Talk:Guiding Light (1970–1979)

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Contents 1 1970s questions 2 Dates 3 Fair use rationale for Image:SODRitaEd.jpg

[edit] 1970s questions

(moved from Talk:Guiding Light)

Question: Shouldn't someone define the word "gaslighting" as it applies here, for those (like me) who don't understand? (sorry if my formatting here is wrong; I'm still new at this.) Starr Starr* 06:04, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, there are three things wrong with the sentence as it is: In late 1970, the gaslighting of Sara led to a tragedy when Sara accidentally shot and killed Foss. In late 1971, Gantry was accidentally killed in a struggle with Joe Werner, and Sara and Joe were married.

1. Who was gaslighting Sara, and how? We cannot ditch the word if we don't know who was messing with her mind and how.
2. Who the heck is Foss?
3. Whats up with the sentence following? Does it have anything to do with Sara killing Foss? Who is Gantry, why was he struggling with a gun, and what does it have to do with Sara marrying Joe?

The whole article is full of cruft like this. Right now just try to get things in chronological order in the Guiding Light/Sandbox and we'll trim unexplained nonsense later. KillerChihuahua^?!? 12:29, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

See why I listed it for cleanup?! It's a difficult read. I wasn't watching GL in the 70s so I have no idea, but I'll try to find out. Juppiter 21:53, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Here's the answer from someone at a soap message board:

Sara McIntyre was treating Lee Gantry, a malaria patient whose deceased wife, Alice Rawlings, had grown up with Meta. Alice's wealthy family had a rambling farm near Springfield where Meta had visited as a child. After a sojourn in England, Lee was now living at Rawlings Farm. Since her "niece" had turned out to be a money-grubbing phony, Sara was more fearful of relationships than ever. Joe Werner found that he had feelings for her and proposed, inviting her to join him on a yearlong sabbatical in England. But Sara was unwilling to commit and offered the excuse that she was hesitant to abandon her practice in Springfield. Joe went to England alone. Paul Fletcher was also interested in Sara, but he was still recovering from his tragic marriages to Robin and Anne, and he decided not to pursue her. This paved the way for Lee Gantry. A charming and erudite man, Lee made Sara laugh and brought out her long-dormant spontaneity. But there was nothing impulsive about the way he lifted Sara's wallet--or the way he killed his first wife, Alice. Lee's former housekeeper, Mildred Foss, knew how Alice Rawlings Gantry had met her untimely end, and she blackmailed Lee into rehiring her. It wasn't long before Sara's friends were shocked to hear that she'd married the enigmatic Lee. In England, a suspicious Joe investigated his rival and discovered that Lee had fired Mildred Foss when he lived there. Back in Springfield, a sequence of events straight out of the classic film Gaslight ensued. in an effort to drive Sara crazy, Lee and Mildred made strange noises in the attic and doctored Sara's appointment book. One night, when Sara was alone during a thunderstorm, she heard one of those noises in the attic. Frightened, she took a gun and went upstairs, where she spotted a shadowy figure and took a shot at it. The figure fell, and when Sara moved in closer, she saw the lifeless body of Mildred Foss! Fortunately for Sara, the D.A.'s office ruled the death an accident and dismissed all charges. But Lee Gantry was still determined to ice his wealthy wife, and he plotted to make Sara's death look like a suicide. Joe returned to Springfield, and working with Mike, he poked holes in many of Lee's stories. Joe told a disbelieving Sara that "Lee Gantry married you for your money." While searching for evidence against her Bluebeard husband, Sara remembered Meta telling her of the games she'd played with Alice at the farm when they were children. Meta recalled seeing a loose brick in the chimney, and Sara went up into the attic to check it out. Behind the brick, she found Alice Rawling's diary! At that moment, Lee arrived and tried to murder Sara. Luckily Joe showed up in the nick of time and saved the life of the woman he'd grown to love. Joe and Lee got into a violent fight that ended when Lee fell out of the attic window to his death. Joe and Sara married shortly after.

So, basically, Sara married Lee (Gantry) who gaslighted her along with Milred (Foss). Sara accidentally shot Foss but was acquitted. Lee, wanting Sara's money, continued to try to kill her. Joe, who had been in England, returned to Springfield and planted seeds of doubt in Sara's head. She remembered that Lee's late wife had been friends with Meta who told her there was a loose brick in the attic. She found Lee's ex-wife's diary. Then Lee tried to kill Sara and Joe showed up. Lee died and Sara and Joe married. Juppiter 03:24, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dates

Please do not link individual years, per Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(dates_and_numbers)#Date_formatting and WP:CONTEXT. The exception is if the year is from a different decade than the previous article, for example referencing something which happened in the previous or next decade. Then, the year should be piped to the appropriate article:

[[Guiding Light (1980-1989)|1980]]

KillerChihuahua^?!? 14:51, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:SODRitaEd.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:04, 24 January 2008 (UTC)