Alan Sarapa
@alansarapa.bsky.social
Monthly soap columnist for The Pop Break. Co-host of The Chat podcast.
New column: The Top Ten Things I Want From Y&R's New Head Writers #YR thepopbreak.com/2026/07/30/a...
Alan's Soap Box: Top 10 Things I Want From Y&R's New Head Writers - The Pop Break
Alan's Soap Box looks at the Top 10 things he wants from Y&R's New Head Writers, which were announced as Jamey Giddens and Dan O'Connor.
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New column: Grading How Each Soap Treats Their Young Characters #BTG #BoldandBeautiful #Days #GH #YR thepopbreak.com/2026/03/30/a...
Alan's Soap Box: Grading How Each Soap Treats Their Young Characters - The Pop Break
Alan's Soap Box grades how General Hospital, Beyond the Gates, Bold and Beautiful, Young & the Restless + Days of Our Lives Treats Their Young Characters.
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New column: The Different Categories of Retcons on Soap Operas #BeyondTheGates #BoldandBeautiful #Days #GH #YR thepopbreak.com/2026/02/23/a...
Alan's Soap Box: The Different Categories of Retcons on Soap Operas
Alan's Soap Box looks the three different categories of retcons on soap operas like General Hospital, One Life to Live and others.
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#GH fans now that Michael has a pretty face and a bubble butt: "He is a sweet angel who has never done anything wrong. He's been so kind to Chase and always had his best interests at heart. He never says anything hypocritical. Anyone who says differently is in league with Satan."
New column: Top 10 Things Soap Fans Have to Go Along With #BeyondTheGates #BoldandBeautiful #Days #GH #YR thepopbreak.com/2025/10/27/a...
Alan's Soap Box: Top 10 Things Soap Fans Have to Go Along With
Alan's Soap Box breaks down the op 10 Things Soap Fans Have to Go Along With for all those new to the world of daytime soaps.
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Randomly thinking about when the last time Nikki Newman ate at McDonald's was. My first instinct was probably when Reagan was president when she was stripping, but then I remembered she's a drunk, so she probably had an Egg McMuffin and hashbrowns delivered to her last year. #YR
I'm listening to The Devil Wears Prada musical cast recording and I'm not liking it so far. Elton should have called up Tim Rice to do the lyrics because they worked so well together on Aida. Hopefully this will be like Mean Girls where I can say a few songs are legit good.
New column: Has General Hospital Fixed Michael With The Hiring of Rory Gibson? #GH thepopbreak.com/2025/09/29/a...
Alan's Soap Box: Has General Hospital Fixed Michael With The Hiring of Rory Gibson
Alan's Soap Box for September ponders if General Hospital has fixed Michael Corinthos with the hiring of actor Rory Gibson.
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New column: The Case (Once Again) Against Josh Griffith- The Top 10 Reasons Why #YR Needs a New Regime thepopbreak.com/2025/08/29/a...
Alan's Soap Box: The Case Against Josh Griffith (Again) - Top 10 Reasons Y&R Needs a New Regime
The case, once again, why Young & the Restless needs to move on from writer Josh Griffith.
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Stunt casting doesn't really work if the HW and EP isn't good at his job. #YR
New column: The Top 20 Biggest Missed Opportunities of the Past Decade #BeyondTheGates #BoldandBeautiful #Days #GH #YR thepopbreak.com/2025/07/29/a...
Alan's Soap Box: Top 20 Biggest Missed Opportunities of the Last Decade
Alan's Soap Box looks at The Top 20 Biggest Missed Opportunities of the Last Decade in the world of Daytime Soaps.
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We are on the "Sonny brings death and destruction" writing right now, but I know in a month tops we'll be back to people kissing that man's ass for being nice to a guy with AIDS in 1995. #GH
Topics in order: *Tyler Perry sued for sexual harassment *Rebecca Budig & Greg Rikaart hosting a soap podcast for CBS *Billy Flynn is the new Cane on #YR *Conner Floyd is the new Chad on #Days *A bit of #BeyondTheGates chat open.spotify.com/episode/7DN9...
Season 8, Episode 30 (#225): "The World Will Never Know"
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Sasha: "I want to be a single mother and make chicken pot pies for my baby daddy's family while living with them and have no influence from him or them. That makes so much sense even he though he's probably to inherit this house. I'm smart!" #GH
I really hate how prudish Gen Z is. From wanting sex scenes to be abolished to think pieces about Sabrina Carpenter's tongue-in-cheek sexuality, y'all are annoying.
Topics in order: *Sex appeal mattering in relation to #GH 's Rory Gibson and #BeyondTheGates Keith D. Robinson * BTG's Anita's secret and Hayley being a flop * #YR sucking ass *Luna going off the rails on #BoldandBeautiful *John dies and Bo wakes up on #Days open.spotify.com/episode/1BuN...
Season 8, Episode 29 (#224): "A Lovely Lover"
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Soap actor leaving a soap: "So long, suckers! I'm going to be a star!" *anywhere from 6 months to 2 years later* "Can I have my job back? The rent is due." #GH
Having Rory Gibson playing Michael makes Willow look less crazy for cheating on Chase with him. The judge doesn't know that Michael used to look like a software engineer who only dates Asian women and uses 3 in 1 shampoo, conditioner and body wash. #GH
Rory Gibson is doing a great job as Michael and he also has a nice butt which is equally important. #GH
Sasha is a dummy for this whole scheme, so I don't feel sorry for her if she gets exposed on the stand. "I can't have my baby around the mob or raised in the Quartermaine family, but I'll go along with Jason being the fake daddy. That's the ticket!" #GH
Cody and Gio are proof that characters can come back from a botched introduction. Though soaps can do too much damage to fix. They shit the bed so hard with Natalia that there would be no forgiveness from the audience. #GH
I really hope #GH uses this recast as an opportunity to really make Michael a leading man. The only time he really felt like a lead was 2015.
Those pizzas must be so damn cold. Just sitting out while Martin gives a speech about family and priorities. #BeyondTheGates
Topics in order: * #BeyondTheGates renewed and all the messy drama * #BoldandBeautiful is doing a location shoot *Denise Alexander's passing *Lot going on with #GH * #Days chat open.spotify.com/episode/2evz...
Season 8, Episode 28 (#223): "We're Live!"
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Victor is so old a sneeze could throw his back out and he's trying to be the mayor of his granddaughter's cooter. #YR
