GH In The News: The PC Press Club

[jsbt]

Steve Burton doesn't care about being bored. He has no interest in a challenge. He comes to the job to wear easy clothes, get paid well and do very little while staying 'cool'. Jason Morgan allows him that and that is the role he will always play. Playing a new character and having his original star-making role usurped by a recast would fundamentally alter his own power and standing at GH and he will never accept that.

Edited October 22, 2017 by jsbt

[HeatLifer]

I think SBu is doing a good job so far. I wouldn't exactly say his role right now is one that isn't challenging. OGJason being gone for 5 years and seeing that everyone has moved on with someone they believe is Jason Morgan is pure soap. I'm actually interested in seeing the fallout. I'm sure Frank will fuck it up, but mostly the major way he could do that would be making SBu Drew because of KeMo's wishes.

[ulkis]

4 hours ago, jsbt said:

He has no interest in a challenge. 

How can you say that? Didn't he just challenge Kelly Monaco with a . . . whatever the hell that was?

[HeatLifer]

8 minutes ago, ulkis said:

How can you say that? Didn't he just challenge Kelly Monaco with a . . . whatever the hell that was?

Wait, ppl actually think SBu posted that picture in retaliation to KeMo snuggling with BM? I'm crying. 

[ulkis]

1 minute ago, HeatLifer said:

Wait, ppl actually think SBu posted that picture in retaliation to KeMo snuggling with BM? I'm crying. 

I can't decide lol. I don't entirely dismiss the possibility.

[HeatLifer]

42 minutes ago, ulkis said:

I can't decide lol. I don't entirely dismiss the possibility.

If he had Becky on his lap, I'd agree. I don't think Burton cares about pairings as much as people think he does. The only way I'd see him being kinda pissed is if he knew KeMo was actively campaigning and whining to Frank for Billy to be Jason. 

Edited October 22, 2017 by HeatLifer

[dubbel zout]

That spoiler makes my head hurt in more ways than one.

14 hours ago, ulkis said:

I think BM will stick around for another 6 months at the very least . . . his contract was up for renewal in September, so if he were going to leave he probably would have done it already.

If I were BM, I'd stick around for a bit to see how SBu's return plays out, and if I didn't like how things were going, I'd take the first exit my contract gave me. What BM would do if he left is interesting—he's had some luck outside of soaps, but most of it is supporting/guest roles. (Nothing wrong with those, of course; you can make a decent living with enough of them.)

Whatever happens, I can't imagine SBu won't get more attention from the writers.

[Oracle42]

1 hour ago, ulkis said:

I can't decide lol. I don't entirely dismiss the possibility.

That is hilarious and amazing

[OnceSane]

4 hours ago, HeatLifer said:

I'm sure Frank will fuck it up, but mostly the major way he could do that would be making SBu Drew because of KeMo's wishes.

I don't think she has that kind of pull.

[dubbel zout]

No woman in the cast does.

[coffee drinker]

Wonder who Burton roped into taking the selfie for him?  Someone had to snap the shutter in order to get the full body shot Burton was aiming for.

These two seem to be in some sort of passive aggressive pissing match, imo.  KMo has stated in years past that she owes her job to Burton.  That it seemed like she might have a little chip on her shoulder that she was always beholden to him in the past for that.  But now that she's made/making it work with Miller she no longer "needs" him.  She's been an obvious "killy" cheerleader and I think she's trying to send him a message that she doesn't need him anymore.  

I don't think Burton cares all that much about J/S.  He knows she's not his bread & butter but he was hers, for years (in his mind).  

The best tweet I saw the other day called "stelly" two thot's with the dueling pictures.

They both are skilled at passive/aggressive messages.

[ulkis]

I definitely think Michelle Stafford has some pull. Kelly Monaco I used to think did not have much, but now, at least with FV, I'm sure FV favors her over Burton. But the decision whether to do Jasam with SB might be out of FV's hands.

[dubbel zout]

14 minutes ago, ulkis said:

I definitely think Michelle Stafford has some pull.

