In The Zone Radio: Season 2

[stenbeck212]

By that logic 90% of In The Zone's guests will have no answers for me. Well, half of them will be retired in a few years whether they want to be or not. Maybe I'll still care then.

[JackPeyton]

agree.

would someone from walstreet talk about the shady goings on when still trying to work on wallstreet? no. unless he was an idiot.

[Toups]

Tom yelling, "YEAH....YEAH!!!" ROFTLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

[stenbeck212]

Well, you don't change anything by refusing to acknowledge it. I hope y'all are happy with nobody in the industry sticking their necks out to save it! Passions was just cancelled twice in one year, which would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic. You're screwed if you want answers to the problem, and screwed if you stop watching soaps too.

[Ryan]

I'm sorry that I didn't ask some of the questions that some of you may have wanted. It was agreed that certain things wouldn't be asked, and I didn't want to do anything that would make Tom uncomfortable or get him in any trouble.

It would be nice if someone spoke out against the system, but that isn't going to happen with any current writer at this time. People need to work, people want to have a lengthy career.

[jimmyk311]

The problem with GH is that the mob storyline is so overexposed in primetime that only a hand full of viewers are going to watch it. Also, with the bad stigma that daytime soaps get outside of the entertainment industry, doing a sorta-dark theme storylines like the mob is going to look campy and fake for the causal viewers to handle. With soaps production values looking like a high quality porn flick (example AMC,) doing a mob story needs good writing and production (and I mean very damn good writing) to bring in the Intensity that is needed for it to sell to viewers; something that we all agree that soaps don't have.

And, one thing we should know by now, Y&RWorldTurner, is that GH is going through a learning curve era (not a period.) For the last 20 to 30 years, GH was just that "General Hospital" nothing but medical storylines (of course, it shares of romances, fantasies, and affairs) that become their identify, their icon. But, for some dumba** reason, the higher ups in ABC thought it was a good FM great idea to start building a strong male soap after spending nearly 2 to 3 decades of building a stable female viewership and copy the succenss of great mob tv shows and movies. Well I have news for their a**, they can't copy it and shouldn't tried to.

Assuming that Gereal Hospital wanted to continue to become "Bad Mob No Hospittal" by Robbie Guza, it going to take them almost another 30 years to build a strong male viewership; something they don't have the time or money to do.

In closing, while I don't watch GH, nor a fan, GH needs to rebuild the blood and soul that Guza's team s**tting up the show with for nearly ten years. GH lifeblood is medical. The show should be 85% medical and 15% for other themes. You can tell a good medical just as action-packed as a mob story but you need a one vision team for that to happened.

Until Guza, Frons, and JFP (The Baby Hater) knows what GH's heart is, they can go to hell with there 2.4 ratings.

From a soap fan with love,

JK

It was me who asked the question. I fell like the soap industry is doing a poor job trying to attract viewers (mostly who are in school) or making excues for lost viewership when they should tried to be the "cool" product instead of "the old and the overdone."

[maconrich]

Maybe someone like Corday would be able to answer the questions? I can see a writer not being able to for sure...

[stenbeck212]

Money will always trump integrity. A labor strike for the purpose of earning extra pennies just went on for weeks, and yet a statement or two about issues in the workers' industry can't be obtained. Isn't that ironic? So it's not like these people don't know how to speak out. It just depends on the price and the number of dissenters involved to blend in with. Well, I obviously need to stop caring more than they do.

[JackPeyton]

IMHO it has nothing to do with money vs intergrity. it has to do with working for the rest of your life vs not.

[Ryan]

Admittedly....I did horrible with that Tiffany caller. Toups kept telling me "CUT IN" but 1) I was afraid of being rude and 2) I didn't really get a chance to. Sorry about that

[tylerbo20]

all i wanted to know if they ever intended on bringing up Kristen on DAYS.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

And his answer was no......

[Pest Spray]

I totally agree. There is NOTHING grey about rape. Rape is rape. Period. I had to FF through that Ejami fan, no offense. It just cut into my core and pissed me off. I don't read romance novels, I don't like EJ (I like James Scott, I loathe EJ) and I can't stand Sami. And I don't get Ejami fans. I don't.

[stenbeck212]

Me too. Chalk it up to denial necessary for Casiello to maintain his career. The worst part is that the caller didn't even realize how much that story degraded not only her, but women who didn't go through the attack she did. How sad! That exchange had to be the worst thing I've experienced as a soap fan. What a world.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I agree, and to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if she made that whole personal rape story up to suit her EJami fangirl agenda. She seemed way too eager to talk about something that personal and went into way too much detail.