It has, over its long life, featured criticism, but aside from some Carolyn Hinsey’s former column, and a few other earlier voices (Michael Logan, if I remember correctly), that criticism has mostly been whispered, not shouted. It’s the one with the longest history, perhaps, but its main history, let’s face it, has been as a promotional program guide for soaps. I’m thinking about this and writing about this because Soap Opera Digest (SOD), the grande dame of the magazines, recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. Yes, we are all one big happy family! Yes, yes, yes…. Many interviews came right out of the publicist’s playbook.
It was mostly recaps and, if you were lucky, an occasional interview. On the other hand….well, how do I say this nicely? They didn’t aim very high. On the one hand, they were, for many years, the ONLY place we could read about our shows, or the performers who appeared on those shows.
Many soap fans have had a contradictory relationship with soap magazines.
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