Do you think she has the kind that allows her to go to TPTB and say she wants a specific story and/or costar? I see her pull as the type as being on a favored-actor list but isn't someone who can make specific demands. Whereas someone like BH is told her character is now involved with a SERIAL KILLER and has forgotten 2/3 of her children, and that's how it's going to be.

Edited October 22, 2017 by dubbel zout

[ulkis]

I do believe the rumor that she and Roger Howarth didn't want Nina/Franco anymore, but that may have been helped by both of them wanting out of it. 

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I see her pull as the type as being on a favored-actor list but isn't someone who can make specific demands.

I think she probably can probably ask for small stuff.

[dubbel zout]

15 hours ago, ulkis said:

I do believe the rumor that she and Roger Howarth didn't want Nina/Franco anymore, but that may have been helped by both of them wanting out of it. 

RoHo was likely the bigger influence there.

On ABCD, I feel like the only women who had any kind of pull were Susan Lucci, Erika Slezak, and maybe Robin Strasser. Tellingly, no one on GH, then or now.

[nilyank]

11 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

RoHo was likely the bigger influence there.

On ABCD, I feel like the only women who had any kind of pull were Susan Lucci, Erika Slezak, and maybe Robin Strasser. Tellingly, no one on GH, then or now.

Namely Genie who should have tje same power as AG but didn't. 

[Chairperson Meow]

I'm surprised Maurice "I don't like to work with new actors" Bernard hasn't insisted Steve as Jason and BM as AJ.   AJ being alive technically gets Sonny, Carly,  and Ava off for everything surrounding AJ's murder.  

[Darklazr]

On 10/21/2017 at 2:12 PM, HeatLifer said:

I think she is upset and is making it clear to whoever cares that she wants to continue working opposite Billy Miller. Burton was her longtime love interest and not a real word about his arrival from her. 

Hmmmm.  I guess KeMo must have forgotten all of the nice things she had to said about SBu when he helped saved her job.  Don't get me wrong, I hate JaSam in any fashion and if this permanently frees SBu from that pairing it's a win win in my book!

[ulkis]

I really don't feel much that KM might have to act with someone who is not her semi-boyfriend, but SB said a lot of shady shit himself trashing Jasam when they were doing Liason (it was his idea to bring Kim McCullough back too), and I doubt he cared much whether it would have led to KM leaving the show, so I don't blame KM on that score.

Edited October 24, 2017 by ulkis

[HeatLifer]

1 hour ago, ulkis said:

I really don't feel much that KM might have to act with someone who is not her semi-boyfriend, but SB said a lot of shady shit himself trashing Jasam when they were doing Liason (it was his idea to bring Kim McCollough back too), and I doubt he cared much whether it would have led to KM leaving the show, so I don't blame KM on that score.

That doesn't make sense, though. KeMo was not (publicly) holding anything against SBu for whatever his behavior may have been early on in their pairing. They were placed together again in late 2008?/2009 and she said nothing but glowing things about him since then. He decided to leave in 2012 for a variety of reasons, a main one being that Frank would not work with him in terms of his commute. He and KeMo clearly didn't keep in touch, but the way she's acting now is not because she's "getting back at him." She's just close with BM and wants to work with him. Sam/KeMoFF's who believe she's paying him back for Liason are writing their own fanfic.

Edited October 23, 2017 by HeatLifer

[ulkis]

Just now, HeatLifer said:

That doesn't make sense tho. KeMo was not (publicly) holding anything against SBu for whatever his behavior may have been early on in their pairing. They were placed together again in late 2008?/2009 and she said nothing but glowing things about him since then. He decided to leave in 2012 for a variety of reasons, a main one being that Frank would not work with him in terms of his commute. He and KeMo clearly didn't  keep in touch, but the she's acting now is not because she's "getting back at him." She's just close with BM and wants to work with him. Sam/KeMoFF's who believe she's paying him back for Liason are writing their own fanfic.

Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to imply that she's getting back at him for anything that may have happened. I just meant I don't think she's being mean to Steve because she's angling for BM.

