Last Hurrah of the Second Bananas
Monday we see Luis. Tuesday we see Becky. Wednesday we see Elly pick up April from the mall, which is interesting because we have seen April on several outings with her friends over the years and most times, they are shown walking to and from their activities. Each strip gives a little piece of information about the characters.
Monday, we learned Luis is from Mexico and comes from a family of refugees.
Tuesday, we learned April still has not let go of her Becky hate. I suppose it will serve her well when the hybrid strip reprints the strips from 2004 – 2007, and April gets to recount a heart-warming story of how much she loathes Becky. On Tuesday, we also learned Becky is alone at the top, meaning her fair weather friends have apparently all deserted her after the Gym Jam debacle. Considering those friends were by-and-large nerdy girls, Becky is probably better off. Oddly enough for me, I found Becky without the makeup and the flounced-up hair to be one of the more attractively-drawn women in the strip in a long time.
Wednesday, we learned Eva does not call her mother by her first name, and she is shocked April does. It’s subtle, I know; but it’s something.
The sad thing about these strips, is knowing the strip will be done in September. Eva has been around for 1½ years now and she is still a blank slate. But a strip like today, gives us a little taste of her character, and that is really all that Lynn has time for. More tragic are characters like Duncan Anderson and Gerald Forsythe, who have been around for maybe a decade and they have barely been developed more than Eva Abuya. Maybe it doesn’t make any difference. Lynn lavished her attention on developing and destroying Becky McGuire and didn’t have any time left for Duncan and Gerald.
With the appearance of Becky, I have noticed a trend, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out. The Becky hate story reappears along with Becky, as if that storyline was not ended last November. When Warren Blackwood reappeared, it was along with the Warren-Liz romance, which ended in December, 2005. How many more storylines we thought were ended, will repeat again before it is over? Personally, I hope Fiona Brass reappears and does a story just like she did before, except this time she is helping Elly prepare for the Caine/Patterson wedding.
Monday, we learned Luis is from Mexico and comes from a family of refugees.
Tuesday, we learned April still has not let go of her Becky hate. I suppose it will serve her well when the hybrid strip reprints the strips from 2004 – 2007, and April gets to recount a heart-warming story of how much she loathes Becky. On Tuesday, we also learned Becky is alone at the top, meaning her fair weather friends have apparently all deserted her after the Gym Jam debacle. Considering those friends were by-and-large nerdy girls, Becky is probably better off. Oddly enough for me, I found Becky without the makeup and the flounced-up hair to be one of the more attractively-drawn women in the strip in a long time.
Wednesday, we learned Eva does not call her mother by her first name, and she is shocked April does. It’s subtle, I know; but it’s something.
The sad thing about these strips, is knowing the strip will be done in September. Eva has been around for 1½ years now and she is still a blank slate. But a strip like today, gives us a little taste of her character, and that is really all that Lynn has time for. More tragic are characters like Duncan Anderson and Gerald Forsythe, who have been around for maybe a decade and they have barely been developed more than Eva Abuya. Maybe it doesn’t make any difference. Lynn lavished her attention on developing and destroying Becky McGuire and didn’t have any time left for Duncan and Gerald.
With the appearance of Becky, I have noticed a trend, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out. The Becky hate story reappears along with Becky, as if that storyline was not ended last November. When Warren Blackwood reappeared, it was along with the Warren-Liz romance, which ended in December, 2005. How many more storylines we thought were ended, will repeat again before it is over? Personally, I hope Fiona Brass reappears and does a story just like she did before, except this time she is helping Elly prepare for the Caine/Patterson wedding.
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