By Karen Wolitzer
When it comes to soap operas, there are definitely two schools of thought one that they rock (my own personal opinion) and two, that they're just a big waste of time. (The belief of many people who have never given them a chance.)
I don't understand how anyone cannot love them. Once you're hooked, the characters become comforting like your friends and family and their monumental problems make you give thanks for your insignificant ones. Plus the actors/actresses are awfully nice to look at.
Why, right now, on One Life to Live two hot guys (with rippling muscles and no shirts) are trapped on a desert island with one beautiful woman. On General Hospital the most powerful, sexiest mobster (with the cutest dimples you've ever seen) has finally decided that he's in love with his wife and he wants to make his marriage work unfortunately his lawyer is pregnant with his baby!
And on All My Children there's Leo and Vanessa. Leo is an ex-gigolo, played by handsome Josh Duhamel, who's found truelove with a spoiled little rich girl named Greenlee. He's also recently learned that his mother, Vanessa (played by lovely and talented Marj Dusay), is a multi-peronalitied drug lord. Okay, I didn't say soaps were believable I said they were fun.
Both Josh and Marj are looking forward to appearing at the Brokerage Club. It's always fun, says Josh, because it gives us a chance to interact with the fans of the show. We get to spend most of the time answering questions it's relaxed and personal a fun, party atmosphere. It's a bar so it's not like you're at a mall. We can really let loose and have fun. It's hard to say what's going to happen, because we don't really know...it depends on how many drinks we have, he says with a laugh.
Usually fans want to know what it's like backstage and how we feel about the story. We talk about anything and everything except storyline because we don't know what's going to happen next. It was my idea to do it with Marj, because she's such a fascinating woman.
Marj thinks Josh is pretty special, too. He's a wonderful actor and he's sweet; he's just been fabulous from the very beginning. He has a wonderful attitude about work. He's so up and positive and that to me is very important. He's got a great sense of humor, too. I thought it was a terrific idea when he suggested we do the Brokerage Club. I started out doing comedy and improv with Rob Reiner and Richard Dreyfuss. We had a group in Los Angeles called The Session. It got us all started in TV. So, when Josh said let's do a comedy club I said,
