I loved the line about how she had promised Bill Bell to not do anything else but B&B. That type of commitmet was necessary for the success of B&B. She was always in demand, and continues to be, in daytime.

bakedghoti, if you want a different take on the lack of black representation in Daytime (for example), NB has posted a recent interview he had with James Reynolds (Abe, Days) on this very issue. I imagine you might find it lacking but I thought a lot of the questions -- and, more importantly the answers -- were interesting and thought-provoking.

http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/State+of+t...s_NB.htm?isfa=1

In fact, it sort of made go into "If only I were an EP of a soap" mode.

Re: SF and this interview, IMO Susan Flannery is a joy to read whoever is giving the interview. I don't know whether she'd be able to act as a proxy for Brad Bell's decisions, regardless of the respect and high regard she wields on set. And I honestly don't see how Brad Bell would ever answer those questions directly himself. I guarantee that 80% of all your questions raised, bakedghoti, would be met with a "This is a half-hour show. I would love to include more stuff about Stephanie's childhood abuse/more people of color, but we just don't have time or space." The standard B&B answer to almost every query.

Regarding Brooke's rape, I think SF said it all. She didn't think the audience would ever forgive Stephanie for going that far. Hence a climbdown (and, implicitly, the hastily put-together Who Shot Stephanie plot) to soften it.

I read the interview a week ago. BRAVO to james reynolds only. I found it hilarious though that branco reserved those questions for reynolds, yet never asked questions on racial representation on daytime to brad bell, headwriter of the whitest soap in daytime, b&b.

Oh that's right. it's because branco worships the bells.

Edited March 5, 200817 yr by bakedghoti