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On 2/18/2021 at 5:50 PM, ChickenNuggetz92 said:

I was browsing some old clips of Loving because I wanted to see LW's work as Ally, and through my ears I discovered that Y&R ended up inheriting a music cue from Loving's library! (Likely because Gary Kuo worked on both shows)

 

Loving:

 

Y&R:

 

 

What a cool tidbit!

And to think that they dropped the Classic Music because it felt too 'old'. They replaced it with an early 90s cue lol

On 1/29/2021 at 9:49 PM, divinemotion said:

When is Brooke going to f.ck Liam finally and get pregnant by a baby boy called Sin. I need this story to save the show.

She's a saint now.

Has anyone seen this?

It didn't really pick my interest but I like that they did not shy away from the "soap" definition! And I like that they are experimenting with the format.

https://www.tiktok.com/@1minutegaysoap

Just fire Boaz and move on!

I don't see what's so bad about it.

19 hours ago, Faulkner said:

I started watching the Rick Hearst/Amelia Marshall/Maureen Garrett episode of The Locher Room, and Alan is just so bad at this. Stepping all over people’s stories, not allowing the conversation to flow naturally. He’s not really taking in the feedback. No, Alan, you don’t have to interrupt Rick’s funny story about Sherry Stringfield to mention that Sherry was right out of college when she booked GL.

Ugh. That's why I've stopped watching these reunions. Alan just drives me mad. So many wasted opportunities for nice content. So frustrating.

If only soaps could last a few more decades, I'd love to see how they'd integrate 'deep fakes' into old flashbacks (ie. placing ED's face on Ashley if they ever needed a scene from the time when Ashley was played by BE)

There should be a rule that you don’t kill off elderly characters unless their portrayer passes away. It’s tasteless. 

Lol so much for “Cancel culture”

15 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

SOD is saying its temporary

 

 

Let’s hope for the best!

6 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

Sounds pretty embarrassing to watch.  

It’s what every modern show is doing these days. 

Now we have Lily recounting the microaggressions she has received (and we have never witnessed though we’ve known her for 20 years). Hmmm how about you show those microaggressions in a scene? That’s basic storytelling...

1 hour ago, will81 said:

I hated that thing she did near the end where she would just look off camera while her scene partner was talking

That’s what Victor has been doing forever though. 

12 minutes ago, Broderick said:

 

Couldn't agree more.  I'm sure it was a dreadful experience for him (the awful dialogue), but with Laun being deceased, that syrupy aspect of it is over, and there's no reason why Keemo couldn't return without revisiting the "fruit of the loins" babbling.  lol.  

Sorry but why do you spell it Laun rather than Luan?

I love big hair like AH’s! I wish it would make a comeback for good. I’m a 90s boy. 

1 hour ago, Bill Bauer said:

 

I suspect Alan doesn't know the true meaning of that phrase. 

I thought so too...

the ignorance...

Steffy will face opioid addiction? Lol... sounds like such a right-wing storyline

4 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

I wonder if Griffith/Morina are delusional enough to believe their output stands shoulder to shoulder with the glories of old Y&R. I hope not.

Yeah I wonder what kind of cognitive bias disorder they would need in order to believe that. 

On 7/29/2020 at 3:09 PM, Darn said:

I'm sorry, that dude's score sucks.

LMAO yess...

It feels like the 'Don't be too specific' edict that TPTB impose on the writers (according to Patrick Mulcahey) applies also to the composers...

20 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

In many ways, the term "Caucasian" seems to be a very archaic term, especially when considering that theoretically race is a social construct but you'd be surprised how many people in the U.S., particularly those who categorize themselves as white, refer to themselves as white and Caucasian, almost interchangeably.

 

My point (challenge, if you will) to the poster that I originally replied to is that I have never personally known anyone who identifies as Latino/Latinx claim that their culture or identity was with Spain. I grew up with Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians, Mexicans/Chicanos, Panamanians and I never heard that before.  In fact, the majority of those I have known looked at Spain as having colonized their respective countries/islands.  Even the issue of language is fraught.  If you've ever been to Spain, you will find that those who willingly speak Castilian (and honestly, that is not everybody, there are some ethnic groups that are fairly resistent to Spanish/Castilian culture and language) speak quite differently from someone in say...Cuba or Mexico, who each have their own idioms.  Try going to Cuba or Mexico or Panama and addressing an elder person by saying ¡Oiga! like you'd do in Spain and see what reaction you'd get. I myself would never do this outside of Spain but I'd bet that the reaction wouldn't be very good.

I absolutely agree, Re: Spain and Latinos. It's the same for Portugal and Brazil. I was just taking the opportunity of your post to point out that 'Caucasian' (a term which everyone uses, even scholars) makes no sense to me.

14 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

For years, I had been gradually divesting myself from soaps but with Y&R, I really got disgusted when they killed off Hilary and dismissing Ana sealed it for me. Other than classic episodes, I would never bother with this show again unless they made some fundamental changes.  It seems as though Y&R would rather run themselves into cancellation rather than have a POC character have the same dramatic agency as a white character. Well, they can do it without me watching.

I completely agree with this. I feel the same.

6 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

Now Alan and Kim Zimmer have nothing to talk about!

 

I didn’t see his work on Ozark, but part of me is glad he was snubbed as he always turned me off on GL and the hype machine around him at the time was too much and not warranted, IMO.

 

For some reason I’m glad too! Yet another white guy getting angry on camera... what else is new? Couldn’t care less. 

LOL

18 minutes ago, prefab1 said:

I live in Armenia, and the people here certainly do think of themselves as "white" (and would be shocked to hear that some people might view them otherwise). 

I know the feeling. I live in Italy. Italians all think of themselves as whiter than white lol. They would be appalled to learn that some people may assume they are Latinos or Middle Easterners at times. 
 

My point is that - provided that race is such a flimsy structure - the term Caucasian doesn’t make any sense. It must be the result of some urban legend. What we consider “white people” have got nothing to do with the Caucasus area. 

22 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Caucasians are predominantly Eastern Europeans from the Caucasus area--Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Republic of Georgia, etc. so what you're saying technically makes no sense.

Is the Caucasus area Eastern Europe? Are the people from Armenia, Azerbaijan and ROG traditionally “white”?