The Bold and the Beautiful wins in Monte Carlo again

[Sylph]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111800482...yid=14&cs=1

[bellcurve]

That's great, but what happens next?

[Sylph]

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.

[bellcurve]

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?

[Sylph]

Oh. Well, yeah. Turns out, it sells.

[bellcurve]

[YRBB]

Afraid so. For some reasons, good or bad, the show just SELLS.

[Sylph]

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.

[Sapounopera]

Marimar + Dynasty = B&B

That's why this show sells and that's the reason this show is not allowed to grow up

[YRBB]

OMG, wow, I've never thought about it that way!

And if you consider the successes MARIMAR and DYNASTY were in Europe...

[Sylph]

Marimar? A telenovela, I presume? Never seen it.

What specific elements is B&B pulling out of that one?

[YRBB]

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!

[Sylph]

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.

[YRBB]

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.

[quartermainefan]

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?