Reel to Real: Backstage, Twitter, & All Media Dram-ugh

[crosby777]

On 8/4/2019 at 9:14 PM, Sake614 said:

Not necessarily true. We like PB and he doesn’t have. A major story. We like CG and Mariah is barely seen except when she’s propping Tessa or being a buddy to Kyle and/or Lola.

Not a PB fan here. I haven't liked Jack since TL left the part.

[AngelKitty]

18 minutes ago, crosby777 said:

Not a PB fan here. I haven't liked Jack since TL left the part.

I've gotten used to him, over the years but I really did fall in love with Terry Lester as Jack. The same with Jill. This Jill is much saner than the original.

[MollyB]

6 hours ago, crosby777 said:

He is so gross.. they never should have brought the character back to life. What a waste. And the actor makes me hurl.

we really need a "vomiting" emoji.  Or one that screams "don't post that anymore!".

Great one, Ninja. [insert 'hilarious and so true' emoji]

[valleycliffe]

27 minutes ago, MollyB said:

we really need a "vomiting" emoji.  Or one that screams "don't post that anymore!".

Great one, Ninja. [insert 'hilarious and so true' emoji]

🤮  like this?

[jewel21]

So I follow Judith Chapman on Facebook and someone posted saying she needs to come back to Y&R and she responded saying that ship had sailed. Made me sad. 

[RedRockRosie]

On 8/6/2019 at 3:11 PM, avocadohead said:

OMG!! This is the most disgusting thing I have seen in many a year.

Is DG so delusional that he thinks this is in any remote way an image worth posting to the world?? That anybody gives a flying sh*t if he sweats?? Looks like a shot for the pastiest man of the year award. 😝 Eewwww!!!!

🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢

[spinxella]

[Sake614]

She’s a lot more gracious than I would be in that situation. Yeah yeah it’s business. But Black, White, Green or Purple, this whole thing was handled badly. I’m glad she’s got some things in the works and doesn’t harbor any ill feelings. 

[paisley]

What does it say about the creative team that they couldn't figure out a storyline for an attractive, multi-talented, young woman who didn't have baggage  as a thief, liar, kidnapper, or murderer?

I could've gone with Ana/Kyle or Ana/Mariah or Ana/New character but I guess it's like someone mentioned upthread: there can be only one.

[KnotsLanding]

With her age range Ana could've been paired with Kyle, Fen, Theo (which it seemed they would try), Nate, Mariah, Tessa and even some of the other actors. The fact that they didn't even try tells us all we need to know. What other young, talented twentysomething doesn't even get a chemistry test on a SOAP? They ain't slick! But I'm happy she's so gracious and that she already booked a primetime gig. I hope it's something good. She deserves to be super successful and I'm sure she will be. 

[Joimiaroxeu]

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With her age range Ana could've been paired with Kyle, Fen, Theo (which it seemed they would try), Nate, Mariah, Tessa and even some of the other actors. The fact that they didn't even try tells us all we need to know .

Yep. Can anyone remember the last time a young soap character connected to a legacy family was on for as long as Ana without even an attempt at a romantic pairing?

Like I commented before, Ana was mostly a placeholder character from the very beginning and was likely never intended to be much more than that. Once Devon had a new (racially ambiguous) babysitter in Elena, Ana became redundant. Note that it was uncertain whether the LL was being let go until the very last minute. Clearly (to me, anyway) TPTB were negotiating with someone else and LL was used as a stalking horse. Good on her for being gracious about it though. It's an especially tough road out there for actresses with certain of her attributes.

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But Black, White, Green or Purple

Nah, I'm not willing to pretend that if LL was Green or Purple she'd still have a job.

[Sake614]

1 hour ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Nah, I'm not willing to pretend that if LL was Green or Purple she'd still have a job.

I'm not. Call me a Pollyanna but I just don't think this was racial. I think they just got bored and didn't want to write for her anymore. Should anything come out that proves me wrong I'll be very disappointed. Not saying it never happens. Just that I prefer to think this wasn't one of those times 

[Joimiaroxeu]

The point I didn't make very well is that referring to people of color by hues which don't apply to actual humans tends to trivialize the existence of POC and the possibility that they do indeed have issues directly attributable to their race.

We can agree to disagree on whether racism or colorism were factors in LL's treatment by Y&R during her tenure there.

And now back to our regularly scheduled program.

