Faulkner

That was a great match.

So annoying that they’ve decided to talk and do interviews over the Brady/Osaka match.

10 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

And then you had Justus who didn’t want to be morally gray like a Q, but who also had all that ambition and drive.

Loved Justus. He was so unapologetically prideful and political and smart and unwilling to bow or defer to Tracy or anybody. He had such a modern-day Sidney Poitier vibe. He absolutely should have gone to war with Ned/Tracy for his rightful place in the Quartermaine family. I will never forgive GH for destroying him. But again, the Quartermaines themselves were greatly diminished post-Labine.

26 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

Losing Rosalind Cash

Can’t say it enough, but f*ck cancer. Losing RC and Madge Sinclair within months to that dreaded disease...

7 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

 

Agreed. I know she wasn't well received during her Y&R run, but I enjoy her. 

 

Glad to see JKJ on contract. 

Jana was a pretty annoying character who had wretched writing. She’s very talented. She definitely gives her scenes energy (and is very sexy), which is rare these days.

Heartbreaking.

Her BBC obit:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27986272

From Kuala Lumpur  
 

26 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

That was something I had completely blocked out and now remember.

 

The way the Ward history unfolded on GH was really well plotted.  From Laura and Luke buying their old house (that they squatted in when they first got back to town and Laura fell in love with) and finding the remains to the reveal about Mary Mae and Edward Quartermaine’s affair.  It was such a well laid out story with all these little beats that ended up connecting down the line.  But back then there was no way I would have bought this story with Edward Lewis still playing EQ, and I loved him.  John Ingle really helped sell that story and Edward’s part in it.

The Ward family (and their integration with the Quartermaines) had the potential to be the most groundbreaking, multidimensional black family in soap history. On GH of all shows! Certainly Rosalind Cash’s untimely death didn’t help their prospects, but that potential began and ended with Claire Labine. Sad.

As bad as this scoreline looks, Alex De Minaur’s fight is what I’d love to have seen from a few other players who’ve come up against these top guys in this tournament.

I do wonder...

On AMC, there was Gabriel Devane, aka “Dogboy,” who turned out to be the half-brother of Alex and Anna. 

2 minutes ago, NothinButAttitude said:

This skank had to put her 2 cents in about Denise leaving...

 

 

If only Bravo would fire her boring ass.

The replies to that tweet are delicious, though.

De Minaur is adorable, but that Hitler mustache is an atrocity.

Wow.

Way more interesting than the dudes. The only potential matchup on the men’s side that is potentially exciting is Thiem/Medvedev.

The ladies are saving this tournament.

Holy sh!t at Vika just ROLLING on Elise Mertens. Statement performance.

7 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Rublev should've challanged. They need electronic line calling. No more actual linesmen.

Agreed. We just saw it work beautifully at the Western & Southern.

1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

Damn...Medvedev was cramping and Rublev couldn't take advantage.

At least two of his serves were out in that TB and didn’t get called.

19 hours ago, titan1978 said:

Michael Logan loves that Greta Garbo of daytime line.  He used it here and in his interview with Beverlee.

 

I like a lot of Deas work that I have seen on YouTube.  He was adorable as Tom Hughes and in Ryan’s Hope.  But Buzz is a drag.

I know a lot of people disagree, but I thought he and Robin Mattson were wonderful together as schemers on Santa Barbara, even with his mugging. (From clips I’ve seen.) But he also had the benefit of better, wittier dialogue and a roguish, devious character on SB. He was also good as an adversary to A Martinez.

I was curious why Rublev got an audible obscenity warning for that scream:

2 minutes ago, Soap-princess said:

Lol. I didn’t have such expectations because the show is awful.

Dreadful. It’s lacking in grand drama but doesn’t do character moments like this well either. Worst of both worlds.