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I may be biased, but I don't think Maurice can do any better. I didn't think he was very good when he came back in the late '90s. I would hear about what a great actor he was meant to be but I never saw it. When I go back to his earlier work, the charisma is there, and certainly he was capable of stronger work (as shown in Stone's death), but even then, I don't see a good actor. I think Maurice was a good-looking guy with star power and that carried him a long way. That can be enough, especially on soaps. It's not with Sonny because he's such an overexposed, repulsive, pathetic manchild of a non-character. I think Guza ruined this when he came back in the late '90s. I never felt like I stopped seeing Jason, and when I didn't see Jason, I was hearing about Jason. It was usually either that, Sonny, Luke the noble rapist, or some other side story with Brenda or the Cassadines (which would usually end up with Jason or Luke). Or filler like teen romances or Ned/Alexis/Jax/Chloe that he clearly had no interest in.

I think there's drama in people in their 60s or older who are in a community - you could probably make a riveting show based off all the drama that happens in The Villages - but I'm not sure how many of these characters will wear well so many years later. Most of them didn't even manage to last for the length of the original run.

Thrilled to know Maree will be there. I really wish they would have Marie on the show in a semi-regular capacity while they still can.

Neither did I - apparently it was said in this video.

Several Daytime Dilemma moments, and a duet between Ruth Warrick and Richard Dawson near the end.

A clip of Jack/Lily/Curtis in this Daytime Dilemma video, midway through. It repeats later, with better audio.

A number of RH moments in this "daytime dilemma" video compilation.

Marc Cherry was such a bad writer - is he involved in this?

I'd totally forgotten Dario existed. Did he also dress like a slut?

Again? I guess Laura Leighton is trying to set a record for how many times Sydney can return from the dead. Hopefully Heather is in a better place now and this might help her.

Wow. I had never heard this. I guess it could make sense as Jane was leaving GH around this point and she ended up as a producer on Loving - the only time I remember her working in that capacity (I may be wrong). I would have been interested in seeing Jane in the part...but imagine Terry Lester, Jane Elliot, Liz Hubbard AND Mary Kay Adams all in the same family? Typical of daytime, especially P&G, to ask Brooke to audition again. AW asked Ellen Wheeler to audition again for Vicky/Marley. She did and they still didn't hire her. I didn't hate Sherri but she was much colder compared to Brooke and the character had no inner life. I do get the sense the atmosphere changed for the worse after Calhoun left - I think we got some hints of that with HBS, among others.

Thanks @Soapsuds . I will try to watch sometime. I thought Tom and Brooke had such great chemistry. I know there were claims of her not being able to remember her lines (not sure if that was mentioned here) but I still think the show was wrong to get rid of her.

They claimed that was a clean start, but I agree with you.

I guess they used David Canary's photo as he was known to Soapnet viewers through AMC. Not sure why they used a bootleg "The Music Sounds Better With You."

Do you think the show lost the idea of Mac being from wealth due to Douglass Watson's take on the character? It seemed like the initial take on Mac, pre-recast, had this as more prominent. Mac certainly was comfortably rich and held on to what he had for dear life, but it feels like the show chose to focus on wealthy trappings more with others in his life like Iris and even Rachel (resorting to bribery to get rid of Blaine).

@Huntress Is Deniz still on AWZ? Does he do anything?

I've also seen a number of Nina fans who are upset over the whole thing because Drew threatened her with violence not that long ago. I get that, I suppose, but this is a show with many, many years of history with abusive men being treated as hot pieces of ass, so it's hard to be surprised.

Thanks as always @Huntress

It's not always just men who equivocate - I posted a clip a month or two back with Mara Liasson from NPR going on about how if Trump called for a 16 week ban, he would be a normal politician because that's in line with the public view. She spun it in a positive way for Trump, because that's what the press wants. One of the reasons these ploys go on and on is because they are able to drag many different faces of the Beltway in. Stop Pretending Trump Is a Savvy Politician | The New Republic The reason I posted the articles was to show the media doing all this again and how easily they are swayed, not to say oh women are going to be fooled - I even said in my first post I thought most people who voted for Trump were going to do so anyway not because he convinced them about abortion. My point was that these cynical games will drive up a lot of the usual media takes and support from certain quarters that have an interest in pushing votes toward him and away from Democrats, like many on the far left. I'm not going to put my faith in anyone, whether it be the press or a section of voters, because there are too many moving pieces and this country has burned us all too many times before. I'm going to hope for the best, but that's about all I can do. If you take that as doubting women, then there's nothing I can do about it I guess, other than suggest you put me on ignore.

Another example of what I was talking about:

It's the usual awkward positioning - you either praise his savvy or you play in and wink and nod that maybe THIS time, he means it. Various journalists or authors will pop up to play along. I'd like to believe no one falls for this, but I am always wary, especially with the media and culture we have. I certainly hope you are right. After hearing many say the same to me in 2016 (and yes, I know that was pre-Roe falling) I will just never be sure again. In RFK news: A piece on all the angst and equivocating of a few female voters in Bucks County and how they are "RFK-curious" - another part of the plan to try to get those who voted for Biden but aren't sure about doing so again to find an offramp. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/04/biden-trump-kennedy-voters/677988/ And here is one of his campaign people, who was apparently at J6...