I haven't seen *that* much of Heather to judge VB's acting ability fairly, but I will say that the first few times I saw her I was NOT buying her as a lawyer. She seemed like a teenager doing mock trial or something, my girlfriend was a little more positive saying that she buys her as a fresh from law school/more serious Legally Blonde type, but I say, Would she have such heavy cases this soon?

I can think of worse hair/underwear models on GL than Nelson's picks.

I didn't like CH at all on GL, and Stacy is by no means endearing, but I don't think her acting is really sucking. She's just a shrill, annoying character who suffers from rush job writing that lacks solid character motivation and finesse. She is a bad girl, but she is no Rachel Davis. Let's not confuse character/writing vs. acting ability. It's just like when people confuse charisma for talent, they are not the same thing. Fumero is worse than Hunt.

Alright--I'll go meta on this.

I do not -- NOT -- understand the function of negativity in this universe. It causes pain, but it never repairs behavior.

Why oh why single out these well intentioned individuals? It will not change behavior--indeed, it could cause to defensively circle the wagons around their offended stars, because such a negative column questions the judgment of TPTB.

Why not do a list of the ten best (if a list must be done), and hope the accolade helps promote similar future good choices?

Why leave ten mostly young performers sitting there feeling bad? Why not let ten performers feel good.

Damn--I also enjoy NB's column, and I will defend it to the end--but I feel tainted when I read a "hair model" list like this. (Hypocrisy alert: It won't stop me from going back). I want to send that man everything ever written by Leo Buscaglia.

You are absolutely right. It resentful journalism. It's biased, it doesn't help the way he and anyother seem to want to indicate that it would help: the genre, the artist or the fans

Edited April 23, 200916 yr by classicmoment

Heather has no character. She exists now as someone for Victor to laugh at. Nothing more. So that's why I can't fault VB. She's not good, but when the writing for her is this pointless, and has nothing to do with motivations or meaning, what can she do?

There are many others on Y&R who have had more opportunities than her and who have failed to deliver. There are also some who have been on the show for many years and who have still not lived up to what they should be.

Vail is low-hanging fruit. You can poke at her and no one will care. Most of the list is, "Soaps' worst easy targets".

I think that JMW did a great job on US Thurs episode of B&B confronting that @$$hole Rick on using and betraying her, but TB is ok too....I think

The only reason why Nelson even mentioned Vail is because Jamey Giddens hates her. Otherwise, he would say nothing. In the week that Jamey said he saw some improvements in Sursok, Nelson immediately said it too.

I agree with whoever said that they share the same brain. They kinda copy stuff off of each other.

Two fruitloops in the same cereal box is what those two are: Nelson and Jamey.

Honestly, I really liked Heather during the short time she worked at Jabot and was flirting with Brad. Then they made her the ADA again

That's exactly how I feel and Heather, not Vail, is the one that is miscast. Heather should be a young woman that's having the time of her life instead of being the ADA.

Crystal Hunt's character is what is wrong with her; Stacy Morasco is not human and is being sacrificed for the sake of Gigi/Fath.

Poor Ron Moss. There seems to be a law saying that you can not question the acting skills of someone who has been on a soap for at least 20 years without being flamed by a million people..except for Ron Moss.

No Vanessa Marano?

Marano has improved vastly in the last few weeks.

In the week that Jamey said he saw some improvements in Sursok, Nelson immediately said it too.

So did PLENTY of other people. Even a few here at SON, where many of us are hard to please.

Also, FWIW, Jamey was praising Sursok for MONTHS before Branco was.

There seems to be a law saying that you can not question the acting skills of someone who has been on a soap for at least 20 years without being flamed by a million people.

Psst...

Peter Bergman.

Edited April 24, 200916 yr by y&r_fan

So did PLENTY of other people. Even a few here at SON, where many of us are hard to please.

Also, FWIW, Jamey was praising Sursok for MONTHS before Branco was.

Praising? Yeah, right. He only said he liked those few scenes during Brad's death (you know, they three different one-minute scenes).

I regularly listen to that podcast and he only started praising her when that Brad stuff started.

Edited April 24, 200916 yr by dmarex

yeah, I disagree with him on Vail Bloom. I think she's pretty good at bringing more to the scene vs. what's on paper. Especially, during the Adam/Heather break-up.

And picking on Vail Bloom is just mean. She's no Susan Flannery. But she delivers all her lines with conviction and rarely does she sound robotic or merely reading words off a page. That's more than can be said for many others.

Add 'mumbles' to that list and you've just described Eric Braeden's entire acting oevure...yet Nelson always ranks him as one of the best on daytime.

So I don't think much of Nelson's ability to judge.

Braeden has been one-note for years, he only perks up when he gets to read various unworthy characters the riot act, which has helped to make everyone in Victor's circle very pathetic and difficult to care about. But he's never going to be on a worst acting list, because he's an institution.

So did PLENTY of other people. Even a few here at SON, where many of us are hard to please.

Also, FWIW, Jamey was praising Sursok for MONTHS before Branco was.

She did better in those scenes where Brad's body was found but she's back to phoning... more of the same old same old!

Edited April 24, 200916 yr by Heyou

Praising? Yeah, right. He only said he liked those few scenes during Brad's death (you know, they three different one-minute scenes).

I regularly listen to that podcast and he only started praising her when that Brad stuff started.

No, I was referring to this: http://daytimeconfidential.com/2008/10/its...as-y-rs-colleen.

And I don't know where you got the idea that Colleen's scenes are shorter than any other character's.

Psst...

Peter Bergman.

*breathes*

*reminds self it is only an opinion, it-in-only-an-opinion*

I just don't know

Edited April 25, 200916 yr by classicmoment

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