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Ken, a fitness trainer from Indiana who will be familiar to many  

36 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

THIS.

 

Part of the reason I started to slow watch again was I was reading about the mystery of Nelle and how she had a grudge against Carly and hints kept being dropped around Bobbie (who I love) so yeah...still directing plot to this day. 

Smug Robin may be, but GUUUURRRRL, ROBIN BETTER READ. lol.

 

I always loved KMc's delivery of 'You're as common as dirt.' The inflection. The hint of bitca peeking through. You could feel their hatred of each other. And see it. Just flawless.

And Kimberly’s bitchy little haircut haha…

Obviously Tanner Novlan is nice to look at, but c’mon Finn, there are occasions when it’s appropriate to grab a shirt. I guess he wasn’t expecting to see Sheila there, but does Finn do anything but surf? Like isn’t he a doctor?

5 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

Robin was getting to be way too virtuous, they needed someone to knock her down a bit and balance it out. There was a point after Stone when it felt like everyone was her damn friend and was so concerned about her for months.

This was also a decent scene. Robin could be very smug:

4 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

A great anecdote on how a hit song came together.

 

Those are some HITS she wrote. She also co-wrote “I Love Me Some Him” by Toni Braxton, which is a fave.

11 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

Love how hood SJB's Carly could get with "Saint Robin":

 

 

The gangsta Noo Yawk accent starts coming out. “Little PRINCESS!”

Just now, carolineg said:

I always liked that way Robin handled her-she clearly felt she was above Carly.  But a lot of the Carly mocking her HIV status does not hold up.  It was cringey at the time and worse now.

Oh it was horrible. They were still doing it even with LW in the role, which was more than a decade after the original story. But, as politically incorrect and bigoted as it was, it felt somewhat in character for Carly early on, I dunno.

Billy Miller also had a man-child innocence that was right on the surface. Jason Thompson doesn’t have that same vulnerability, even though Billy is still extraordinarily immature. (I don’t know what they were thinking with Burgess Jenkins, who looked like Peter Bergman’s contemporary.)

Y&R has an adult-male problem and has for many, many years. All of the dudes feel a bit “arrested development.” Remember when Cane, Billy, and Nick were all “finding themselves” at the same time during the SSM/Mal Young days?

2 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

SJB and KMc as Carly and Robin were great rivals - especially when Carly would play passive-aggressive with Robin. 

Back in the day, I was actually pleasantly surprised at how Kim McCullough, who had eternal baby voice, could go toe to toe with Sarah Brown. SJB could smother an entire room with her intensity, but KMcC had a quiet dignity that could withstand and diffuse the hurricane coming at her. After the heavy AIDS story and Stone’s death, her rivalry with Carly really solidified Robin as an adult presence.

34 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:

I just copied and pasted the embed code. 

Ah ok! So it’s not auto-embedding yet, but good to know, thanks! (Pasting the embed code was turning up an empty iframe in the past for me.)

Adele is reportedly dropping her new album this week, so expect fireworks.

I thought it was light and fun. Nothing groundbreaking and some of the directing was disappointing (oddly the drag scenes played flat to me), but I’ve been watching old episodes of Santa Barbara, and it gave me somewhat of an updated SB vibe. Mostly it made me nostalgic for a time when soaps could use extras and had comedy.

Chandler Massey as a bearded lady voguing was a kick. As was Billy Flynn doing high glamour with his hairy pits. Sad that Eileen didn’t get much to do, but she effortlessly brings Kristen to life. 

The Miami stuff started slowly and limply, but I was surprised that I came to enjoy it. Jackée and James Reynolds have a delightfully warm old-sitcom rapport.

I like Ciara when she’s doing capers and not mooning over her serial-killer lover. My favorite scene was her “seducing” the Havisham dude.

Glad Shane had the opportunity to lash out at Ben for killing his granddaughter.

3 hours ago, Cat said:

Again, I view this as production's uninspired over-producing, rather than Cynthia's fault.

I agree with that. And I liked that she was transparent about her and Peter’s financial issues, which many HWs sweep under the rug. Robyn on Potomac feels like an analog. Not in terms of personality, as Robyn is harder and more aggressive, but in terms of what they bring to the show (seemingly a lapdog for an alpha, sometimes feeling a bit stuck, but contributing commentary as well as the rougher edges many HWs smooth over).

Cynthia’s first season with the wedding just rang false to me. Not that the emotions were false, but it really felt staged in a lot of ways that killed some of the necessary illusion. That scene with her mother and Malorie and the marriage license still makes me cringe. There was a lot of that with her. She eventually settled into something more effortless.

Shhnobi, a trainer from Ghana via Houston  

8 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:

Francisco San Martin (ex-Dario Hernandez, DAYS) looking damn good!

 

How did you get that to embed? Are IG embeds finally working?

RHOBH has probably been lucrative for Lisa Rinna, but it’s a shame that she’s disgraced herself on it. She’s luminous here as Billie. 

Will and Sonny come across as such stiff country bumpkins in this drag bar.

Adrienne Frantz looks good.

Another week at No. 1 for “Stay” (sixth week). Lil Nas X scores three top 10s off the back of his album release.

1 hour ago, Cat said:

 

Cynthia is gracious to the end.

Some people may be thrilled that she's gone, but she was there for so long, she was like an anchor on the show (in a good way). We saw Noelle grow up, and Peter and hunky Leon. She had authentic ties to the rest of the cast and those forged relationships are IMO worth their weight in gold on the RH shows.

She will leave a big gap. RHOA needs far better newbies because the past few years, nobody has really stuck and it's been turnover, turnover, turnover.

Agreed. She and Kandi really are the unofficial OGs.

I’ve always run hot and cold with her—some of her stories have felt REALLY forced—but she developed into a pillar of the show. The show definitely needs some new dynamics, but you don’t get rid of someone like Cynthia unless you’re absolutely certain the show can stand without her. 

This is my go-to karaoke song. I love this:

The funny thing about this story is that it’s not even remotely as shocking a gimmick as Bradley Bell thinks it is. It actually comes across as rather goofy and retrograde.

I find it hard to get up in arms about its racism (which is real) because it’s just so laughable.

It says a lot about the state of soaps that this is “pushing the envelope.” (This is the guy who thought pairing a mentally disturbed Thomas with a mannequin was oh so entertaining and potentially viral, when it actually tanked the ratings IIRC.)

4 minutes ago, ironlion said:

Billy needs Billy Miller back in the role!

Oh god nooooo. He’d eat the show. With JG at the helm, he’d be on twice as much as Jason Thompson (who is already overexposed).

Cynthia is officially done on ATL.

Not the cast departure I was expecting. (I had to look up Lauren Holt because I couldn’t remember who she was. Basically ersatz Aidy Bryant.)

Billy needs a long long rest. I agree with Sarapa. Maybe some jail time?

Greg Rikaart needs to be in the new Queer As Folk. He’s hilarious.

Sonny saying, “I know he’s not Deep Throat,” and Leo replying “You never asked!” That’s funny.