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3 hours ago, Darn said:

 

 

That CG clip was all sorts of cuteness!

Also, damn how I miss THIS Y&R.  The music, writing, acting, and that apartment, I loved it.

6 hours ago, Faulkner said:

I wonder if they have a fear of being seen as a “black show,” which has been a common anxiety. They’ve always taken black folks for granted, that we’ve been trained through years of marginalization to empathize with white characters and not see ourselves, while the larger white audiences aren’t used to making the leap to empathize with non-whites as much. They are banking on black folks not putting up a fuss and taking what they’re given, while “making more space” for the white folks, throwing the diversity crowd a bone with the Rosaleses.

 

But now black audiences have more options than ever to see ourselves, and we’re not going to sit idly by and watch CBS/Sony kill us and push us to the margins, especially when we’ve been supporting this show and boosting its ratings for decades.

WORD. 

That scene between Neil/Olivia, so sad. TLW is such an amazing actress and continues to be a great person. If anyone needs to return, it's her. I know a lot of people didn't like it (for good reason), but I also miss seeing Neil's apartment. The sets were so much richer.

Lastly, that Sabryn Genet tweet surprised me. I've always said she is one character that should come back. 

11 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

That CBS Daytime post feels a bit "too little too late" to me.  Y&R has turned me off for the way they have been treating their veterans over the past two years and the character for Neil Winters hasn't been written well for several years now. 

 

Several pages back I wrote my suggestions on how I think Y&R should handle an exit storyline and I sincerely hope they write something befitting of KSJ/Neil's impact on the show and pop culture-- a story of the calibre that reminds Y&R's fans of why we fell in love with the show in the first place but I must admit, I'm highly dubious because I haven't trusted the last several regimes in how they handle long-running characters.  

Agreed. Katherine's death was so poorly done, I have no faith that they will give Neil/KSJ the respect he deserves.

I'm watching the ET Canada segment of KSJ that they posted celebrating his 25 years a couple years back, so sad. I'm going to miss him so much. 

OMFG this is truly heartbreaking. RIP Kristoff St. John and thank you for your wonderful portrayal of Neil Winters for many many years. You will be missed dearly. Much condolences to his family and friends. 

6 minutes ago, DaytimeFan said:

I hope Jeanne was there to greet him and I hope he is at peace. 

Amongst all the sadness, this made me smile a bit.

Thank you.

Erica Woman of the Year (AMC) > Alexis/Rogers at the Country Club (GL)

Some of my favourite scenes from Y&R. One thing Y&R used to mostly get right was the background music.

Joshua Lander's ex-wife shoots Niki (those scenes were chilling)

Tricia kills Ryan (Sabryn Genet was brilliant actually in the descent into madness up to that final scene when she was carried away to a mental institution. If we had a stronger actress playing Victoria, and a better writing team, I would have definitely have Tricia be released and try to re-establish herself)

Nikki vs. Diane at the Jabot building (Alex Donnelly was amazing. Maura West was horribly miscast and brought nothing new to the role)

Nina pulls a gun on Ryan, but then turns it on herself

Heather Tom's final scene on Y&R

Joshua Morrow final goodbye scenes to Cassie

Hillary finds out she's dying

Daniel Cosgrove is in Netflix You. Same with Michael Park from ATWT.

6 hours ago, DRW50 said:

 

Didn't people say that's why Whoopi won for Ghost?

To be honest, I wasn’t around then so I’m not sure. But Whoopi’s performance in Ghost was awesome.

On 1/5/2019 at 5:44 AM, BetterForgotten said:

Personally, I think Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are buying these nominations. It would be a shame if Gaga won an Oscar over a real actress. 

I'm not generally a Gaga fan, but come on Jennifer Hudson won the Golden Globe, and then on to the Oscar for Dream Girls. Both performances were nothing amazing, outside of the great musical performances. Cate Blanchett also killed it that year too. Thankfully, she was awarded for Blue Jasmine. 

18 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

Glad a real actress like Glenn Close won the Golden Globe. I hope this is the year Queen Glenn finally wins that elusive Oscar. 

I'm happy for Glenn, but her movie was a snore unfortunately. She did turn in a fine performance, despite a really weak script. I wouldn't have awarded her for her work in "The Wife," and if she's up against Olivia Coleman this year, then Coleman should easily win. However, I can see Glenn winning on "due" factor, like Julianne Moore and that boring performance in "Still Alice."

It would be nice to see actors of colour, being "due" as well. But, I digress. People will always find a way to say no.

Just not feeling. Even Karen just sounds silly now. With the exception of Jack, all the characters are just bland.

I'm 3 episodes in and this show is absolutely amazing. Is there already a thread? If so, I missed it. If not, DISCUSS.

I miss this wonderful show. It should have never been cancelled

I don't fault @Marco Dane for your first instinct given the history of the United States. However, I don't believe Cosby is completely innocent.

Didn't think he would go to prison. Not sure how long the appeal proceedings will go, but I can see it being overturned on appeal if granted. 

@YRfan23 I'm late to the party, but thank you so much for that fine episode! Such a treat!

Good riddance. I enjoyed the second episode, but it started to go downhill. No point giving Roseanne an outlet for such hate. 

Haven't watched this show in ages, but hearing Alfre Woodard coming on has me intrigued.

Network television goes back to their roots of solid story telling and sees success. 

So... that was great. More so the second episode. Glad to have it back. 

Michael B. Jordan is one fine ass man

8 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Better yet, he should be forced -- on tape -- to sit before his accusers and remain silent as they, one by one, rake his smug, self-satisfied ass over the proverbial coals.

 

...Or not.

 

I know some are upset that the movie attempts to paint a somewhat sympathetic picture of the kind of people who'd voted Trump in the last election.  But that might not be the backlash Vee was referring to.

Interesting...well, I did also enjoy American Honey with Shia & Sasha last year, but I didn't find those characters sympathetic. Florida Project was also well done

On 2018-01-10 at 3:09 PM, Vee said:

 

(Three Billboards is a pretty good movie about very difficult, ugly people, though - the overnight backlash over it is so high school, I've got no time for it.)

Wait, what? What is the backlash with this movie? I thought it was well done. Damn

I had to google Leslie Jordan, and I LOVE that guy. I remember he was on Reba too and was very funny.

It should be interesting to see how they revamp the show. The cast was fantastic, and I hope they keep it funny and fun

So glad to have this show back. Premiere was fantastic.