[Anna Yolei]

1 hour ago, Sake614 said:

I'm not. Call me a Pollyanna but I just don't think this was racial. I think they just got bored and didn't want to write for her anymore. Should anything come out that proves me wrong I'll be very disappointed. Not saying it never happens. Just that I prefer to think this wasn't one of those times 

Y&R has had a long, sorted history of shafting it's black actors. MM's Hillary was the only black female since Drucilla's death who lasted beyond one season on this show. 20 years ago, Y&R caved to pressure regarding a planned Victoria/Neil story. While I've heard that the hysterectomy Lily received was to work around CK not wanting to appear pregnant IIRC, there could've been any numbers of ways to get around that, starting with finding another actress that would do her job. Instead, the only child of the only black supercouple became infertile and given only one pregnancy.

Also, Winters Wednesdays.

At very best, it's just looks really, really, really bad for a network that's been dragged for this before.

Edited August 9, 2019 by Anna Yolei

[JasonCC]

I take back what I said about guiltily admiring DG's hustle with fans, Insta, etc to keep his job if the rumor is true. He's the weak link without family on the show now---he should have been BEGGING for storyline with an Abbott! It seems counterintuitive he would do that....but maybe he wants that Victoria kiss to come around again?

[valleycliffe]

i don't like cane and i don't like his portrayer.

i don't care if they write him off.  i just don't care.

i also didn't like lane so there's that too.

buh bye felicia.

[Anna Yolei]

4 hours ago, JasonCC said:

I take back what I said about guiltily admiring DG's hustle with fans, Insta, etc to keep his job if the rumor is true.

4 hours ago, valleycliffe said:

i don't like cane and i don't like his portrayer.

i don't care if they write him off.  i just don't care.

i also didn't like lane so there's that too.

buh bye felicia.

He should've stayed gone when he was killed off in 2011, but TIIC caved to those rabid stans that paid for the plane to fly a banner of suppoer over CBS's office. 

Me being a Star Trek fan, I'm no stranger to fan petitions and campaigns to keep a show going, but his stories were running thin even back then. But now, he's more expendible than Rey. He may be single, but he can provide support for his twit sister at least. Who does Cane have:

• Lily: Gone and hopefully living her best life far away from him
• His older children: MIA. Likly to "attend college" away from GC
• His affair baby Sam: Whomst?!
• Surrogate mother Jill: shows up twice a year, if that
• Friends: you're kidding, right?

Yeah, he can leave yesterday. Bye.

[SimoneS]

According to Soap Opera Digest, Mishael Morgan is back! She has signed a new contract. I am thrilled. The question is how they will handle her return. Is Hilary back from the dead or is this is a long lost twin or doppelganger situation.

[JasonCC]

I need to be honest, we've had enough twins and dopplegangers…..I'd rather a weird, bizarre retcon where she was kept alive somehow (but lost the baby). On a podcast recently they were saying they could blend into it that creepy, unethical doctor who was obsessed with Ashley into the storyline too. Did he have a connection with Hillary as well? I actually missed Hillary's into to the show---but man she was a breakout star. Letting her go was such a mistake.

[bc1795]

2 hours ago, SimoneS said:

According to Soap Opera Digest, Mishael Morgan is back! She has signed a new contract. I am thrilled. The question is how they will handle her return. Is Hilary back from the dead or is this is a long lost twin or doppelganger situation. 

Devon goes into a church,  "Our Lady of Lost Virginity" and kneels to pray when he is tapped on the shoulder by Sister Pancetta (MM).  Devon has his work cut out for him.  

I know!  Right?

Hello?

is this thing on?

[bannana]

1 hour ago, JasonCC said:

On a podcast recently they were saying they could blend into it that creepy, unethical doctor who was obsessed with Ashley into the storyline too. Did he have a connection with Hillary as well?

Wasn't it Dr. Neville who helped Neil keep Hilary alive?

I hate it when they have these long slow extended deaths, and then bring the character back.  But Hilary will definitely spice things up.

[peacheslatour]

15 minutes ago, bannana said:

Wasn't it Dr. Neville who helped Neil keep Hilary alive?

I hate it when they have these long slow extended deaths, and then bring the character back.  But Hilary will definitely spice things up.

Too bad Mia went bye bye. I would dearly love to see what Hillary would make of her. Probably mincemeat.

