Contessa Donatella

BRAVO!

Pretty much this should always be a caveat!!! No matter how much we may adore certain performers, no one is perfect for any & every role!

@MaximOne of my crushes!!!

Great! Perfect to add into the GH YA mix!!!

This is exactly what I have been thinking about Robin & her supposed retirement. However, you know how keen I am to get Gina employed on a soap!!! How old would Lila Rae be now?

What about Carolyn Hennesy & Kin Shriner?

Well, IIRC Shapiro tried to blackball him, literally in the sense of "You'll never work in this town again." So, given the close-knit (?) almost inbred way the soap working community is, it's a wonder he ever got work, at all, again. But, if you ask me the biggest lesson from that was that if you're smart you inform actors what they're going to be playing up front rather than letting them be shocked the day they're meant to play some monster.

It's totally impossible for me to get past Goutman's shoddy treatment of Martha Byrne to even given Beck a fair assessment & I know that. I didn't see her in Loving but I very much liked her in Cashmere Mafia.

I think so, too, but you're totally correct that this is distinctly a minority position!!! For me it's not that I wasn't born. I just came to GL late in the game. Going back to the 70s I was watching soaps but it was other soaps. I have a whole cluster of GL Minority positions. I do not disdain either Marj Dusay or Ron Raines. Despite my love for Beverlee McKinsey. I do not hate the Coopers. I'm actually a fan of Harley's. I do not blame her or Buzz for Global Warming. Possibly the only dislike I have where I fall in line with the SON majority in GL terms is in detesting Lucy/Sonia Satra.

Do you see a whodunnit?

18 days & counting & every single day CBS surprises me with the amazing consistent quality way they are promoting this!! Very serious kudos to someone.

What does this mean?

He really got a lot of work after the AMC walk-off, didn't he?

I loved the primetime reboot & agree that it was the circumstances that sank it without it really having a shot.

Today's amazing LOTD comes directly out of Drew's thoughtfulness & unselfishness! "It would be unfair, especially to Michael, for us to deny our feelings for each other." - Drew to Willow Drastic change of subject I'm still promoting #Avarice as the best ship name for Ric & Ava.

I asked MVJ if she wrote Mary Mae visiting Stone & yes, she did.

LOVE Forbes! Began here, ended up with Battlestar Galactica & a thing about a shrink & some other domestic situation. In the sci-fi she is terrifying, an Admiral who abuses her power.

And, I guess we are at a point where we think the stabbing was just enough to put Dex into the hospital so Cyrus could complete his serial killer pattern/MO with the digitalis as opposed to just stabbing him to death right there outside Rice Plaza. I wonder if this storyline is going to get into how Cyrus chose his victims. Probably not.

The thing is you can hear "given their circumstances" and, of course that is only fair. However, I do not see such latitude given to more contemporary instances. To sum up, people tend to go easy on shows from the past but go hard on newer shows. DS & GL are perfect examples of this. Here, I would completely disagree. What you're talking about basically is how much love was put into the effort. Neither Jami or Otalia would be what they are without a ton of love. Those two stories were stellar.

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Factoid of interest: Maura West & Cynthia Watros went to the same conservatory at overlapping periods of time. 1. conservatory not college 2. time period 3. There is no 3.

I just went down a YT Mary Mae rabbit hole & was it ever a lovely blast from the past!!

Does the Q compound need a moat?

Footage of what? Cyrus stabbing Sexy Dexy?

About Sistas, you are correct! One of the things I love most about Ducksworth is that she has a smile that would light up all of downtown! But reading about her background & long love for soaps is so refreshing! And, it's so funny that MVJ stated awhile back that when Ducksworth initially called her she thought that probably nothing would come of it but that was not a reason not to have the discussion. That this has been their baby for such a long time is really quite remarkable. And, also they both make me so hopeful that this is going to be a success!