People across the nation loved New York Magazine's thoughtful sendoff to All My Children when the soap opera was canceled over seven years ago. But there's a somewhat dark story behind the impressive article.
When ABC unceremoniously decided to cancel its long-running soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live, scores of publications across the nation ran items mourning the loss of the long-running shows that had become part of the fabric of America. Some of the stories were more in depth than others, and it turns out one of the thoughtful items in honor of AMC's cancellation has a bit of a dark story behind it.
New information about a New York Magazine AMC item has come to light in the wake of Adam Moss's decision to leave the prominent publication after 15 years as editor-in-chief. Responses to his decision to walk away are mixed: on the one hand, his "visual savvy and ear for the zeitgeist" led to him being one of the leading magazine editors of our time. On the other hand, his "neurotic style has led to accusations of standoffishness" -- and he is known to be quite the demanding boss.
One example of the latter is a memory Moss recalls, fondly at that, of his staff working until 6AM to finish a Rube Goldbergesque chart of 40 years' worth of All My Children plot lines.
Titled "All My Marriage, Divorces, Affairs, Murders and Resurrections," the chart is impressive. But we feel for the staff members who had to stay up all night long, organizing the many (many) marriages of Susan Lucci's Erica Kane and the countless other storylines that made AMC the magical soap opera it was.
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Check out New York Magazine's super-in-depth AMC history chart here, and while you're at it, click here for more information regarding Lucci's love life. Apparently, she fell for her real-life husband Helmut Huber while celebrating her engagement to another man!
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