Critic's notebook | Television

Shaking things up on 'Guiding Light'

New camera angles and even outdoor shots are being used on the CBS soap opera. (George de Sota/jpi)

By Matthew Gilbert

Globe Staff / July 29, 2008

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There's something oddly comforting about the classic daytime soap-opera aesthetic. Bold artifice has a perverse appeal, especially when you're home sick and channel surfing mindlessly among "OLTL," "ATWT," "AMC," and "GH." The stage-set living rooms - like overly vacuumed furniture-store layouts - look just as they did 30 years ago, when you were home sick and channel surfing. The lighting ... (Full article: 802 words)