Members Roman Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 Negroes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 I agree with what she said about the soaps and diversity and pointing out that soaps largest audience is AAs. However everything this is discussed on any board the convo eventually goes south. It's hard enough for women to get decent material on soaps but our women minority women especially have it hard. They prop other character for the most part. Do we really need to use the word Negro like this is 1950? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 What in the world? Yes, negroes. If the shoe fits (as it did/does in this case), absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ponds Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 Wow, it's obvious how out of touch you are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 By stating things as they were and are? Not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 And all this was just proven right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 And just look how wonderfully Y&R has done in the ratings and storylines since she left. Seriously though, and this is just my opinion but Y&R and soaps are being killed by pettiness. The management needs to get over itself. This is not Masterpiece Theatre. I hope I haven't offended anyone but Y&R needs to pull out all the stops and put some flavor back into this show. It is about as spicy as milquetoast right now. And in terms of Rowell's supposed 'nuttiness', most entertainers are a bit...welll, fill in the blank anyway. Victoria Rowell did have a point in many ways though. And it's evident every time I hear someone compain about Winter's Wednesdays or see pictures of the hideous wigs that they had Harmony wear or the terrible combinations of colors they put on Neil's ex-wife's skin (can't remember her name-- had stopped watching by then). What has Y&R done to prove her wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 I don't think people are getting how some black people use the term negro. It's not nearly as offensive as it may seem to your eyes/ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 I'm black and don't use the term negro nor does anyone around me really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edgeofnik Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 VR, who I adore as an actress, is very similar to BD. Both are very strong willed, outspoken, a bit eccentric (not a bad thing) and BOTH have actively campaigned FOR YEARS to get back on the show that treated them "badly." If they spoke about the injustices, etc. that's cool. Everyone has the right to their own opinion. I just found it odd that both would want to go back to a "hostile" environment. I would LOVE to have VR back on Y&R - that would get me to return without a doubt. I may not agree with all her opinions, but that's her perspective and based on her experience and I respect her right to speak her mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 Since we are comparing VR to BD, does anybody really believe that VR is as crazy as Dickson? The more I watch the show and the more people leak against one Y&R actor or another, the more I believe VR's so-called "crazy" assertions. Y&R, like GH used to be, is very dysfunctional, and its stars have been pandered to for far too long, to the detriment of the show itself. VR is still smarting over the offense done to her; she is fixated on it (as I would probably be were I in her shoes) and she will talk about it if asked. One could accuse her of not having discretion -- if she really wants her job back as Dru, going onto Twitter to call out Steve kent and Les "Bully" Moonves is not the way to go about that. I think VR is torn between wanting to please her fans and wanting to expose the system in order to bring change. It saddens me as a Y&R fan because I just want her back, period, and I hoped beyond hope that, with the new regime, this would be a new start for Y&R and for Drucilla. But VR "crazy"? "A problem actress"? GH used to heavily manage its coked-up stars in the 80s to make sure they would show up to work and hit their cues. Are you telling me that VR is that kind of difficult and erratic? No. If anything, VR was an eager beaver, showing up to work early, demanding commitment from her co-stars, collaborating on the look and voice of her character and taking ownership of the part in a way few other actors on soaps do nowadays. IMO, it is this attitude which probably triggered a lot of petty resentment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 Based on some of Brenda's recent comments alone, I can't compare them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 If anything, they continue to prove her right time and time again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CSF Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 I always wanted to see VR playing opposite Debbi Morgan on AMC. ah what could have been! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted October 25, 2012 Members Share Posted October 25, 2012 Nor do I believe VirginiaHamilton does. Maybe it's a generational thing, but the "Negro, please!" tone in which she used the word here has been misinterpreted as the way in which she refers to African Americans. e.g.: Please register in order to view this content http://youtu.be/R9Bh0QXVg4I?t=10s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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