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I think this is one of those situations where they should have done what soaps used to do and give the actress more time before playing that type of scene. They should have just kept Maxie away from the funeral.

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I actually like JL a lot--I've seen the Maxie scenes at Georgie's funeral with KS and she did very well, but at the same time--and I know this is kinda shallow--but for some reason, I look at JL and I just think she looks like she could actually be KW's daughter (although KS did sometimes look like a KW/JW cross to me, too), and for someone who hasn't been on for very long, I think she's getting Maxie's grief over Robin across very, very well.

Then again, what do I know? Until the OLTL people and Anna came back, my GH viewing was mostly confined to old scenes on YouTube laugh.png .

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I forgot to mention but I liked how Molly and Alexis sat next to Mac. It only RC would make them happen where Guza and Wolfe have failed. I could see Mac, following the loss of Robin, realizes that life is too short and makes a strong push to start a relationship with Alexis, not backing down or letting anything get in his way. It would be fitting as Robin was one of the people that tried to put them together.

It took me YEARS to finally accept KS as Maxie but I like her now. I also like JL. Im in different to her plays her. I might lean towards JL since she's the one thats been handling the stuff and this story the last few months. I wouldnt want to see her leave in the middle of it. Either way, I think GH isnt losing either way bc both do the role well for what it is

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In regards to the Kirsten Storms/ Jen Lilley debate:

Honestly, I think KS has the right "look" for the role, more so than JL. JL just looks very sweet/innocent, like she would be better suited to play a character like Hope Forrester (B & B ) . KS truly looks like the type of person that they've written Maxie to be. I buy her as a young, stylish fashionista. But she also has the acting capability to back up what the role truly is. Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but I find that KS does her strongest work in dramatic scenes. The work she did during the TMK storyline is some of the best I've seen on soaps in more than a decade. She also plays the bitchiness and the humor very well. JL, however, only truly does well with the comedy, IMO. I don't buy her as the conniving bitch who pushed drugs and faked a pregnancy. Kristen Storms just plays the layers brilliantly. And at the end of the day, Maxie is a very layered character. She's the ultimate selfish and bitchy character, with a heart of gold, who only realizes the error of her ways once she loses someone or something she loves. And KS plays that perfectly. JL falls flat, for me.

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I think over time GH learned to write to Kristen's talents. Many hated her in her first years in the show. I wish GH could do that with Jen Lilley, but they seem to have no clue how to write any female character, much less the actress, unless you count turning Kate into Bensonhurst Sybil so Kelli Sullivan can give us a few guffaws.

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It's funny you say that as that was the biggest thing against her when she started. It took her a LONG time to shed her young sweet teenybopper vibe as many only saw her as Belle or her Disney character. When they wrote her as a skanky bitch, she looked so out of place like some little girl trying desperately hard trying to hang with the adults
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