"Columnist" Michael Musto Craps On Daytime Drama

[JaneAusten]

Writers like Sheffer, Guza, Pratt, and yes Carlivati and his turning OLTL into a soap parody have done more damage to soaps than the 'mainstram' press. None of those 4's stories or versions of their shows ever garnered one ounce of mainstream respect writers like Labine, Nixon, Marland, Lemay or Bell did even when soaps were looked down on..

[Cheap21]

Why shouldn't he? Daytime stopped taking itself seriously a long time ago

[Shawn]

Agreed. Daytime stopped taking itself seriously in the days that Marlena's eyes glowed yellow, and Reva Shayne suddenly had a clone.

[R Sinclair]

That's it?

[P.J.]

YEP. Men watch cars going around in circles for hours, build "fantasy leagues" and have an entire "sport" scripted...and have multiple magazines and channels dedicated to them, 24/7/365. But let women spend an hour a day with a serial, and somehow it's just "crap".

*eyeroll*

[DRW50]

I think that was most noticeable in the acres and acres of newsprint trying to find relevance in The Sopranos years after most of the people involved seemed to stop caring.

[VirginiaHamilton]

Pretty much. Musto isn't saying anything that hasn't been said for years.

[Scotty]

http://www.showbiz411.com/2012/02/21/general-hospital-reaches-all-time-low-in-ratings-prepares-for-wrap-up

[EricMontreal22]

Exactly. He just did a piece on why he hates Broadway theatre that, if taken seriously, would mean he wouldn't have enjoyed any Broadway show since Show Boat in 1927

[dragonflies]

Does he not know KMc WANTED Robin killed off?

[VirginiaHamilton]

Wait, there are people who will take the time to write a letter to save this show?

Color me surprised.

[gtru1981]

I totally agree with u..I think we as fans sew way harsher

[Vee]

I didn't realize Michael Musto was still alive, so given that career status I'm not going to bother getting too offended. I mean, it's Michael Musto. Who next, Flo Anthony?

[JaneAusten]

Who wrote this garbage. Kimberly wanted her dead. And how nice that its ok to kill off old over the hill vets. Do these morons have a clue that this show has been spiraling down for years.

[DRW50]

ATWT killed off one popular or somewhat popular younger female character in its last years - Jennifer. The actress wanted to leave.

GL killed off one popular younger female character in its last years - Tammy. The actress wanted to leave.

I don't understand how this was supposed to have meant the death of ATWT and GL.

If they were just using this as some example, they could have chosen a hell of a lot better one.