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catlover79 · 06-17-2010, 06:47 PM

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MickeyMac · 06-18-2010, 01:25 PM

I dont get it??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?

catlover79 · 06-18-2010, 01:46 PM

It's one of the oldest soap cliches in the book - a saintly soap character has a pretty good chance of having an evil twin (usually played by the same actor in a dual role - but a good and evil twin were once played by actual twins - Deidre and Andrea Hall on DAYS). The cliche is right up there with amnesia, coming back from the dead, etc.

80sTrivia · 06-18-2010, 06:37 PM

The old evil twin chestnut... used countless times by the soaps, some good, (Adam & Stuart/All My Children) some bad (Ben & evil twin Derek/Sunset Beach). Soaps are definitely going to need to explore new territory if they are to survive in the coming years...

catlover79 · 06-18-2010, 08:07 PM

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The old evil twin chestnut... used countless times by the soaps, some good, (Adam & Stuart/All My Children) some bad (Ben & evil twin Derek/Sunset Beach). Soaps are definitely going to need to explore new territory if they are to survive in the coming years...

Yes, but that would actually make sense!!!

Retro4Life · 06-18-2010, 10:55 PM

I have been trying to think of "evil twins" on my favorite two soaps. Couldn't come up with any from Guiding Light...and the only one from ATWT I could think of that was one that came on after I quit watching; wasn't there a twin of Lily called "Rose" or something?

Oh wait, there was the Grant Putnam double from General Hospital years ago. Not a twin exactly, but close!

catlover79 · 06-18-2010, 11:47 PM

On Another World, Rachel had an evil lookalike named Justine (in the mid-90s). Evil twins, I think, were more commonplace back in the 50s and 60s.

Retro4Life · 06-19-2010, 01:11 AM

^ I am pretty sure that Kaye Chancellor on Y and R had a twin or double, which I believe was evil as well.

catlover79 · 06-19-2010, 01:16 AM

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^ I am pretty sure that Kaye Chancellor on Y and R had a twin or double, which I believe was evil as well.

You're so right!! It was Marge the waitress!!

MickeyMac · 06-19-2010, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Retro4Life

I have been trying to think of "evil twins" on my favorite two soaps. Couldn't come up with any from Guiding Light...and the only one from ATWT I could think of that was one that came on after I quit watching; wasn't there a twin of Lily called "Rose" or something?

Oh wait, there was the Grant Putnam double from General Hospital years ago. Not a twin exactly, but close!

Guiding Light did do the evil twin thing in the late 80's with Sonni/Solida. It turned out there were one person where Sonni took on the Solida personality after she was killed. She was married to Josh Lewis for a while, and briefly dated Roger Thorpe.

catlover79 · 06-19-2010, 08:53 PM

Oh, and on GH Nikolas had an evil lookalike named Connor.

80sTrivia · 06-20-2010, 06:41 AM

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^ I am pretty sure that Kaye Chancellor on Y and R had a twin or double, which I believe was evil as well.

And we can't forget that Sheila had plastic surgery to look (and sound and walk and act) just like Phyllis. And then Sheila's sister had plastic surgery to look (and sound and walk and act) just like Lauren!!!

catlover79 · 06-20-2010, 05:29 PM

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And we can't forget that Sheila had plastic surgery to look (and sound and walk and act) just like Phyllis. And then Sheila's sister had plastic surgery to look (and sound and walk and act) just like Lauren!!!

Yup, that's right!!

catlover79 · 06-22-2010, 03:46 PM

Oh, I forgot about Vicky and Marley on Another World!!

Retro4Life · 06-22-2010, 05:05 PM

Sabrina and Frannie were identical twins (separated at birth, no less!) on ATWT and while Sabrina was a bit mischievous in messing with Frannie's relationship with Seth Snyder, I guess you couldn't really call her "evil".

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Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	I have been trying to think of "evil twins" on my favorite two soaps. Couldn't come up with any from Guiding Light...and the only one from ATWT I could think of that was one that came on after I quit watching; wasn't there a twin of Lily called "Rose" or something? Oh wait, there was the Grant Putnam double from General Hospital years ago. Not a twin exactly, but close!
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06-18-2010, 01:46 PM	#3
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	It's one of the oldest soap cliches in the book - a saintly soap character has a pretty good chance of having an evil twin (usually played by the same actor in a dual role - but a good and evil twin were once played by actual twins - Deidre and Andrea Hall on DAYS). The cliche is right up there with amnesia, coming back from the dead, etc.

06-18-2010, 11:47 PM	#7
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	On Another World, Rachel had an evil lookalike named Justine (in the mid-90s). Evil twins, I think, were more commonplace back in the 50s and 60s.

06-19-2010, 01:11 AM	#8
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	^ I am pretty sure that Kaye Chancellor on Y and R had a twin or double, which I believe was evil as well.

06-19-2010, 08:53 PM	#11
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	Oh, and on GH Nikolas had an evil lookalike named Connor.

06-22-2010, 03:46 PM	#14
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	Oh, I forgot about Vicky and Marley on Another World!!

06-22-2010, 05:05 PM	#15
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	Sabrina and Frannie were identical twins (separated at birth, no less!) on ATWT and while Sabrina was a bit mischievous in messing with Frannie's relationship with Seth Snyder, I guess you couldn't really call her "evil".