselves leaving plotlines uninteresting and dialogue completely boring. The actors/actresses are doing their best with the material given, so I give them props for that.
As a matter of fact, we have fantastic people on the cast that have come and gone due to writers not giving them the material they deserve.
Finally, the music today sucks. I understand they're trying to mimc the tone of other TV shows and movies today (there's an entire topic over the death of melody in general pop culture), but B&B was never like anything else at the time it premiered and for the decade after it.
Someone needs to take hint at this and revive this show to be something more than other soaps on T
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