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FUNNY BUSINESS: Does Blatant Comedy Have a Place In Soaps?

When thinking of daytime dramas like “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless,” extreme drama, intrigue, love and romance probably come to mind. But how about comedy? Is laughter an important component within daytime dramas?

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FUNNY BUSINESS: Does Blatant Comedy Have a Place In Soaps?

When thinking of daytime dramas like “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless,” extreme drama, intrigue, love and romance probably come to mind. But how about comedy? Is laughter an important component within daytime dramas?
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Monty Brinton/CBS

Christian Le Blanc (Michael Baldwin, “Y&R”): “It’s true what they say: Death is easy, comedy is hard, so that’s why [show creator and former headwriter] Bill Bell had a real distrust of writing comedy. But… in this long term genre, somewhere in the life of your character, he’s going to be funny, whether he wants to or not. I’ve been an evil character, so there’s a much bigger opportunity in that. Good is not necessarily funny all of the time, and sweet is not necessarily funny all of the time, so if you have the other part to play, it’s always fun. But good acting is good acting, and whatever it is, it’s going to be interesting, and somebody is going to be able to relate to you, and generally, that involves somebody having a sense of humor in there somewhere.”

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