Sorry, but what else do you call someone stating that they were shocked that they didn't win Emmys for four consecutive years and then making it a point that they won eleven other awards?

I call it conceited and self serving.

WELL sorry my friend you just dont get it

I agree with the Lead Actress thing and posted as such when it came out that's where she put herself. However, I do think an argument can be made for her as lead actress. In all honestly, who the hell did she support in her storyline.

As for the bolded statement ***Raises Hand*** I b!tched up a STORM about Case not receiving a pre-nomination. I'll state again what I stated then: no actress in 2007 gave a gutsier, more original, provocative performance than Sharon Case when she confronted Nick wearing the very lingerie he had bought for Phyllis! DYNAMITE!

--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Chris B @ Apr 10 2007, 09:09 PM) </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The thing with Rowell is different because she got several nominations during her first run at Y&R, before the Pre-Nom process. Once it went over to Pre-Noms the cast has NEVER voted for her despite her having stuff every year. And before she WAS in Supporting. This year it was extremely obvious that they were playing some serious hateraid games. Too many insanely good actors were left off after MAJOR years, in favor of people who did NOTHING.

Sorry I disagree,...The carmen Story was not a supporting story..It was the focus of Y&R for a while and with case..She was just a supporting in the phick storyline and the work rowell did..She deserved to be pre nominated in the lead category

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I agree with the Lead Actress thing and posted as such when it came out that's where she put herself. However, I do think an argument can be made for her as lead actress. In all honestly, who the hell did she support in her storyline.

Sorry I disagree,...The carmen Story was not a supporting story..It was the focus of Y&R for a while and with case..She was just a supporting in the phick storyline and the work rowell did..She deserved to be pre nominated in the lead category

I don't think we disagree as much as you think. I think that the Carmen story was featured enough for it to be considered lead, though I don't for a minute believe they pimped it as heavily as Phyllis & Sharon's storylines, or even Brad's, which by default would be Victoria's. BUT....

Again, as I said, just who was Rowell supporting all year anyway? No One! Unlike some Y&R lead actress nominees.... (cough! Jeanne Cooper! Cough! cough!)

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A brave woman, a classy actress, a well spoken businesswoman, and one hell of a human being! Gotta love her!

The thing that struck me about that interview was the comment about Dru being out on the cliff dor 30 years. She really sounds like she is done and done with Y&R this time around. Normally, I would hope to see her pop up on another soap, but it's hard for me to do that when someone leaves Y&R. That's usually where I hope my favs are going to end up when they leave some place else.

WORD! I don't find Rowell to be egotistical- more misunderstood than arrogant.

I didn't pick up on that until you pointed it out. I can't imagine she has a strained relationship with Kristoff or Bryton, but it would have been too glaring to leave out Christel.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting! I'm sure many will disagree but everything you're saying is 100% true and I also agree with your earlier post where they basically are telling Rowell to "Know your place black girl" in regards to lead actress vs supporting actress. An argument can be made for both sides of the coin, but how much can you really fault an actress of Victoria Rowell's caliber for going lead? ESPECIALLY when most actresses in the supporting actress category are, in fact, leads on their show (cough **REG** cough cough)

Well said. You hit all the points I wanted to cosign about Dee's post as well.

What the hell is this race card, and can I smack the next person in the face with it?

I totally reject the notion that racism is some game we are playing and pull out that "get out of jail free card" when necessary.

Rowell: Frankly, I wondered why I didn't get an Emmy in '91 and '92 and '93 and '94, and so on and so on. Now here we are in 2007. Your readers can look at this and make their own decision. I have 11 NAACP Image Awards for best actress in a daytime drama but not one Emmy. So yes, that is a catalyst for helping me move on. I made a responsible decision for myself, so I hope my fans will follow me to the bookstores!

Oh GET OVER YOURSELF. What an egotistical bitch.

ITA!!!

TVGuide.com: Let's talk more about the racial concern you're bringing up here.

Rowell: There was a time when we had as many as 16 black actors — either series regulars or recurring — on our show. Today we have three black actors. That's my statement. I've fought for black writers; I wanted to write for Y&R, but I wasn't allowed the opportunity. It's obvious that if we diversified as a show, we'd be a stronger show. The authentic nature would infuse itself into the scripts. How can you write what you don't know? That being said, I wish them well. Even iron bends.

I agree these people think they can write for everybody. If they going to try to write for everybody at least get imput for the character by the actor or the actress that is playing the part.

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I think that believing you deserve an Emmy for your work is pretty egotistical. If she didn't ever get one, it's because the people voting didn't agree with her.

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However, I absolutely refuse to deny that race & racism is a HUGE part of the overall issue.

...Cause it is. It so is.

Especially when Debbi Morgan's the ONLY WOC Lead OR Supporting Actress winner in the ENTIRE history of The Daytime Emmys & Daytime in general.

Didn't she had to share her win.

Yes I believe Nancy Lee Grahn and Debbi Morgan shared, so really it was very close to there never being a woman of color on that stage. Such a shame because there are many talented black actors that has been wasted or in the case of Davetta/Rowell, snubbed.

Stupid, stupid Y&R letting her go. Dru is up there as one of the greatest soap characters EVER. Race doesn't come into it. Dru was just awesome -- and that was in large part due to VR. I love that she gave props to Sharon Case and the backstage crew, BTW.

I think that believing you deserve an Emmy for your work is pretty egotistical. If she didn't ever get one, it's because the people voting didn't agree with her.

Not its not. Put yourself in her shoes. It is a matter of simply understanding where she is coming from, which you do not. The fact that she has won 11 NAACP awards and 0 emmy awards causes some eyebrow raising. Now I could see if she was a bad actress but she isn't, she is wonderful, a hard worker who deserves some slack. She made a great point by pointing out the lack of diversity in soaps period. Its just a shame if you really think about and the fact that she is black and hasn't won AND only one other black actress has won and she had to share it? That is just a little suspect. It is 2007! I would say this is like the academy awards but I can't because they have finally gotten their act together, so why can't the daytime Emmy's/soaps do the same? Its time to take the rose colored glasses off folks and see the truth!

I agree everything you said Marilyn. Great post.