I'm back to watching As the World Turns, because I'm interested in the story of gay teen Luke Snyder (Van Hansis). Luke has been on the backburner since sometime last fall, when he expressed concern that maybe the kids at his school might not accept him, and then disappeared for a good long while. Apparently everything was just peachy? Then earlier this spring, I read reports that the producers had cast the role of Noah Mayer (Jake Silberman), a character slated to be Luke's love interest. Silberman's first air date was May 31, while I was in Slovenia. I've watched the show for the last week or so, though, and it appears that I have not missed any of the Luke-Noah love story. Right now, it looks like Noah is supposed to be a love interest for Luke's friend Maddie Coleman (Alexandra Chando). The only inkling that Noah might be something other than entirely straight was the dark pronouncement, uttered in yesterday's show, that he and his family back in Branson don't see eye to eye. I'll keep you posted.
The rest of the show is driving me insane. Maddie's friend, teen sensation/child bride Gwen Norbeck Munson (played by teen sensation/daughter of Michael Landon Jennifer Landon), has developed this homunculus, named Cleo Babbitt, a horrifying creature played by Landon with a Raggedy Annie wig and dentures. For the past week, Cleo has gotten a lot of screen time. The only other thing that appears to be going on is a turgid storyline involving a marriage of convenience that seems to have turned into a kidnapping, with assorted corporate skullduggery and apocalyptic visions thrown in for good measure.
So, let me get this straight. His Branson family isn't accepting his preference. Didn't they send him to straight camp.
Posted by: Branson Missouri | June 27, 2007 at 08:39 AM