tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post4405427416670106180..comments2023-11-02T09:08:08.645-04:00Comments on We Love Soaps: 50 Greatest Soap Actors: #22 Stuart DamonKevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659344675956886092noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-63469945421460451022010-04-18T20:07:29.067-04:002010-04-18T20:07:29.067-04:00Corrections made, thank you Heidi!Corrections made, thank you Heidi!Damon L. Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02933846695513222091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-40513314760740266572010-04-18T18:15:22.034-04:002010-04-18T18:15:22.034-04:00Hey...I think u made a boo boo...Damon only won th...Hey...I think u made a boo boo...Damon only won the Emmy once in 1999...the other years he was nominated.... :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372788287309473137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-83094339927453258872010-04-18T16:03:53.823-04:002010-04-18T16:03:53.823-04:00"For many of us, it really built a wall aroun..."For many of us, it really built a wall around our hearts for GH."<br /><br />That is EXACTLY how I felt, Mark H! Thank you articulating that so well.Damon L. Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02933846695513222091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-43633630881160950052010-04-18T13:22:05.319-04:002010-04-18T13:22:05.319-04:00The summer during which Alan carefully rigged the ...The summer during which Alan carefully rigged the under-construction Quartermaine nursery roof to collapse...every day turning a vise grip/clamp a little looser to weaken the roof...was must-see for me.<br /><br />He planned to lure cheating Monica and Rick to the nursery at just the right time, and let the ceiling fall of them.<br /><br />That was a perfectly constructed soap story. We understood his rage, but also understood that it was over the top. We worried for Rick and Monica, but also knew they had done wrong.<br /><br />Best of all, the story played out over weeks (months?). Each day we saw the turn of the screw.<br /><br />Both the pacing of the story and Damon's portrayal are testaments to day in which characters were still redeemable and the agonizing "make 'em wait" made payoffs even more delicious. That this story happened during GH's famous "renaissance" under Gloria Monty is also a testament to how solidly grounded her (and Douglas Marland at that point?) "new" soap form was in what had come before.<br /><br />I had the sad opportunity to watch Alan's final story. It was agony to see him die--heart spasm by spasm--in front of us. There was no need for that horrid act of budget cutting. For many of us, it really built a wall around our hearts for GH. Only recently, as GH seems to again embrace more emotional, character-based, relationship-based storytelling has it been possible for me to watch regularly again.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786080894058246344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585163331194032530.post-52272733422370360412010-04-18T12:49:21.623-04:002010-04-18T12:49:21.623-04:00During the days of the Monica/Rick/Lesley/Alan sto...During the days of the Monica/Rick/Lesley/Alan storyline, Stuart Damon was terrific. You always believed that he was one step from actually killing Monica. In later years, really loved seeing him fighting with Tracy and with Edward (especially the original Edward).Columbushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700198228341382524noreply@blogger.com