DramatistDreamer

Wow, what a difference when the storyline, acting and video/audio quality are all top-notch! That YouTube channel usually has some grainy grainy episodes (I still appreciated then since most were posted nowhere else), so I admit my surprise at seeing episodes posted in such pristine audio and video quality. It takes my breath away to see all the future Emmy, Oscar and Tony awards winning actors in just one storyline alone. ATWT had such an incredibly strong roster of talent during that time. It just seemed to fit, lol.

I have been reading about the sheer number of registered Democrats that have been voting early and by mail outpacing Republicans. There's a chance that Republicans, freaking out from Trump's rhetoric, are waiting until election day but normally it tends to be Republicans who usually vote by mail in higher numbers. It just looks like each of them are willing to, not only tank the other man's chances, but bring down the entire GOP, if he thought it would save himself. Only the most right-wing economist believes that the U.S. has a chance to rebound and rebuild from this with such an austere stimulus package. And make no mistake, austerity is what McConnell and Senate Republicans are proposing. It's unlikely that anything gets passed before Thanksgiving, if that. If Trump ends up a lame duck on his way out, there is no incentive to even negotiate until January, with a new Congress and God willing, a new president.

As for the staged reading, I agree-- why the last episode? A month late too. A Thanksgiving episode would have at least been more interesting. How many characters actually appeared in the final episode? It seemed like such a small number. The last episode?

The episode with Susan Pratt was great. I get the impression that he doesn't know as much about GL so he is less likely to preemptively censor or steer the reunions away from controversial topics or what he perceived as controversial. He can rest assured, TT is busy directing these days.

Does it seem like Senate Republicans and the White House are bent on mutual destruction where the stimulus is concerned? Granted, Trump is completely unreliable and prone to change his mind faster than the weather but he and Mitch McConnell seem to be locked in a battle of wills as far as their ceilings on the total amount for the stimulus package.

Ewww.

She's a Scientologist. Most of them believe that one can 'cure' oneself of mental health problems by auditing their minds. Very nutty, which is why I don't understand why her opinion gets any space on any public platform besides her own.

Thing are so bad here at globally that there is a full-on armed conflict between two countries and it has barely made news here.

Sorry if you misunderstood my post, as I never meant to give the impression that Tune would 'spill tea'-- that's not even my impression of her. From what I remember of previous interviews that she has done for other media outlets, she doesn't strike me as the type of person who would willingly go on a platform to have to censor her thoughts mince words just to make the host feel comfortable. I believe that is what I posted. Also, I was not the person who posted that Tune said no, just to be clear. It's not just about Tune , btw. I have yet to see any Black actors who appeared on ATWT on any of Alan's livestream reunions and I am wondering why that is. It seems odd to me.

True. I couldn't imagine. I get the sense though that he grew up in a household where soaps were watched though. Perhaps he only really began to really follow once he began to work in the industry. Post mid-90s, especially for CBS soaps...are not really the halcyon days, far from those days.

Good question. I was thinking about that. He seems unaware of most of what went on before '97.

I'm not one of those who thinks that celebrities should "shut up and dribble" but honestly, does anyone care about what Alley thinks? She has never been one that I look to for any sort of an opinion and even during her career 'purple patch', she can only be described as a kook at best. Why 😂 is she getting our time? With the RME emoji, I honestly thought she was being sarcastic. Oh well, who cares lol.

Did anyone actually use the word bitter? I'm actually trying to remember because I wouldn't call her bitter. I think if she declined the invitation she likely has a good reason. Her character was woefully under-utilized at a time when she had decades of experience with the show and had proved that she was capable of doing "meaty" stories. That final era was known for blatant disrespect of a number of their veterans, so I don't know how anyone can be confused by the possibility that Tunie may have felt disrespected and not wished to unearth those memories. Or maybe she may not trust the show's ex-publicist to give her the space (uninterrupted) to say what she wants to say. Perhaps Locher already knows all this and is perfectly fine with putting the onus entirely on Tunie. Didn't Bryce put him off initially but Alan persisted? Perhaps there is bit of relief that she declined the invite? In any case, not one Black actor has appeared on a single one of his ATWT reunion livestreams and I am more interested in learning why that is. It's not a good look, for sure. Perhaps if Alan got a group that she felt comfortable appearing with, the way he grouped Bryce, Bailey Smith and Marx together, he could eventually get her to accept an invitation. Unless he's not truly interested.

So is Alan, or someone going to ask John Wesley Shipp to appear on one of these reunion livestreams?

The Indian American community is going hard tonight. I hope that same energy is saved for the ballot box.

I am hearing a lot of " Il est perdu" jokes, plays on Perdue's name.

Did he even say anything about his time on Loving on the reunion livestream? I-

I was listening to an overseas news program on the radio and they were discussing last night's town hall discussions and mentioned the ratings. Everyone around the world knows how consumed Trump is with ratings so for him to be bested by Biden in the ratings was a source of amusement.

I was listening to a news.report from a Japanese broadcaster and I swear the reporter sounded just like Naomi Osaka. Made me wonder for a moment whether she might have been moonlighting as a journalist.

It would enhance the discussion so much if Alan knew how to project clips. By the way, I saw the reunion with Krista and Mark, which was an entertaining watch. If Krista wanted to return to acting, I think she would find opportunities to work. Funny that her youthful looks were once used to disparage her ability to take on certain roles but now her youthful look can definitely be seen as an asset.

I will never forget how relentlessly he was mocked on a certain soap opera podcast as part of overall spirit of derision lobbed at the TOLN soaps. Well, I can expect that the podcast's accompanying blog will breathlessly report his latest achievement while quickly seeking to connect him to the same soap whose work they once derided. Well, I guess he's having the last laugh now.

Personally, I think that the preoccupation with this numbers quest has had a deleterious effect on Serena's psyche, which has taken root and manifested itself in her performance in finals. She hears it from her fans, some of whom are extremely negative to the point of utter toxicity. I also think the GOAT discussion among the men is borderline useless, tbh. It is a preoccupation with some hardcore fans, sure but it feels of too much "Inside Baseball" to me. As a once hardcore tennis fan who has followed the sport since childhood in the late 80s I can honestly that I am more more interested in what a Federer or a Nadal does with their foundation work than how many trophies they collect. Arthur Ashe will never be considered a GOAT according to the stats but he is probably the finest man to come out of the sport of tennis and his impact still looms large. Steffi Graf, who still holds the Golden Slam, hardly even remembers where her trophies are. Andre once told a funny story about watching Jeopardy and asking Steffi if she knew the question to one of the answers in a trivia category, (suspecting that it was her). Steffi said she didn't know. When it was revealed that she was, in fact, the question (you may all know that responses are given in the form of a question), a slightly exasperated Andre said "Babe, it was you!" to which Steffi simply shrugged. She didn't care. Decades later, it no longer mattered to her.

The trolls don't matter to me. There will always be those who seek to diminish her accomplishments and will find ways to do so regardless of whether Serena hits some media-generated milestone. JMO.

Serena's worth is not dependent on some artificial benchmark where the goalpost keeps being moved. As long as she has good health overall (no blood clots or hematomas) she'll be fine regardless.