to be honest, i'd have been a little taken aback by that, but then as i continued watching i'd have probably been honored that she gave me "the look"!
i have always said that i loved how she broke the 4th wall with her glares and bemused expressions as if we were in on the joke. pretty much brilliant acting tecnique for an afternoon soap on her part, eh?
true, MB, i don't think she'd have done that in class, but it would have been cool. you get so used to seeing these people as their characters, that you don't know how they are in real life.