Myrtle lays down the law when she catches Kendall smoking!

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Her hair was horrible when she first joined. I hated the short look

I've never been a huge Alicia Minshew fan. I suppose she's competent most of the time, but in scenes that call for some depth, she usually falls short. Also, I like actresses who are interesting to look at, who look like they have some intelligence and some fire & passion, and maybe this sounds harsh, but I've never gotten any of that from Alicia. It doesn't help that the writing usually let her down. I mean, who is Kendall and what does she want? What's her motivation? What's her journey? Why was she with Zack? None of that was ever clearly defined. Once they got past the bumpiness of the Erica-Kendall relationship, Kendall just seemed to exist without any real purpose. They should've played into her insecurity and neediness, but that seemed all but forgotten, Sorry, this is the writer in me coming out. "Kendall" for me has pretty much been a combination of shallow acting and poor writing.

HELLO! +1.

The writer in me comes out when I think about Kendall, too! Couldn't agree more!

SMG's Kendall was all of that. Great writing, definitive writing, and killer acting.

And to AM's credit, it would have been hard for ANYONE to play Kendall quite to the level SMG did. Meryl Streep could have come in, and I still think I would have yearned for SMG. She just was..Kendall!

Yeah, the longer hair was definitely her best look as Kendall.

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I've never been a huge Alicia Minshew fan. I suppose she's competent most of the time, but in scenes that call for some depth, she usually falls short. Also, I like actresses who are interesting to look at, who look like they have some intelligence and some fire & passion, and maybe this sounds harsh, but I've never gotten any of that from Alicia. It doesn't help that the writing usually let her down. I mean, who is Kendall and what does she want? What's her motivation? What's her journey? Why was she with Zack? None of that was ever clearly defined. Once they got past the bumpiness of the Erica-Kendall relationship, Kendall just seemed to exist without any real purpose. They should've played into her insecurity and neediness, but that seemed all but forgotten, Sorry, this is the writer in me coming out. "Kendall" for me has pretty much been a combination of shallow acting and poor writing.

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LMAO, the gall of Kendall to talk to Myrt her LANDLORD like that.

Angie, pause the clip at 4:05!

SMG as Kendall was better if only for the simple fact that the character was written ALOT better when she was in the role. Everything SMG did as Kendall is better than any of the crap they hurled the character's way when AM took over. I dont think SMG had a single terrible story whereas the vast majority of AM's run has been plagued with them. For me thats why I can take alot more enjoyment out of SMG bc going back to old clips I know that I am guaranteed to see gold, but with Kendall post 2002? Its a crapshoot, no pun intended on the crap

Angie, pause the clip at 4:05!

It's funny, Kendall and Erika did make some peace when SMG left in the role.

Then they brought Kendall back to destroy Erika again with Minchew.

I've never been a huge Alicia Minshew fan. I suppose she's competent most of the time, but in scenes that call for some depth, she usually falls short. Also, I like actresses who are interesting to look at, who look like they have some intelligence and some fire & passion, and maybe this sounds harsh, but I've never gotten any of that from Alicia. It doesn't help that the writing usually let her down. I mean, who is Kendall and what does she want? What's her motivation? What's her journey? Why was she with Zack? None of that was ever clearly defined. Once they got past the bumpiness of the Erica-Kendall relationship, Kendall just seemed to exist without any real purpose. They should've played into her insecurity and neediness, but that seemed all but forgotten, Sorry, this is the writer in me coming out. "Kendall" for me has pretty much been a combination of shallow acting and poor writing.

How does she fall short? She brings it 100% of the time, At least she tries, which is more than I can say about most of the actors on the show who either look bored/phone it in. or never change expression

If you didn't see any of then, then there's nothing I can say otherwise.

If they'd played into her neediness and insecurity, you'd probably be bashing her for that too, she's a character who can't win, damned if she does, damned if she doesn't.

I always thought Carly's original story on GH was very much a rip-off of Kendall's on AMC...

I wonder why the soap press never reported on the similarities at the time.

Yeah it basically was, there was never comment on it from the soap press?

SMG is hands down SO MUCH BETTER as Kendall then Minshew.

That doesn't mean Minshew is a bad actress, she's not. Alicia just never fit the Kendall persona to me.

It's funny, Kendall and Erika did make some peace when SMG left in the role.

Then they brought Kendall back to destroy Erika again with Minchew.

yeah that made NO sense. They made peace back in 1995. There was no reason for Kendall to be brought back 7 years later and the two hating and fighting. The show didnt really give a valid reason for this. Instead it was as if their final scenes never aired and whatever writer was in charge at the time ignored it and rebooted the characters back to 1994

I have a feeling La Lucci was worried about SMG being the next Lucci...that is why all the big cat fighting...

I think SMG played Kendall multi-layered but clearly most of the audience saw her as RB/Greenlee like with SMG, somebody the audience hated or loved to hate. They rooted for her to be taken down. SMG won an Emmy but Jordi Vilasuso also won an Emmy. I think she was good, so much better than Jordi, but she was a baby back then and IMO not on her Buffy level, not even close.

Everything SMG did as Kendall is better than any of the crap they hurled the character's way when AM took over. I dont think SMG had a single terrible story whereas the vast majority of AM's run has been plagued with them.

I feel like we tend to glorify things when we look back. SMG was on the show for 2 years. The second year, IMO was full of bad story. That stupid leopard statue thing. See, I blocked it out, lol. I squirmed watching Kendall most of that second year when they detached her from SL/Erica. I think it's been the same with AM, 50/50 in terms of story.

Yup..I agree..and they shouldnt have patched things up until the ending of AMC.

Erica and Kendall's back and forth was great and sure could have been great for years more BUT I think the time came for them to finally get together. Even Viki and Dorian have found peace. I really enjoy E/K's dynamic both ways. They took away Kendall's smart-ass bitch around 2006-2007 and put her too much into the whiny heroine department. I feel, AMC took a lot of the bitchiness out of AMC around that time. AMC had always had so many sassy, bitchy women.

yeah that made NO sense. They made peace back in 1995. There was no reason for Kendall to be brought back 7 years later and the two hating and fighting. The show didnt really give a valid reason for this. Instead it was as if their final scenes never aired and whatever writer was in charge at the time ignored it and rebooted the characters back to 1994

+1

SMG is hands down SO MUCH BETTER as Kendall then Minshew.

That doesn't mean Minshew is a bad actress, she's not. Alicia just never fit the Kendall persona to me.

I guess its a UO, I never thought SMG was all that great. The last year on the show she just seemed like she wanted to be anywhere but on AMC. I found her Kendall utterly boring

What "Kendall persona"? If you mean a character who bordered on being one note, then yeah I agree