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Y&R: Week of May 18, 2009


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Do soaps have any really great under-30 heroines? Where are the Genie Francises and Missy Reeveses and Cady McClains of today? None of the under-30s on Y&R, B&B or GL do it for me. ATWT did have Maddie but they stupidly fired Alexandra Chando. Liberty might grow into a great heroine. AMC had Eden Riegl and we know how they treated her. I guess GH (Liz, Robin) and OLTL (Langston, Starr) are probably the best off. I just don't understand why Y&R, with its budget, is so lacking in this area. Who is the next Sharon Case?

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....... Lily is supposed to be Y&R's young heroine. She is African American, the daughter of an iconic character and she just married a member (?) of the prominent Chancellor family, who might be lying about his identity. I have to say, it looks good in paper.

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It's true. I mean, maybe that just better reflects the reality of our lives too. No one is a true "hero" or "villain" in life, either.

That is a terrific idea. I think that syncs a little with Ann_SS comment, about the witty heroine.

Good point.

But Sharon Case, from the beginning, has not been a classic soap "heroine" (by which I mean: always good and noble choices, never intentionally harms anyone, pure victim). I don't think that version of "heroine" exists anymore. And if she did, I think most of us wouldn't like her...because she has no basis in reality.

Putting aside the CK-Lily issue, I think that character (as presently written) would earn a lot of hatred regardless..because she is not written to have any flaws, or any self-awareness of them.

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It's definitely going to take me time to accept nu-Adam. He and Engen couldn't look any different if they tried...He looks a bit older too...I guess we'll see if he can sell the material..Just a really awkward time for a recast..

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It's just going to be hard adapting to him being Adam.

He is soooo Lamb to me. ;)

This just goes to prove nobody is irreplaceable, at least with the actors that are in the role for a shorter amount of time.

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With me, since Engen hasn't been there for that long, I can look past it. I never really cared for Engen and since he's only been there a little over a year, I have no emotional attachment to him.

Yeah, and really, they had no choice anyway. Engen quit in the middle of a frontburner storyline, they couldn't possibly re-write everything at this point.

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Muhney doesn't resemble EB much but he looks a lot like Josh Morrow. They should make great brothers. I hope that with the recast, the writers will be savvy enough to tweak the character of Adam to suit the new actor. MM is quite a talent but I don't think he's as inherently sympathetic on-screen as Engen, so TPTB should take the opportunity of the

story to actually redeem Adam somewhat. I am sure Muhney will be delightfully villainous but more in the love to hate school (judging by his Lamb) than in the can't help but love him anyway (which was a special talent of Engen's). If Adam is redeemed by

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I have really liked Engen's Adam, but I'm going to be over it in a flash. Basically the second nu-Adam walks out. Even if you ignore all the hype, it seems clear that Engen and the show were not happy with each other -- for whatever reason. So, if this is a healthy parting of the ways, then I'm actually going to assume that a "better energy" will lead to a better on-screen product.

I never watched that show, and I will have to watch those clips.

But was Lamb a good guy? Several folks have said he was snarky? Can you imagine some of his Lamb-like characteristics working for Adam? Or are the characters, in your mind, too different?

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Oh, interesting. That's the opposite of what I was thinking, but you're so insightful and reasoned, I find this very persuasive.

What if they went further in the other direction, and made Adam less redeemable. In other words, made him a more clearly defined bad guy (for now)? His redemption arc could follow in the future, much as Michael Baldwin's years ago.

I have a hard time (suspending belief, though) imagining Adam is remotely gay. As it has evolved, I think he's just USING Rafe's vulnerability. I think Rafe will get his heart broken, and then, maybe, he'll find a more genuine relationship with a truly gay/bi character. That's how I am imagining it now.

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