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Hours after a video and written apology to her staff for neglecting to deal with problem producers, we have this:

Okay, John, then you go spend 20 seconds next to a random stranger with no masks.

LH is a boon to any show.

I don't think these shows should be taping period right now, I don't think they should come back without a) a hard reset in story and cast and b) certainty of safety, which is months away at best. And I think anyone else who cheers for them to come back without that is an idiot not worth my time. I hope Kelly Monaco is healthy.

2 hours ago, John said:

Kelly taped. She is in the promo

Those were almost certainly taped before the shutdown. Which should not be ending at all, but people unquestionably get enthusiastic about this stupid [!@#$%^&*].

What I don't get is people who are excited to see this [!@#$%^&*] come back without any changes, knowing also it's not safe.

As always, go to archive.is and plug in the full website URL of any above news article into the necessary field to read it and bypass the paywall.

What!!

I still can't believe people tried to tell me Corday ending everyone's contract was a good thing for the show. Come on. It may be necessary for him to keep the lights on, that doesn't make it good. And it allowed him to do this with a ton of people.

It was insulting to me as a teen from Day 1.

While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me. You filled me with hope about the next chapter of the great American story when you used your power to make a difference in our society. Millions of people motivated simply by human compassion laid down the burdens of division. Around the country and the world you set aside race, class, age, language and nationality to demand respect for human dignity.

That is why I had to visit Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, though I was admitted to the hospital the following day. I just had to see and feel it for myself that, after many years of silent witness, the truth is still marching on.

Emmett Till was my George Floyd. He was my Rayshard Brooks, Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor. He was 14 when he was killed, and I was only 15 years old at the time. I will never ever forget the moment when it became so clear that he could easily have been me. In those days, fear constrained us like an imaginary prison, and troubling thoughts of potential brutality committed for no understandable reason were the bars.

Though I was surrounded by two loving parents, plenty of brothers, sisters and cousins, their love could not protect me from the unholy oppression waiting just outside that family circle. Unchecked, unrestrained violence and government-sanctioned terror had the power to turn a simple stroll to the store for some Skittles or an innocent morning jog down a lonesome country road into a nightmare. If we are to survive as one unified nation, we must discover what so readily takes root in our hearts that could rob Mother Emanuel Church in South Carolina of her brightest and best, shoot unwitting concertgoers in Las Vegas and choke to death the hopes and dreams of a gifted violinist like Elijah McClain.

Like so many young people today, I was searching for a way out, or some might say a way in, and then I heard the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an old radio. He was talking about the philosophy and discipline of nonviolence. He said we are all complicit when we tolerate injustice. He said it is not enough to say it will get better by and by. He said each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up and speak out. When you see something that is not right, you must say something. You must do something. Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.

Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.

You must also study and learn the lessons of history because humanity has been involved in this soul-wrenching, existential struggle for a very long time. People on every continent have stood in your shoes, through decades and centuries before you. The truth does not change, and that is why the answers worked out long ago can help you find solutions to the challenges of our time. Continue to build union between movements stretching across the globe because we must put away our willingness to profit from the exploitation of others.

Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.

When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression and war. So I say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide.

While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me. You filled me with hope about the next chapter of the great American story when you used your power to make a difference in our society. Millions of people motivated simply by human compassion laid down the burdens of division. Around the country and the world you set aside race, class, age, language and nationality to demand respect for human dignity.

 

That is why I had to visit Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, though I was admitted to the hospital the following day. I just had to see and feel it for myself that, after many years of silent witness, the truth is still marching on.

 

Emmett Till was my George Floyd. He was my Rayshard Brooks, Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor. He was 14 when he was killed, and I was only 15 years old at the time. I will never ever forget the moment when it became so clear that he could easily have been me. In those days, fear constrained us like an imaginary prison, and troubling thoughts of potential brutality committed for no understandable reason were the bars.

