GH Writer Addresses Michael Shooting

[ian]

Lol, well at least this way Guza is allowing the hospital to be featured... by continuously sending people there :-p

[Wales2004]

The fact of the matter is that Guza is already claiming that having Michael shot was done to appease the audience. He is never going to deal with what irks many viewers because he would prefer to invoke the viewers ire as a means of justifying whatever shocking thing he chooses to do. There is no possible way that he came to the illogical conclusion that people saying Michael should pay for what he did to Kate meant they wanted Michael to be shot in the head.

This would have been different in terms of consequences if Michael had accidentally shot himself or a family member with legitimate fallout.

[ian]

or if the gun misfired and hit Sonny in the balls but they got infected and fell off but it spread to his brain and he died a terribly agonizing death.

[Southofnowhere]

Crack is WHACK!!!!

[dragonflies]

I love Serial Drama, especially Mallory Harlen's column

Toups the consequences that if you don't drink the mob kool-aid your character dies by a mob hit or ish like that LOL

[Y&RWorldTurner]

God, that article make me hate Guza so much more. My blood is boiling right now....

[Ryan]

Guza is delusional.....

[Im-n-a-whirl]

What a frackin' whack job! I can't stand the Red Menace but I didn't want the little bastard shot either.

[cubsgirl]

I will say that I think something happening to Michael is the one that has the capabilities of affecting the most people. It is what probably could create the most amount of emotional drama and turmoil. So that point I actually get.

ON THE OTHER HAND, saying that this is Michael's punish for the gun, saying that it would make fans feel better about the slap on the wrist he got about getting the gun, and that GH has been nothing but glorifying violence is all a bunch of BS!

At the moment I am seeing the drama and emotional turmoil in this story. It is keeping my interest. But I am not holding my breath for Guza to tell the story correctly and actually keeping it an emotional story.

[Cheap21]

I dont see anything wrong with shooting Michael. I dont agree with the train of thought that him getting shot is a consequence for him picking up a gun. I think it should be more of a consequence of the life Sonny leads. His life affects those around him and it was only a matter of time before one of his kids got hurt. I think thats where they should be focusing this on and really bring about a real change bc for him to go back to leading the violent mob life as if nothing happened would have made this all a waste. Even with Carly, this should bring about change and stop her from seeing Sonny and his life through rose colored glasses and realize the true nightmare which is her family's life thanks to association with the mob. They make light of it and this story should cause them all to rethink their current positions. Id have killed Michael off and really gone for the full effect

[Toups]

Yeah it has the potential......but we're not going to see the side of the story that a lot of people want to see. Where's Bobbie? Where are the Q's? Will Sonny/Carly say anything to Morgan? Will will see Morgan's reaction, or even Kristina's? Where's his FAMILY? Only Sonny, Jason and Carly are Michael's family?

Instead all we see is the MOB angle and that is the only angle Bob Guza wants to tell.

[cubsgirl]

^^Completely agree with you there Toups. That is why I said at the moment I could go along with the story because it is dealing with those aspects that are in the potential. I am not looking at this with blinders on because I know at some point the potential and real focus of where the story should go will be lost to only the MOB aspect.

[Toups]

But it's ALREADY about the mob aspect. There's no family aspect at all.

I really cannot wait for the day I get to post this: "BREAKING NEWS: 'GH' FIRES BOB GUZA"

[DevotedToAMC]

What theme could this possibly be? To further the mob violence? I see this as another irresponsible story move by this hack.

[DevotedToAMC]

He is so incredibly stupid, Toups....I cannot believe he actually thinks they show consequences. Not on the GH I watch!