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Kay Alden hasn't done crap for B&B!!!!


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Well, avoiding the maelstrom that this thread has turned into, here's my take on it:

B&B, at least to me, has always gone from one extreme of the excellence scale to the other with zero middle ground, since its first episode. Other soaps usually have one great-to-fairly-decent story up against a real loser. But B&B seems to either be ALL great stories or ALL lousy ones at any given time. Sometimes it's WHo Shot Stephanie? or Jake's abuse story or Felicia's cancer... and sometimes it's sharks eating babies or the third time Felicia's died of cancer in six months or Ridge and Bridget falling in love. Brad Bell has been the same head writer for two decades, and I think he probably goes through cycles like any other writer. SOmetimes he's burnt out, sometimes he finds he's in way too deep in a story... and other times he gets a surge of inspiration, and suddenly, B&B is gangbusters for a few months.

Nothing wrong with this... even Marland, Phillips and Nixon had their off-months. It's what would happen to anyone writing the same show for years upon years upon years.

I DO think (and this is just my speculation) that having someone there of Kay Alden's caliber DOES take the heat off of BB when he's in a downswing, and she can pick up the slack for him until he finds his muse again. Which is why you have a more consistent show.

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Jay are you sure you are not a sailor rather than a doctor? I just want to tell you that cursing f*cking offends me young man! Lie...I have the mouth of a sailor :)

But in all respect, I do not see this thread as an attack on Kay. I honestly feel that your opinion is she should not get the praise that is always attributed to her since you simply see it differently than others do. To me, the thread is wondering what Kay really has done for B&B with your opinion being that she has done nothing. As an AHW, which it looks like Kay is, you do not really have as much power (I do agree. It is pretty much up to the head writer and EP to decide which story makes it on the air). You are not one who starts threads to purposely piss others off and therefore look for attention in other peoples' dissent.

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Honestly....I never made this thread to piss people off, but I must admit, It feels kinda good!!!! :) Years ago, I was sorta the villian on SON. Welcome back "Mean" Jay!!! That was everyones problem with me. I got too into it, and I will always be that way. If your not down with that, I've got two words for you............

(not the two words many of you are thinking... :))

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So the point of this thread is to bash Kay Alden and heap praise on Ron Carlivati? :rolleyes:

Perhaps we can compromise and say both of them are good at what they do! :D

In my opinion, B&B has improved in leaps and bounds since Kay came on board, it's a much more balanced soap now!

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