 

Though I was surrounded by two loving parents, plenty of brothers, sisters and cousins, their love could not protect me from the unholy oppression waiting just outside that family circle. Unchecked, unrestrained violence and government-sanctioned terror had the power to turn a simple stroll to the store for some Skittles or an innocent morning jog down a lonesome country road into a nightmare. If we are to survive as one unified nation, we must discover what so readily takes root in our hearts that could rob Mother Emanuel Church in South Carolina of her brightest and best, shoot unwitting concertgoers in Las Vegas and choke to death the hopes and dreams of a gifted violinist like Elijah McClain.

 

Like so many young people today, I was searching for a way out, or some might say a way in, and then I heard the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an old radio. He was talking about the philosophy and discipline of nonviolence. He said we are all complicit when we tolerate injustice. He said it is not enough to say it will get better by and by. He said each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up and speak out. When you see something that is not right, you must say something. You must do something. Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.

 

Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.

 

You must also study and learn the lessons of history because humanity has been involved in this soul-wrenching, existential struggle for a very long time. People on every continent have stood in your shoes, through decades and centuries before you. The truth does not change, and that is why the answers worked out long ago can help you find solutions to the challenges of our time. Continue to build union between movements stretching across the globe because we must put away our willingness to profit from the exploitation of others.

 

Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.

When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression and war. So I say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide.

Cross-posted:

Cain went maskless at Trump's last public rally, and had claimed COVID-19 was a hoax. Nonetheless, I always enjoyed his outsized character back in the halcyon days of 2012. RIP.

Cain went maskless at Trump's last public rally, and had claimed COVID-19 was a hoax. Nonetheless, I always enjoyed his outsized character back in the halcyon days of 2012. RIP.

I can't verify the validity of that, but it was definitely floating around at the time. Then they made her Hayden instead.

Kimberly was available more than people realize. They delayed the final ending to that story (not 2013, but later when Robin left again) because of Ron and Frank's convoluted story plans, not hers. Frank also allegedly tried to recast Robin with Rebecca Budig in '15, before that got shut down, Ron got canned and they had to finally bring it all to a swift end.

Why is it that when his shows are bad people always cape for Ron and blame everything else and attack the actors?

Don't get me wrong, Mo Benard and Geary had plenty of their own sins to account for. But Ron got fired off GH bc his GH overall sucked by the end. He's a talented writer in doses but his weaknesses were fully exposed. His DAYS is a mess. He may have good stories in mind that get cut off or changed, but he has plenty of his own bad ones and bad choices. People need to stop blaming actors for "shade" and saying he can fire off passive aggressive tweets and comments, but whine and cry whenever anyone else critiques him. I remember Jamey Giddens in his less mature days having a total meltdown over this, basically acting like Stalin in the Kremlin accusing the actors of disloyalty for going to the brass about Ron's show in 2015. He was fired in '15 because the show sucked - period. And I say this as someone who was Ron Carlivati's first cheerleader before any of those people in 2007. I was there before all of y'all. His OLTL made me believe in it again, until it got very bad, but he still took it off the air fairly strong compared to other cancelled soaps despite huge problems. He helped save GH from the axe but it also got very bad. He's probably a good man but he is a product of the daytime infrastructure like anyone else. Stop pretending he cannot be critiqued and cannot be called on systemic racism, misogyny, etc. in his work like any other creative.

She did a great job AFAIC. But I liked a lot of her early work at DAYS too. I blame Corday for what happened there.

I assumed FJ came back because Agnes was involved in 2013, and was always fond of her. A lot of that show IMO followed the old Agnes playbook.

They actually tried this?? Morrow had to veto it?? Nobody thought it through????

3 hours ago, KMan101 said:

Meh. It wasn't so bad in the beginning. Everyone remembers the absolute train wreck trash it became though. 

Oh no?? I didn't watch AW. I watched Reilly's DAYS (and BTW, it had bad dialogue too before he left the first time). I watched the first months of Passions. I remember. It was that bad from jump.

Reilly's writing was misogynistic, bigoted and IMO he was clearly self-loathing. But people pretend they don't see it because he wrote some fun stories 25 years ago.

It has for many years.

The dude took time out of his big career now to praise Zimmer and Ron Raines. I'm not going to give him [!@#$%^&*].