We Love Soaps sat down to talk with legendary soap opera writer Harding Harding Lemay back in the summer of 2009. In our five-part interview, the fascinating Emmy winner reflected on his time as head writer of daytime soap opera Another World from 1971 to 1979 (plus a brief return in 1988). Check it out at the links below. Part 1 - Lemay shares how he began writing for Another World, how the atrocities of World War II affected his writing, and his push to get the first gay character on the air in the mid-1970's.
Part 2 - Find out which actress helped Mr. Lemay learn how to write for soaps, which leading actress irritated him by reading lines off her sleeve cuffs, how he became known as "Mr. Why" and his unique experience working with Paul Rauch
Part 3 - Lemay shares his feelings on Another Worldspinning the character of Iris off to TEXAS, his return to the show in 1988, and how network interference increased over time.
Part 4 - The Emmy winning writer talks about the censored story he would have told on Another World in 1988, his relationship with Jill Farren Phelps, and what he really thinks about the violent murder of Frankie Frame.
Part 5 - Lemay shares perspective on ATWT's burning of the Purple Heart, Chris Engen's exit, and the role the internet has played in soap watching in recent years.
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