[boes]

49 minutes ago, bc1795 said:

Devon goes into a church,  "Our Lady of Lost Virginity" and kneels to pray when he is tapped on the shoulder by Sister Pancetta (MM).  Devon has his work cut out for him.  I

He sees her, he immediately offers her a 30 minute, nationally syndicated show "Nun of Your Business", which he vows to make a hit.

[Joimiaroxeu]

Until I see it officially reported on a reputable site, right now I'm not quite buying the news about Mishael Morgan. So far all I've seen is several soap forums quoting each other about something allegedly in the next print edition of SOD. Meanwhile SOD doesn't have anything about it on their social media and neither does CBS. CBS isn't likely to leak that kind of announcement to print media before online media.

[peacheslatour]

1 minute ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Until I see it officially reported on a reputable site, right now I'm not quite buying the news about Mishael Morgan. So far all I've seen is several soap forums quoting each other about something allegedly in the next print edition of SOD. Meanwhile SOD doesn't have anything about it on their social media and neither does CBS. CBS isn't likely to leak that kind of announcement to print media before online media.

I bet spinxella would know.

[SimoneS]

2 hours ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

Until I see it officially reported on a reputable site, right now I'm not quite buying the news about Mishael Morgan. So far all I've seen is several soap forums quoting each other about something allegedly in the next print edition of SOD. Meanwhile SOD doesn't have anything about it on their social media and neither does CBS. CBS isn't likely to leak that kind of announcement to print media before online media.

If this turns out to be a fake spoiler, I will be crushed. I saw it on another board, but it isn't on SOD's twitter so it hasn't been officially been announced.

[spinxella]

[Joimiaroxeu]

^^^At the end of that article it says, "Please stay tuned for updates should this turn out to be true." IMO, it's still little more than the spumor and clickbait other sites have been citing. I'm gonna need to see something more official and concrete.

[deirdra]

Mishael has come back in Devon's dreams/visions.  That may be the extent of her "comeback".  But I don't want to see any more of ghost-Hillary!  I would like to see Dr. Neville back for Ashley or Traci.

Edited August 14, 2019 by deirdra

[jewel21]

I never liked Hilary. If the rumour of Mishael coming back is true, I hope Hilary has a personality transplant or Mishael comes back as a better character.

[boes]

12 minutes ago, deirdra said:

Mishael has come back in Devon's dreams/visions.  That may be the extent of her "comeback".  But I don't want to see any more of ghost-Hillary!  I would like to see Dr. Neville back for Ashley or Traci.

I'd love to see Dr. Neville back.  I thought Michael E. Knight did a great job with the character and would certainly do so again, given half a chance.

1 minute ago, jewel21 said:

I never liked Hilary. If the rumour of Mishael coming back is true, I hope Hilary has a personality transplant or Mishael comes back as a better character.

I feel the same way.  Mishael is such a good actor, though, I'd love to see what she could do with a better developed character than I felt Hilary was.

[granderobino]

2 hours ago, boes said:

I'd love to see Dr. Neville back.  I thought Michael E. Knight did a great job with the character and would certainly do so again, given half a chance.

I feel the same way.  Mishael is such a good actor, though, I'd love to see what she could do with a better developed character than I felt Hilary was.

Big yes to both of these sentiments. If they are looking for a way to bring Mishael back, using Dr Neville\MEK would be a great soapy way to do it.

THEN keep Knight around as a possible love interest for Ashley AND\OR (wait for it) Tracy. I remember when the sisters were both involved with Brad, without either alienating the audience. 

And, not gonna lie, would like for Tracy and Neville to, ultimately, end up together.

I would watch the he'll out of an age appropriate romance like that played out, with those actors. Just sayin.

also wouldn't object to a Jack Celeste pairing....

[pearlite]

19 minutes ago, granderobino said:

Big yes to both of these sentiments. If they are looking for a way to bring Mishael back, using Dr Neville\MEK would be a great soapy way to do it.

THEN keep Knight around as a possible love interest for Ashley AND\OR (wait for it) Tracy. I remember when the sisters were both involved with Brad, without either alienating the audience. 

And, not gonna lie, would like for Tracy and Neville to, ultimately, end up together.

I would watch the he'll out of an age appropriate romance like that played out, with those actors. Just sayin.

also wouldn't object to a Jack Celeste pairing....

Oh, my silver-haired cherub MEK!

How I've longed for your return... MM or not.

But what a difference MEK and Gloria would make to the overall tone of the show. Which is right now grinding and chewing its own cud, sorta like B&B.

