Members Sylph Posted June 13, 2009 Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 http://www.variety.com/article/VR111800482...yid=14&cs=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted June 13, 2009 Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 That's great, but what happens next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted June 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 I'm hoping — and I was just to write sheilacurve again — sheilaforever has some photos for us. I don't know who was there from the cast & crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted June 13, 2009 Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 That wasn't directed towards your post BTW. That was directed towards the "B&B Winner of Monte Carlo Award." I mean, it's great that the show gets all these international awards and stuff, but really., what happens next? Are you gonna continue to churn out the same crap every day, four days a week, 36 weeks a year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted June 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 Oh. Well, yeah. Turns out, it sells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted June 13, 2009 Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted June 13, 2009 Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 Afraid so. For some reasons, good or bad, the show just SELLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted June 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 People will just buy anything... Seriously, just look at the current state of daytime. I think these shows are so awful no one should watch them. Turns out: 2 or 3 or 4 million people watch. Steadily. No huge audience drops or fluctuations. And in countries where B&B is so popular the audience will really buy whatever they shove in their face. Important that it's B&B. Story? Who cares. It's rich people in LA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sapounopera Posted June 13, 2009 Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 Marimar + Dynasty = B&B That's why this show sells and that's the reason this show is not allowed to grow up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted June 13, 2009 Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 OMG, wow, I've never thought about it that way! And if you consider the successes MARIMAR and DYNASTY were in Europe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted June 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 Marimar? A telenovela, I presume? Never seen it. What specific elements is B&B pulling out of that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted June 13, 2009 Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 MARIMAR was the second novela in the "Maria" trilogy that Thalia did... before MARIA LA DEL BARRIO and after MARIA MERCEDES. I can't believe you've never heard of it before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted June 13, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 Ohhhhh... Now that you mention those two, of course I've heard of the trilogy! But never seen it. But I found a synopsis, take a look at it: The only good thing about it is "She brings them down to the ruins" . The rest? It needs to be severely re-written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted June 13, 2009 Members Share Posted June 13, 2009 Yes, it was a very typical "poor, ignorant" girl thing, with all the cliches and crap thrown in. But the revenge phase was admittedly very fun. She turned into a cold-hearted bitch. But she even had a dog, and we heard the dog's thoughts! Tres crapee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted June 14, 2009 Members Share Posted June 14, 2009 I don't know what "grow up" means in this context. I think the numbers speak for themself on this one, and it is American audiences that are out of step, not every other country. B&B has an audience of 26 milllion people and only 10% of that comes from its home country. I don't know which the mature soap is, Y&R, GL, OLTL...but which ever one people choose, B&B seems to appeal to more people, so why should they grow up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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