OLTL's Erika Slezak Speaks Her Mind...and How!

Many thanks to a living legend in soap journalism, Marlena De La Croix, for tipping soap fans off to this amazing, no-holds-barred interview with the normally reserved Erika Slezak ("Victoria Lord Davidson", ONE LIFE TO LIVE), who sounds off in her March 2007 "Erika's World" fan newsletter on exactly how and where OLTL has lost it's way (and she names names!) and tackles issues such as the firing of popular co-stars, the depiction of teen sexuality on the show, reacts to the firing of GENERAL HOSPITAL vet Stuart Damon, and offers the real reasons behind some of the show's decisions. I cannot properly describe how frank, candid, and genuinely interesting Slezak's Q&A is.

Equally good is Marlena De La Croix's latest contribution to the soap community, a blog entitled Savoring Soaps. It reflects De La Croix's decades of experience as a soap viewer, fan, and journalist--and shows she is still as insightful as ever. Her take on the Slezak interview is as good as the interview itself! I highly recommend checking it out.

Erika Slezak's newsletter is here (it's a .pdf).

Marlena De La Croix's Savoring Soaps blog here.

Executive Producer Frank Valenti dishes OLTL

Over on sister blog Soapipe.com ONE LIFE TO LIVE Frank Valenti comments on several OLTL hot topics, including Emmy nominations (and snubs), and the possible return of fan favorite Roger Howarth (ex-"Todd Manning," AS THE WORLD TURNS' "Paul Ryan").

Check out the full post here.