[HeatLifer]

1 minute ago, ulkis said:

Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to imply that she's getting back at him for anything that may have happened. I just meant I don't think she's being mean to Steve because she's angling for BM.

Gotcha! I don't think she's being mean to SBu either. Do I find it funny that she's said nothing about his arrival and isn't saying a word about OGJaSam? Kinda, lol. But I just think this is more about her not knowing how to separate her personal relationship with BM and what's best for the show.

[Auntie Velvet]

On 10/21/2017 at 5:17 PM, Neptune said:

Well, "General Hospital," we remember when she was a serious artist, if that's what you mean. But you go right ahead and diminish her passions, while making Franco this big artist with paintings like the "twin" one that looks like a middle school art show. 

[Auntie Velvet]

Regarding the possibility of behind-the-scenes drama making JaSam possibly in peril -- Good!

Watching old clips recently reminded me that 1) The Liason stuff was much more dynamic, and 2) Sam and Jason were back together for, like, two minutes before he got shot. And he'd had a thing going again with Elizabeth not long before. 

[jsbt]

The last six years pretty much cured me of wanting to see Jason and Elizabeth do anything but exchange custody paperwork ever again. RC and Passanante completely gutted her character for him.

[Oracle42]

Guza/Frons did that for me when they paired him with Courtney after he and Liz had one fight. It was an excessive level of nofucksgiven 

[stlbf]

1 hour ago, Oracle42 said:

Guza/Frons did that for me when they paired him with Courtney after he and Liz had one fight. It was an excessive level of nofucksgiven 

Jesus, that was just an awful breakup. It was a ridiculously stupid couple destruction.  I'm pretty sure that Frons was the guy with the SkipperBitch demand.

[coffee drinker]

1 hour ago, Oracle42 said:

Guza/Frons did that for me when they paired him with Courtney after he and Liz had one fight. It was an excessive level of nofucksgiven 

Given that Guza killed Sonny's bimbo sister off after Pratt left?  The call for jourtney came from Pratt/Frons, imo.  Frons didn't care about Sonny's bimbo sister because he'd already moved on to his new boo KMo.  

[General Days]

On 10/22/2017 at 9:07 PM, ByaNose said:

I think Days & Y&R are both owned by Columbia Pictures. She has a contract with Y&R but is allowed to work on Days, too. Wally Kurth is working on GH & Days without a contract. Thus him being allowed to do both. He’s a great actor.

 

7 hours ago, TeeVee329 said:

Wait, Andre is evil now?  When did that happen?

 

On 10/21/2017 at 11:21 PM, ulkis said:

Yes, Drew is Jason's latest twin, although there are rumors that

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Steve is really "Drew", but when AJ and Jason were in the car accident, someone switched Jason out for Drew, and Burton/Jason Morgan was the Drew twin all along.

Yeah.

I think BM will stick around for another 6 months at the very least . . . his contract was up for renewal in September, so if he were going to leave he probably would have done it already.

Are there still typically "outs" every 13 weeks? Do you know if they're also available to the actor, or just to the production (i.e. can the actor leave too, or can he just be let go)?

On 10/22/2017 at 6:31 PM, coffee drinker said:

Wonder who Burton roped into taking the selfie for him?  Someone had to snap the shutter in order to get the full body shot Burton was aiming for.

These two seem to be in some sort of passive aggressive pissing match, imo.  KMo has stated in years past that she owes her job to Burton.  That it seemed like she might have a little chip on her shoulder that she was always beholden to him in the past for that.  But now that she's made/making it work with Miller she no longer "needs" him.  She's been an obvious "killy" cheerleader and I think she's trying to send him a message that she doesn't need him anymore.  

I don't think Burton cares all that much about J/S.  He knows she's not his bread & butter but he was hers, for years (in his mind).  

The best tweet I saw the other day called "stelly" two thot's with the dueling pictures.

They both are skilled at passive/aggressive messages.

What is "stelly"?

[coffee drinker]

8 hours ago, General Days said:

What is "stelly"?

Not a what, a who.  The squishy fangurl name for Steve/Kelly.  

