SOAPSUDS

After catching her boyfriend in bed with her best friend, Kate McPhee leaves London for LA and a career in acting. She lands her first job in the soaps. But when leading lady Meredith Contini sees Kate as a threat, she changes the script to get even. However, Kate's popularity continues to rise. Finola Hughes's delivery is fast, clipped, and at times comedic, but the one-dimensional story line is both difficult to follow and tasteless. The steady pace of practice dialogue scenes seems endless and soon becomes irritating. This romp through the "soaps" will appeal only to soap opera fans, and not many of them. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 06]