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Y&R: Week of June 15-19, 2009


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We'll never know until it happens, it's a risk I'm willing to take at this moment.

I'm sure they know they're neglecting certain characters, they just choose not to write for them. It's pathetic and sad. They keep re-using the same characters in the same recycled stories over and over again, it's a nasty cycle that they can't seem to break.

They also need someone to come in and clean house in certain aspects. Write a good number of characters out and use and develop the most essential of characters. A major re-focusing needs to be done on this show.

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Now, i 100% agree the role needs to be recast because its miscasted but.... i dont blame the actress. she goes out and films a lot because the show allows it because they have no reason not too. thats the issue. if she had a storyline she wouldnt be off all the damn time. further proof the show has zero investment in many characters.

i feel it needs a better strong ep, and that MAB shouldnt be EP at all. this show needs someone to come in and clean house...

too bad JFP is at GH, huh? LOL...

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I hold you responsible for 2 things:

1. By constantly complaining about Y&RWorldTurner's "hate" of The Young and the Restless you perpetuate this discussion... It has no end. OK, the same way some get that A doesn't like Y&R, we get it that you don't agree. If you do not like me and A and whoever doesn't like this show right now, just ignore it and keep posting about stuff you like. Simple. :)

2. I was offended, and yes, I realise people will :lol: at this, that someone who added me as a friend and said he liked my posts, no matter the (dis)agreement, turned his back on me in a blink of an eye. Which was something that happened several threads ago and we won't talk about it now. People are bloody rigid bored with these constant one Y&R group against the other wars.

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It's called a discussion board and I posted my opinion in contrast to Alvin's. Is that forbidden? More importantly, everyone does it and I get blasted for it? I never said I don't like you (why would I?) and I never said Y&R is good, just better than most.

When did I turn my back? When I commented on Alvin's hate and you suddenly thought I was ganging up with RuxtonHills about those fake PMs and that comment he made about the crush? Haven't I explained this to you enough? I don't know any of you personally so I have no idea what is going on, but don't involve me in your fights.

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I also think it's proof that maybe it's the material and not the actress. After all, if she were that bad, why would all those other producers want to hire her? It's not like there's a shortage of actresses in her age group out in Hollywood.

Has anyone seen her in any of these other projects and can comment?

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i use it ALL the time!

I agree.

I dont think she is a bad actress, however i dont think she is casted well as colleen either. a recast is a must. she just doesnt click as colleen.

she was ok in what i seen her in, but i have low standers. so... lol.

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What material? They've hardly ever given her anything meaty to do since she debuted on this show. She's hardly delivered with that they've given her, and her performance on this show is polarizing to say the least.

It's not like she leaves to do big budget motion pictures. It seems like fairly low end films and films geared towards children, like her recent Nickelodeon musical, Spectacular.

She was OK on the Aussie soap Home And Away, but she had to use her natural accent on that show. I think part of the reason she's an utter fail as Colleen is because she can't hide her accent properly and thinks too much about it when she acts, thus it hinders her confidence as an actress on the show. Not to mention, by looks alone, she's incredibly miscast for the role of Colleen.

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There is no sense. I'm torn, though. While I feel Colleen should be front and center, this show is bursting at the seams. So, if it requires a write-out of JT/Victoria/Colleen, what the hell. ANYTHING to stop all this peripheral neglect.

They did clearly set up that maybe JT wasn't the daddy. I'm not angling for another paternity switch AT ALL. But I just want something to break all this ennui.

I'm not even sure "refocusing" is needed. Whether people like it or not, the show is fairly focused on a small number of characters/families/stories.

There are others who haven't been used in so long. If they're not interesting to the regime, then do a Bob Guza (albeit not so violently) and send them away. They can always be brought back if story and availability allows.

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But sadly, this writing regime doesn't appear interested in doing that.

But this isn't good writing at all. A good soap writer knows how to write for a vast canvas and knows when to appropriately rest certain characters after they've been given too much to do.

They could do that, but they haven't. I'm not even sure if they want to, and if not for budget reasons, they probably wouldn't.

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I think they keep the current Colleen and Victoria because it's a reason why they won't have to give them stories. They seem to struggle with writing stories for young women which aren't about sleeping around (the only other story seems to be solving mysteries), and having two more young women follow down the same path would be too much.

They seem to struggle with any women in the younger age range. The only one I have any handle on at the moment is Chloe, and I think that's the actress, not the writing, as she is carrying the depressing triangle with Billy and Mac by the skin of her teeth.

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