[GHScorpiosRule]

20 hours ago, ulkis said:

I really don't feel much that KM might have to act with someone who is not her semi-boyfriend, but SB said a lot of shady shit himself trashing Jasam when they were doing Liason (it was his idea to bring Kim McCollough back too), and I doubt he cared much whether it would have led to KM leaving the show, so I don't blame KM on that score.

AHEM. It's McCullough. And it was Burton's wife's idea/suggestion to bring Kimber back. Plus, they wuz (still are?) good friends. Aaand he sparked the MOSTEST with Kimber.

Oh. Hey. Long time.

(Going back to lurkdom)

Edited October 24, 2017 by GHScorpiosRule
"the" is not the same as 'theY."

[ulkis]

I knew it was his wife's, but he agreed and passed it on to Guza, so I figured I'd condense it. I wasn't faulting SB, just pointing out neither he or KM were fine with other pairings. He and KMc did have lots of chemistry.

Edited October 24, 2017 by ulkis

[Neptune]

Chad Duell Thinks it "Would Be Fun" if Nelle Turned Michael to the Dark Side on GENERAL HOSPITAL!

http://abc.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital-chad-duell-michael-nelle-145071

 

[dubbel zout]

LOL at the idea of Michael's "dark side." What, he uses Miracle Whip instead of mayonnaise on his sandwiches? He puts cottage cheese in his lasagna instead of using ricotta?

[ulkis]

Murders with ax handles, dubbel zout!

TB is official:

https://www.google.com/amp/ew.com/tv/2017/10/25/general-hospital-is-bringing-back-tamara-braun/amp/

[dubbel zout]

EW thinks her character is connected to SBu's return, but I wonder if she'll be Oscar's mom? Oh, lord, I wonder if OGJason is Oscar's father?!

[TeeVee329]

"Trouble ahead" for Kevin and Laura?  That implies they're getting a real story, which can't be true.  The "trouble" will probably be Kevin not leaping to help one of Laura's shitty relatives as quick as he can, ugh.

18 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

EW thinks her character is connected to SBu's return, but I wonder if she'll be Oscar's mom? Oh, lord, I wonder if OGJason is Oscar's father?!

In my head, Oscar's mom is basically Inez from OLTL in personality and temperament and I wouldn't want TB wasted on that.  A villainess connected to Jason's return would be more fun, IMO.

[dubbel zout]

41 minutes ago, TeeVee329 said:

In my head, Oscar's mom is basically Inez from OLTL in personality and temperament and I wouldn't want TB wasted on that.  A villainess connected to Jason's return would be more fun, IMO.

I totally agree with this, but we know how terrible the GH writers are. Why waste effort on good drama when you can just recycle the same old lame plots?

[statsgirl]

3 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

EW thinks her character is connected to SBu's return, but I wonder if she'll be Oscar's mom? Oh, lord, I wonder if OGJason is Oscar's father?!

OGJason already has two sons.  What's he going to do with one more?  He can't even parent what he has.

On the other hand, Carly would be thrilled that  her daughter is dating Jason's son. Her dreams come true via them.

[LexieLily]

5 hours ago, TeeVee329 said:

"Trouble ahead" for Kevin and Laura?  That implies they're getting a real story, which can't be true.  The "trouble" will probably be Kevin not leaping to help one of Laura's shitty relatives as quick as he can, ugh.

Oh, geez, MORE trouble w/r/t Lulu/Charlotte/Valentin/Spencer? Maybe Spencer escapes from that super high-security boarding school again.

[WendyCR72]

God, two Jasons and, in essence, two Carlys? What level of hell is THIS?

[yowsah1]

On 10/23/2017 at 0:07 PM, Chairperson Meow said:

I'm surprised Maurice "I don't like to work with new actors" Bernard hasn't insisted Steve as Jason and BM as AJ.   AJ being alive technically gets Sonny, Carly,  and Ava off for everything surrounding AJ's murder.  

That would imply that the writers give something of a shit about the character of A.J., and, by extension, his murder.