[deirdra]

One quirky little comment or just a look from Dr. Silverhair or Gloria would make my day when they were on.  A bit of humour would be a relief from the current storylines.

I always thought it was odd that moments after he looked at Hillary, Dr. oldNate said "nothing more can be done".  Not the usual "let's try everything and call in experts from around the globe" attitude that GC Memorial is known for.

[spinxella]

 

 

 

 

Y&R is no longer #1.

Edited August 15, 2019 by spinxella

[rcc]

Y&R no longer no. 1!!! What, Michelle Stafford didn't improve this show! I miss Gina.

[valleycliffe]

20 minutes ago, rcc said:

Y&R no longer no. 1!!! What, Michelle Stafford didn't improve this show! I miss Gina.

and neither did mce..

however, the writing is horrid and the storylines are atrocious...and nothing makes any sense.

[Snaporaz]

5 hours ago, valleycliffe said:

and neither did mce..

however, the writing is horrid and the storylines are atrocious...and nothing makes any sense.

Worst of all...it's BORING.  

[DeafAngelboy23]

Maybe 23 mins plus commercials... easier to FF? Just kidding. 

[bannana]

You know this show is boring when I am watching the other three soaps instead.  This is the last show I watch, and when I say watch, I am cooking, cleaning or just surfing.

[Anna Yolei]

As much as I truly loathe defending anything regarding B&B and the worst story in the show's entire history, I can't say it was anything like it's usual fare. I guess their gamble paid off, even thought I will forever be salty about that.

But Y&R deserved to lose it's top spot. Show is not offensively bad--not like the days of MyPolar Sharon and Victor Newman eating up the show--but it's boring as hell. We've seen Nick and AA per on one another's leg, we've seen families fight over Christian, we've seen the Staff repeat her lines three times and flair and slink around the office in cocktail wear at 30 betow temperatures.

And Kola continue to cure insomnia with their ineffable lameness. I though Lily and Came bored me back in the day but oh nooooooooo. I'm hoping this is leading to someone getting shot at the alter because there's no reason a couple is this damn boring. Can Klye and Summer fly into LA and get the Forresters' laywers to annul their marriage before Carter gets disbarred? The sooner they're split the summer Kola get married and we move onto new shit.

[spinxella]

Edited August 17, 2019 by spinxella

[Gam2]

Really, does anyone even care anymore?

[lightninggirl]

On 8/14/2019 at 10:18 AM, jewel21 said:

I never liked Hilary. If the rumour of Mishael coming back is true, I hope Hilary has a personality transplant or Mishael comes back as a better character.

Same. LOVE the actress, but I wouldn't stop to check on Hillary's well-being if I backed over her with my car. Twice.

[Anna Yolei]

4 hours ago, spinxella said:

Sharon can't possibly...

...oh, who am I kidding.  Of course she's this stupid.But my question is WHY Sharon continues to be like this after all the growth she's made as a human being by reading Nick for filth at their last botched wedding attempt and moving on without going back into destructive patterns. I could've sworn he married her once before for some ass-covering reason.

Still a better shrink than Taylor Hayes, though. 😅

Edited August 17, 2019 by Anna Yolei

[TobinAlbers]

A tale of two Adam’s? I could dig it 😂 One of the replies did make the good pint that MG actually seems like a good fit for an adult Connor.

[valleycliffe]

11 hours ago, Anna Yolei said:

..oh, who am I kidding.  Of course she's this stupid.But my question is WHY Sharon continues to be like this after all the growth she's made as a human being

because this is the way jg likes to write sharon.....weak, stupid, trashy...

makes the other weak. stupid and trashy women look better.

[ezzylin]

You are absolutely correct valleycliffe. When MY was fired and I found out that JG was coming back, I knew what that meant for Sharon - all of the work that SSM did to "fix" Sharon was for nothing. I won't be shocked by anything that JG's Sharon does- he's a fucking hack!

It's ironic that they fired Loren Lott because they claimed not to know how to write for Ana -they don't even know how to write for 90 percent of the characters on the show. 

Edited August 18, 2019 by ezzylin

[crosby777]

On 8/15/2019 at 5:19 PM, rcc said:

Y&R no longer no. 1!!! What, Michelle Stafford didn't improve this show! I miss Gina.

I blame the puke fest called Kola who have been shoved down our throats.. they have been pimped more than that creep DG

[spinxella]

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Edited August 19, 2019 by spinxella