villain
‘I Adore You’ / notes on #bb, season 34, episode 231
#BoldandBeautiful
s34e231
Villainous foil[edit]
The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an example of a literary villain.
Villains in fiction commonly function in the dual role of adversary and foil to a story’s heroes. In their role as an adversary, the villain serves as an obstacle the hero must struggle to overcome. In their role as a foil, they exemplify characteristics that are diametrically opposed to those of the hero, creating a contrast distinguishing heroic traits from villainous ones.[citation needed]
Other have pointed out that many acts of villains have a hint of wish-fulfillment,[12] which makes some readers or viewers identify with them as characters more strongly than with the heroes. Because of this, a convincing villain must be given a characterization that provides a motive for doing wrong, as well as being a worthy adversary to the hero. As put by film critic Roger Ebert: “Each film is only as good as its villain. Since the heroes and the gimmicks tend to repeat from film to film, only a great villain can transform a good try into a triumph.”[13]
‘Secret Baby Whisperer’ / notes on #YR, s48e233
‘Ian Ward Is Supposed To Be In Prison’ | notes on The Young and the Restless, s48e216, featuring ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie
Episode 216 of The Young and the Restless reminds me of the daytime drama I first watched in the 1980s as a boy: All My Children, Brooke English, Harold Loomis and Loomis’ obsession with Tom’s journalist wife Brooke. I remember Every Breath You Take by the Police being played on a loop as Harold was trying to convince Brooke that his deluded obsession with her was met but being denied by Brooke. Of course, on the side, as the solid young town doctor in Ruth Warwick’s home town of Center City was the hardest working man in show business, Peter Bergman as Dr. Clifford Warner. If Peter Bergman has taken 3 weeks off in 40 years it escaped me!
David Bowie
On #yr, it is Camryn Grimes as Mariah Copeland, locked up in a deluded person’s room. Instead of a popular song from the 1980s playing it is a song from the 1970s being mentioned: “Heroes,” by David Bowie.
season 48
episode 216
Great cliffhanger especially for a Wednesday! Who is the captor? Ian Ward? Stitch Rayburn? An unknown rival of Tessa Porter?
Should be a fantastic episode 217!
‘Water Under the Forrester Bridge’/#yr, s48e215 | ‘Charmed Life’/#bb, s34e214 | notes on Paramount+ daytime dramas, 8/3/21
season 48 episode 215
Doing double-duty in both episode 214 of The Bold and The Beautiful and The Young and The Restless is American actor John McCook, in the middle of multiple storylines on both programs.
season 34 episode 214
On both #YR and #BB, John is seen as Eric Forrester being played by selfish characters as Sally Spectra and to a more righteous extent Phyllis Summers for his good nature and in business.