Producer Carroll Newman noted in 1984, "The real drama of life involves reality....Dallas and Dynasty are fluff and fantasy....The Waltons and Family did very well. The trouble is that realistic family shows don't generate the publicity that makes for hit shows."
Nevertheless Carroll believed, "Families remain the central social structure for caring people."
"...Soaps are the only form that show you what happens after the curtain comes down," producer David Jacobs remarked. "It's really the logical form for network television."
"Dallas," he pointed out, "was about the acquisition of power and money and Dynasty was about all the things that money can buy."
On Dynasty, Gordon Thomson played the evil Adam Carrington. Gordon observed, "People are fascinated with evil individuals....Some men and women are born amoral rotten. I've known 2 or 3 myself. There's something missing in their makeup. We take evil more seriously in a man than in a woman, who is usually depicted as more sexual, manipulative and seductive than the male."
Of the Dallas' spin-off, Knots Landing, David maintained, "Our characters....they were always given a sense of 'what if' - what if you and I were in that situation? The other soaps were always more voyeuristic."
On Knots Landing, Donna Mills played Abby Ewing. "Abby was introduced to stir up trouble," Donna disclosed.
Of Abby's antics, Donna made the point, "Like anybody who behaves as she does, she doesn’t believe she's doing anything wrong....Abby is maneuvring and manipulative....She wants to be in the Ewing family. This year she's going to have some money....Next fall Gary and I will move in together and he inherits $1 million from Jock Ewing."
W. Somerset Maugham's novel, Then And Now, was published in May 1946. Set at the turn of the 16th century, Somerset's story centered around Niccoló di Bernardo Machiavelli.
Reviewer Barnett Savery made the comment in 1953, "Society is evolving. It has been evolving; the values of yesterday become the ills of today. Someday the absolute standard of morality may be discovered, if there is one."
Of Then And Now, Somerset insisted, "I think it is an abuse to use the novel as a pulpit or a platform....Fiction is an art, and the purpose of art is not to instruct, but to please."
Nevertheless Carroll believed, "Families remain the central social structure for caring people."
"...Soaps are the only form that show you what happens after the curtain comes down," producer David Jacobs remarked. "It's really the logical form for network television."
"Dallas," he pointed out, "was about the acquisition of power and money and Dynasty was about all the things that money can buy."
On Dynasty, Gordon Thomson played the evil Adam Carrington. Gordon observed, "People are fascinated with evil individuals....Some men and women are born amoral rotten. I've known 2 or 3 myself. There's something missing in their makeup. We take evil more seriously in a man than in a woman, who is usually depicted as more sexual, manipulative and seductive than the male."
Of the Dallas' spin-off, Knots Landing, David maintained, "Our characters....they were always given a sense of 'what if' - what if you and I were in that situation? The other soaps were always more voyeuristic."
On Knots Landing, Donna Mills played Abby Ewing. "Abby was introduced to stir up trouble," Donna disclosed.
Of Abby's antics, Donna made the point, "Like anybody who behaves as she does, she doesn’t believe she's doing anything wrong....Abby is maneuvring and manipulative....She wants to be in the Ewing family. This year she's going to have some money....Next fall Gary and I will move in together and he inherits $1 million from Jock Ewing."
W. Somerset Maugham's novel, Then And Now, was published in May 1946. Set at the turn of the 16th century, Somerset's story centered around Niccoló di Bernardo Machiavelli.
Reviewer Barnett Savery made the comment in 1953, "Society is evolving. It has been evolving; the values of yesterday become the ills of today. Someday the absolute standard of morality may be discovered, if there is one."
Of Then And Now, Somerset insisted, "I think it is an abuse to use the novel as a pulpit or a platform....Fiction is an art, and the purpose of art is not to instruct, but to please."