 

20 hours ago, Neptune said:

Chad Duell Thinks it "Would Be Fun" if Nelle Turned Michael to the Dark Side on GENERAL HOSPITAL!

http://abc.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital-chad-duell-michael-nelle-145071

 

You can tell writers have run out of ideas for Maxie and Nathan, they are lunging for the baby plot...

[Asp Burger]

On 10/23/2017 at 11:16 AM, nilyank said:

Namely Genie who should have the same power as AG but didn't. 

Yeah, she had nothing. I'm sure we all remember Jill Farren Phelps's legendary quote, when contract negotiations broke down and Laura was reduced to an institutionalized wig-on-a-stick, about how Genie needed to take some time and decide whether she really wanted to be there. One of the soap-press hacks was all on board with how management wanted to spin that dispute, and dutifully wrote that GF had made outrageous demands for vacation time. (Really no more outrageous than Geary's, which the show had been indulging for years with Luke abruptly skipping town no matter what story was going on.) 

It is what it is, surely. And I don't really think GF or Laura is all that, but it isn't about that; it's the principle. If one half of the show's iconic supercouple had no clout, then female actors I do think are all that wouldn't have it either. Now, I do think they might bend over backwards for Vanessa Marcil...or might have at one time.  

[IWantCandy71]

I don't know where to put this, but apparently somebody on Twitter was talking about Kirsten Storms and her weight gain (I saw a pic of her and she looks good to me? don't get it) and Ryan Paevey responded (on TWITTER, mind you) with "I hate Twitter".  Along with a few other choice words defending his co star.

LOLOL Can I just say-I never paid attention to him before, but now I think he's awesome just for that. People don't realize it's NOT okay to say whatever you want. They also don't realize that CONSTANTLY engaging in fanbase baiting can just make others hate your fave. I never HATED Sam until I finally had my fill of the bickering online. Now, I want Sam McCall(and all the Davis "girls") to be eaten alive by a pack of wolves. And that's mostly thanks to one particular person on TWITTER.

 

I feel you, Ryan. You seem like an intelligent, mature person IRL. Get off Twitter now before it's too late. SAVE YOURSELF !

Edited October 26, 2017 by IWantCandy71

[UYI]

On 10/23/2017 at 11:03 AM, dubbel zout said:

RoHo was likely the bigger influence there.

On ABCD, I feel like the only women who had any kind of pull were Susan Lucci, Erika Slezak, and maybe Robin Strasser. Tellingly, no one on GH, then or now.

Obviously she didn't get what she asked from JFP in 2003, but in a weird way I'd say Vanessa Marcil still has some pull, even if it's just that she can return basically whenever she says she wants to come back. It's still something. 

[Oracle42]

I think KSt looks great, I'm glad her co-worker came to her defense, and I hope she ignores the horrible people on the interwebs and doesn't allow somebody else's gross body issues to derail or affect her recovery

[UYI]

2 hours ago, Asp Burger said:

 

Now, I do think they might bend over backwards for Vanessa Marcil...or might have at one time.  

I agree. It's weird to think that she might have/might have had more pull backstage than Genie Effing Francis, but Brenda WAS very popular during her original run, so...IDK. 

[TeeVee329]

I just don't get that mentality of tagging a person in a tweet where you're talking shit about them.  I mean, for example, I say a lot of uncomplimentary things about Maurice Bernard on here, but I would never tweet any of that at him lol.

Edited October 26, 2017 by TeeVee329

[IWantCandy71]

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I think KSt looks great, I'm glad her co-worker came to her defense, and I hope she ignores the horrible people on the interwebs and doesn't allow somebody else's gross body issues to derail or affect her recovery

I think that person honestly didn't get it, that when they said "Maxie" in the weight gain comment, they were talking about the actress.

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I just don't get that mentality of tagging a person in a tweet

She actually responded to the SOD or SID guy on Twitter, and maybe tagged RP ? I don't remember, but the person didn't tag KS in her response. I just know I loved the mature way RP handled it. He has CLASS. Seriously, I was impressed that he kept his cool.

[dubbel zout]

I know! I guess trolls want to know the snark is hitting the target.