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I like Adam on the canvas.

Scott Clifton seems to have forgotten that it’s possible to be subtle when showing emotion. I like the guy, but wow.

Stephen A is a decent actor. The writing is ruining Cam. Now he’s holding guns on the police? The kid needs intensive therapy.

Susan/Kristen are great characters -- and they've been run into the ground by Ron Carlivati. I cannot believe how much repetition we're getting with masks, kidnappings, and even entire scenes.

GH relies WAY too much on music to tell us characters are in trouble or there's a sense of foreboding. They need to give that file titled CYRUS MUSIC CUES a rest.

LOL You need to step up your troll game. It's weak.

Then I suggest you stop cluttering the thread with your responses to me. Not to sound curt, but I don’t care if you have an issue with my posts. Never claimed to be a moderator either. I have not directed any comments at you, and I never asked for your permission to post anything. Every time you speak to me, it’s to act as the board police. Why you need to speak for those I comment about I don’t know. I have belittled NO ONE here. I have only responded to the belittling of others. Take their feelings into account? LOL You mean these posters who personally attack actors? IRONY IS DEAD. I never asked for your agreement, let alone asked you to read my posts at all. Don’t like my comments? Don’t read them. And I never said this was my house, honey — but neither do I owe you rent.

Aaaaaaaaand my point has been proven. Aaaaaaaand again. Aaaaaand once more with feeling. Haters gonna hate, I guess.

i appreciate your comments, and I pretty much agree with all you’ve said. I know you haven’t resorted to personal attacks on Michelle Stafford and that your comments are primarily about character. I may have failed in communicating how I feel, and I admit I was defensive in my responses. I just have a huge problem with ugliness directed at an actor — as you have also agreed with. I think Stafford gets hit especially hard here. I know you steer clear of those personal attacks and direct the discussion away from them. I applaud that. Still, sometimes I feel the need to literally respond to those attacks. I understand why you don’t, but I sometimes feel enough is enough. Your insights and thoughtful discussion is there, but before and after your posts? Agreement with you AND those personal insults and attacks. I don’t think you’ve done anything wrong or have encouraged any of the smack talk. BTW, I am not some Michelle Stafford stan. I’m not some crazed person who goes nuts when she’s criticized. I do understand her acting choices aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. I’ve heard the Scientology rumors — and I have zero use for that cult — but unless I missed something, she’s awfully quiet about those or any religious / spiritual beliefs. She comes across as very socially liberal to me, and almost seems like someone not into organized religion/spirituality/cultism at all. If you told me she was an atheist, I’d believe it. I’ll never understand those who fall into Scientology, but as long as she doesn’t broadcast their garbage and preach, I won’t criticize her for it. Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to discuss this. I loved Gina Tognoni as Phyllis, but I love Stafford, too, tics and all. I do wish the writing was better for her.

How many times can this happen before someone says “We just did this 4 times in the past year”? It’s especially ludicrous that Kristen gets away with this over and over.

You’re free to dislike Michelle Stafford. I like her. And BTW, the character of Nina on GH didn’t work until recently. Cynthia Watros didn’t do well with awful writing, either. Then you must agree that most or at least many legacy characters are psychopaths if we look at what their character has done. Victor? Chelsea? Nikki? Adam? Kevin? Gloria? Michael? Should I go on? I don’t want to argue with you, especially because I usually love your soap insights. But I’m bothered when boards turn on an ACTOR and throw insults around about the character as a sideline. But hey, that’s me. I realize people can post what they want — just as I can disagree. The writing hasn’t been particularly good for ANY character on the show, not just Phyllis. I can make the case that every single character on the canvas is PLAYED OUT by those standards. At least you admit it’s the actress — Michelle Stafford — who bothers you so much. You’re not the only one, but just saying “the actress who plays Phyllis” doesn’t blunt the negativity towards Stafford.

Looks like the I Hate Phyllis crew is here. WTH do you want the character to do? Be sad and depressed that she won a battle with Sally? GMAB. That hardly makes her a psychopath.

I think the writing for Cyrus is bad, but I also blame Jeff Kober. Because he was scary and creepy on other roles doesn’t mean he’s a failure on GH only because of the writing. Was he successful on those other shows only due to the writing? No. So the truth is the writing onGH is lousy and so is he. He’s not just a meh villain, he’s terrible. And Michael E Knight can leave tomorrow. His Southern charm is wretched to watch. These two are Laura’s siblings? My God.

Your handle is David Vickers but you don’t get my gay comment about Theo? Uh....ok. Regardless, it’s not wishful thinking. Theo is good looking, but I’m not attracted to him at all.

i don’t see Theo as ruined, but I do see him as sacrificed. If and when Ciara returns, she and Theo won’t be endgame. He’s being used here — and badly, since I don’t find their instalove believable anyway.

Yeah, he is, but couldn’t they have cast a better device or written one? It’s not believable that she’d leave town with Theo this quickly. And again, pairing Ben with this Claire person is laughable. She’s not Claire and she’s so vanilla it’s pathetic.

So Ashland is shutting down all these Jabot plants, and big bad Jabot has a plan: put Jack and Kyle in the boardroom with one laptop and fixes will happen. Who writes this shi_t? I love a good business story, but make it realistic. It’s stupid to believe Ashland could shut down plants all over the world anyway.

I don’t feel any heat between Theo and Ciara. She needs a strong leading man type, and that’s not Theo. He belongs with a softer, less dominant female, or frankly, with another guy. It’s no stretch to see Theo as gay. And Ben moving from Ciara to Claire? Huh? Hard pass on that. She comes off as his 2nd cousin who he sees at the family reunion every July.

I think they ran the same episode all week.

Maxie spends more time in cemeteries talking to tombstones than any soap character in history. Gag me.

i think you’re exactly right, but at the same time, it still makes me dislike Ciara to the point that I don’t care if she leaves the show. I know Ben is a killer, but I’ve just put that in a box and shoved it out of the way. Is that because I like the way RSW looks too much? Probably. I’m just being honest about being shallow. But pairing Ben with Claire is a BAD idea. I see NOTHING there. No heat, no chemistry, nothing.

i don’t see a bright side here. Lipton’s acting choices are bad, and he’s really regressed as a performer. I don’t know what the hell he’s doing, honestly.

I don’t think directors on any of these soaps are giving notes to ANYONE. It’s all about getting one scene after the other taped as quickly as possible. Wes Ramsey could literally hiss for 20 seconds and the director would yell “That’s a wrap.”

Why was Lauren’s dressing down of Sally and Summer done at Society — in a damn restaurant? Yes, we all know why, but it doesn’t make it any less ridiculous.

Please rethink this.