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Scissor Sisters Unleash Their Daytime Passions

Holy fucking infomercial. Scissor Sisters finally made their acting debut, and it's classy! The plot: Endora the child witch, a massive Jake Shears fan, casts a Scissor spell and summons the hammy glammers for a private performance. The agenda: Sell those discs. Just in case the subsequent full-screen shot of the Ta-Dah album cover isn't subtle enough, Endora's pop-up thought bubble spells it out for all to see. But there's no logic continuity issues here; see, Endora's a witch, and witches say "Ta-Dah" when they're executing black magic (like fiendishly transporting Scissor Sisters from Wembley to a living room to sing "Land Of A Thousand Words"). And the child wizard's a savvy one -- she even remembered to conjure the stage monitors! Imagine what it would've been like if it had been Lawrence Welk. Sorry housewives, don't expect a repeat appearance; Passions last episode airs 9/7/07. Sometimes daytime television just ain't fair.

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ya, i saw this on tv, but tuned in halfway through. the whole thing was very strange. at first i thought they were performing on some daytime talk show. it took a while for me to clue in that it was a soap opera, and they were part of the 'plot'.

Posted by: fatso at 02/09/07 8:40 AM | Reply
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I love Passions. It's just so awesomely bad. Hack writing? Check. Mook actors? Check PLUS. Ridiculous, bordering on unbeleivable storylines? Oh, Heck yes!

I haven't seen any lately, but Soap network and Sci-Fi channel used to run old episodes. Maybe we'll get lucky?

Posted by: Xlynn at 02/09/07 9:00 AM | Reply
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It brings to mind the episode of Extras with Chris Martin.

Posted by: Jake at 02/09/07 10:11 AM | Reply
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i thought it was amazing! in that so bad, it's good sort of way. and their acting - brilliant!

does anyone remember timmy? that really creepy kid that was/is on this show? truly a cinematic masterpiece here.

damn the man for creating 9-5 jobs that make me miss things like this.

Posted by: jp at 02/09/07 10:17 AM | Reply
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There will be a repeat performance--apparently they'll be in today's episode as well.

Posted by: Rel at 02/09/07 11:23 AM | Reply
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I admit I kind of love it.

Posted by: Katy at 02/09/07 12:58 PM | Reply
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jp- the actor who played timmy died. on the show, he was turned into a doll. that's how they killed him off. i love passions.

Posted by: matty ice at 02/10/07 3:30 PM | Reply
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I've never heard of the Scissor Sisters, i'm quite confused that there is only one female and the rest of the band is all male yet they are the "Scissor Sisters" I'm still wondering how they came up with that name. One thing I do know is that I am gonna miss "Passions" I've had an incredible ride with this show it really should stick around. My fellow fans of the show lets get together and continue to support our show. Show your support there are several petitions to save the show amongst them are the messageboards on Cyworld. Post your comments to save "Passions" @ the Cyworld Passions Club, http://club.us.cyworld.com/passions - Fancy Crane also has a page on Cyworld, where you can post your comments in her guest book. Be sure to check out Fancy's page @ http://us.cyworld.com/fancy - I work with Cyworld, so go check it out!

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