Mike Minor (Brandon Kingsley) has died.

http://www.examiner.com/article/tv-actor-mike-minor-has-died

Edited January 30, 20169 yr by applcin

This has been online for a few years but I hadn't seen it until reading an article on Grease tonight. A commercial for the original Broadway production, with Candice Earley as Patty Simcox.

 

What did people think of the character of Becca (played by Abigail Spencer)? btwn 1999-01

What did people think of the character of Becca (played by Abigail Spencer)? btwn 1999-01

 

I thought she was dull as hell, not helped by a retread story that Agnes Nixon had dusted off for the third or fourth time - the innocent, poor but proud girl against the rich bitch, and Pine Valley's social elite. By this time Pine Valley HAD no social elite, so they had to bring in the wacky neighbor from One Day at a Time, plus Vanessa (who was too unhinged to fill that role believably). Add in that Spencer had no chemistry with wooden Forbes March, and it just didn't work. I am fairly sure I remember Nixon or someone else even telling the soap press that they were just redoing Jenny/Greg/Liza, which epitomized why that time on the show made me quit watching for a while, even after I'd put up with the worst of McTavish. With the show such a mess and so full of loathsome characters (Tad, Mateo, et al.), trying to recreate 1982 wasn't going to work.

 

The idea at the time was that Rebecca Budig stole the show, but she wasn't any good either - butch, too old for the role, and like Spencer, having no apparent chemistry with March. She was a little better with Cameron Mathison and with Josh Duhamel, which sent March packing. Spencer and Duhamel also had some chemistry, but the show gave up on Becca - she was a bit player for quite a while before she left. She didn't even have an exit, as quite a few characters at that point did not (always a sign of a show in real crisis). 

 

I still remember how she wore that kerchief on her head for months to remind us she was poor-but-proud. Looked like something from USSR propaganda. And the first scene of Scott seeing her on a picnic blanket in the woods and looking enthralled...or constipated. 

 

And she kept saying in interviews that Kathie Lee Gifford got her the job, which was certainly gracious of her, but not the best timing, as at that point people were damn tired of Kathie Lee.

 

She certainly hasn't hurt for work since leaving AMC, of course. 

Edited February 2, 20169 yr by DRW50

She was butch?

Edited February 2, 20169 yr by RomeAt50

Thanks for the insight on Becca!!

She was butch?

Budig? 

 

Hell yeah.

Becca was very dull and bland. I hated how homophobic she was towards Bianca. Greens was a bad Erica clone never understood her appeal. 

 Greens was a bad Erica clone never understood her appeal. 

At least Erica grew up modestly and made a name for herself by WERKin' it and hustling.

Greenlee was a snooty trust-fund baby.

 

 

What did people think of the character of Becca (played by Abigail Spencer)? btwn 1999-01

 

 

 

I still remember how she wore that kerchief on her head for months to remind us she was poor-but-proud. Looked like something from USSR propaganda. And the first scene of Scott seeing her on a picnic blanket in the woods and looking enthralled...or constipated. 

 

 

LMAO!

But wasn't that a trend back then?   I remember those kerchiefs being popular w/ teen girls about 1998-2000.

Edited February 3, 20169 yr by Pine Charles

 

But wasn't that a trend back then?   I remember those kerchiefs being popular w/ teen girls about 1998-2000.

I think they were, yes, along with overalls and whatever else. It just felt very contrived with her. Kim Delaney, pretty as she was, I could believe as poor but proud. Spencer looked straight out of a commercial.

What did people think of the character of Becca (played by Abigail Spencer)? btwn 1999-01

I liked Becca. Thought she had potential. The Libidizone party could have taken her in a different direction but all she did was eat and flirt with Palmer of all people.

I had a rough go of it buying Greenlee at first.  RB as Michelle on GL was still fresh on my mind.  I think RB has the most beautiful big brown eyes, but I can't say that I ever cared for or about Greenlee.  Or Kendall for that matter post-SMG.  TBH, I don't think I cared about any character created after 1995.

I was reading this new interview with actor Richard Masur, and toward the end there's a section where he discusses guest appearances he made on AMC in 2007 and 2009. He talks briefly about his experience, including working with Susan L.

 

http://www.avclub.com/article/richard-masur-transparent-norman-lear-and-survivin-231228

Thanks. Very classy responses.