today's General Hospital

[gwynnega]

Wow, they really let Lulu have an abortion. That they let ANY woman have an abortion on a daytime soap in this day and age is pretty damn amazing, but that they let such a young woman do it is near unbelievable. There's plenty about GH that annoys me these days (the renewed vilification of Ric, the sainthood of Sam) but I gotta applaud them for this storyline, and for the brilliant performances of everyone involved.

Comments

[usedtobeljs]

Goodness. [blinks] Did they change head writers?

[gwynnega]

Nope, Guza's still the head writer. I'm amazed the network allowed this...

[freixenet.livejournal.com]

::rereads in disbelief:: what? What? What?

Wow.

[gwynnega]

I was so expecting Lulu to come out of the clinic and say "I couldn't go through with it," but no!

[10zlaine.livejournal.com]

I'm very, very bad for going in here, because I won't see it until this weekend, but yeah...that's amazing. But, GH isn't as god-bothering as some soaps like DOOL.

Yeah, the scenes between Luke and Lulu have been stellar. I can't believe how brilliant those actors are together and all of the scenes in this storyline in general. I thought he had great chemistry with Jonathan Jackson, but to find a girl who could play off him as well as a daughter is something.

It was nice to see a sort of Guza montage that didn't involve gangsters in a shoot-em-up.

[gwynnega]

But, GH isn't as god-bothering as some soaps like DOOL.

Maybe not, but I've been watching GH since 1980, and it's the first time someone's actually gone through with an abortion in all that time. There have been a few trips to the clinic, but the woman's always backed out at the last minute. Sometime in the eighties there were references to Bobbie's past abortions (back when she was a hooker), and that those were why she had to have a hysterectomy...

And yes, the scenes between Luke and Lulu have been so marvelous. She really brings out the best in him, and that's saying a lot.