DramatistDreamer

Ugh, Lee Scratch Perry and Ed Asner gone before yesterday afternoon!😔 Venturing into this In Memoriam thread can sometimes break your heart.

These soaps and their production companies should be embarrassed at what is going on at GH. No self-respecting organization or company that requires its workers to be in such close proximity in a daily basis would allow this. Especially one supposedly back by such a large corporation as Disney. How does a company insure such people? Anyway, This response seems spot on for such occasions as this.

ITA.

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Same. Just this morning, I read this article.

He's got many followers and his tweets tend to get trends going.

Listen, that's cool for Jamey!

"Victor Newman" is trending y'all!

L'affaire Olya vs Sascha is really blowing up, big time!

This is definitely "On Brand" for Politico.

Honestly, if these remaining daytime soaps get cancelled tomorrow, I would not shed one tear. There are so many intellectually regressive human beings on these shows and B&B looks to be one of the absolute worst. Did someone mix a stupidity serum in all their bottles of Perrier or something? How does one vaccinate a building? You vaccinate people and animals. You don't vaccinate inanimate objects.

Thanks @DRW50. Kasi Lemmons always makes for an interesting interview. That project that she spoke of writing for her husband Vondie Curtis Hall was a short film, Dr. Hugo, in which Victoria Rowell appeared. Interesting fact that both actresses had once played the same character on As The World Turns. (Lemmons also directed another film in which a former ATWT alum co-starred-- The Caveman's Valentine with Tamara Tunie). Always interesting to hear about an artist's process.

Interesting article, about the author of several Jeopardy-themed books, who delved into the podcast recordings and called attention to them, ultimately leading to Richards rescinding the hosting gig of Jeopardy. She asserts that there was was a toxic culture at TPIR while Richards was over there and that his podcasts were a lot worse than has been publicly mentioned, as she has listened to every podcast episode. https://archive.is/GJTLN

Lots of star power absent from this year's USO but they can always ask about players like Basilashvili and Zverev carrying domestic violence charges or allegations. Probably won't do much for ratings over all, but hey, at least it would be creating a new narrative for the fortnight. Also, the last new American woman to win a major title, Sofia Kenin, is out as she has been diagnosed with COVID-19. She is vaccinated and has mild symptoms but still has the virus and, of course, is ineligible for play.

Newsmakers from a few years ago, I remember them. Also, I prefer this greeting much more than a handshake.

Personally, I agree. I do think that they all probably believe that they are protecting the bottom line (although most are unlikely to admit this). Of course, protecting the bottom line is arguably what led to daytime soaps falling into the dire state that they're currently in.

That's a possibility but it's very likely that they never intended to keep the story up, knowing how dependent they are on Sony's and CBS talent and insiders for their blog's content. THR, Variety and Deadline, otoh, are not reliant on that whole soapdom for their existence and reportage. CBS, and Sony/Y&R, in fact are much more dependent on those major media outlets to help them maintain some kind of relevance. This is why, if this story is to have any type of continuity in the follow-up, it will be up to those major entertainment media outlets to follow up on the story, not the soapcentric media.

Not especially surprised that the soap media has mostly remained mum about this. CBS looks to be hoping that the story will just fade. Morons is not Moonves, after all. It's really up to the mainstream media to keep agitating and pursue the story since the Fairmans are much too intertwined with the CBS/Sony/soapdom brass to be critical. EDT-Oops, I meant Morina, but I am not mad at auto-correct, for once.

Has anyone read the Demi Moore memoir Inside Out? I've been listening to the audiobook and am currently on the section where she talks about her time auditioning and acting on General Hospital. Distinctive ways of speech, like hers, were meant for audiobooks.

There is a surprising amount of politics at play in the arts and entertainment field, tbh. And television seems to inspire the worst use of this impulse, judging from my brief time freelancing in television.

Thanks for this video @slick jones, this was very enlightening. You know, I have heard of "Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With God" yet I have never seen it. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with her soap work either. Are there any videos of her work on YouTube? (Okay, reading about the show history, it ran until 1982, that's why I have never seen it.) It sounds like she built up quite a legacy.

One thing that I have learned from having to critique people's work, in the past, even in person, face to face, during writing workshops, is that you should lead with a positive comment first. I would say "I appreciate the fact that you started these virtual reunions during a time when there is so much anxiety and people are looking for comfort". Then I would say "I like that you're using clips of scenes from these soaps that the guests can comment on", then I would suggest that he'd probably be great at focusing on producing the show and working with a host, he could likely do even more.

When SoapClassics released their P&G soaps boxes sets, I always wished they'd had kept going on the hope that someday they could've included bonus material like commentary from writers, directors and some long-time actors on certain scenes. In my experience, execs are usually not going to explain any choices they make, particularly the ones that go awry. Some may see it as an admission of some type of personal character failing, others simply lack any type of self-awareness. Others will just lie.