GH: Discussion for the Month of March

[alexisfan07]

To those complaining about the quality of the funeral - I see your points but let's be serious, Robin ain't dead. So does it matter? Not really.

[Cheap21]

I rememebr Tea fighting with Todd after but the actual service is a blur to me

[~bl~]

The characters in Port Charles think Robin is dead, and for that reason it should be a good funeral. They are mourning someone they love, and that shouldn't have been for naught. That said I've seen funerals that were so much worse on Guiding Light that I felt embarrassed for the actors and offended at the same time. This is a GH thread, so I won't say anything else. Perhaps a best/worst funeral thread could be a discussion topic.

[DRW50]

If a soap is supposed to get drama out of big moments, then I think it matters. They clearly meant to have some type of drama out of Maxie making yet another relative's death all about herself.

[Eric83]

I don't about how she acted with others deaths but she basically is the reason this happened. I don't necessarily see how she's making it about herself when she knows she is the cause of Robin's death.

[Mr. Vixen]

I'm sorry but all of this would be so much more meaningful to me if Kirsten Storms was playing Maxie. Not only did she interact far more with Robin/KmC, but IMO she is far better at the dramatic scenes. The work she did at Georgie's funeral is far superior to what JL has been doing thus far.

[DRW50]

She ruined her sister's funeral by screaming and yelling about her pain and how terrible life was for her. And now she's done it again. She even wore a red dress to make sure she was the star of the show.

I thought it was just bizarre and cheap.

She did a better job than Jen Lilley, but I didn't like it then either. Not only because of the Felicia rewrites, but also because it was just tackiness and felt like Guza spitting on Georgie's grave, as she was yet another character he disliked.

[Mr. Vixen]

I'm not saying I like the writing, but KS really, truly DELIVERED in those scenes. It was true, classic soap and I thought KS played it perfectly. Those scenes still make me sad though, because of what Guza did to Felicia.

[DRW50]

Here is the first time GH did this, with Alexis in a red dress. She was very angry with Sonny...so angry she's now his lawyer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcRLHGV1C_Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGsbWIvAX8&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlkL99rLOFM&feature=channel

[alexisfan07]

No, I certainly agree that RC dropped the ball yet again. I'm just saying it so people don't let it bundle their britches too much. You KNOW Robin ain't dead with RC at the helm.

[Mr. Vixen]

I remember those scenes vividly. I loved them at the time. When she drops the urn and screams "LOOK WHAT YOU DID!" I just lose it!

[DRW50]

Here is Maxie's meltdown over the evils of her mother and, oh yeah, that sister who was in the coffin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fHyesl78lM&feature=related

Wow, Scott Clifton looks about 500000 times better now.

[Mr. Vixen]

It still devastates me what the writing did to Felicia - but can you honestly say KS didn't own those scenes? I get goosebumps..

[DRW50]

That's true. It bothers me mostly because I think again RC fails at the basics of soap. I'm sure he would have written a fun funeral where people danced on the coffin, but the heartbreaking moments weren't there.

I thought she did a good job.

Ugh Spinelli.

I never noticed that Jane Elliot plays that Maxie eulogy with anguish, instead of being gleeful or making sarcastic comments. That type of choice is why I love her as an actress.

[Mr. Vixen]

You're right Carl - Jane Elliot always makes the right acting choices! She is phenomenal.