Sarah Brown was incontrovertibly brilliant as General Hospital’s Carly, winning three Emmy’s and establishing herself as one of the soaps world’s true irreplaceable. Or so it seemed. Tamara Braun, the quasi look-alike who stepped into the part when Brown took a powder last spring, has slowly and quietly personalized Carly in amazing unexpected ways. Brown played the character as an exasperating, demon-driven guttersnipe, often which such ferocity that she left no oxygen for her costars or the audience. Braun, while retaining the fire and neuroses plays Carly as the frisky thoroughbred adding a light, fresh spritz of romance to this tragic heroine that is invaluable and inviting. There is great promise here. Brave to ABC for having the audacity to recast the role and to Braun for having the audacity to take it.

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