Members quartermainefan Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 I don't know why people think the issue with Shawn is he is black. Why don't people look at the actor and his inability to modulate his voice or vary facial expressions? Perhaps in real life people do talk more or less monotone and with little to no inflections, but this is a TV show and the actor should try and put something into a scene maybe once in his career. Mute people give you more bang for the buck than this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 I've thought the same about Kristina Wagner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrQuartermaine Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 +1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 Oh, Kristina Wagner is a whole other kettle of fish. I despised Felicia in that whole Luke era. Absolutely despised. She's okay now in a supporting role; I'm glad to have her back and the character rehabilitated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 Ok, let's talk about one of the other GH black contracted characters in a story. I'm willing to discuss whichever one you pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 Garin was as much responsible for that as he was this DID mess. Sharly were not over until FRon came aboard. In fact, Wolf and Jill had them in a sexual relationship, but the scenes were cut and re-written. Ingo's stay was extended because he was supposed to be involved in the story, but he was called in by ABCD to a meeting and told he would not be staying. This is why Jax's scenes last year were nothing but lurking and then his exit. That's not what was going to happen initially. The black wall paper on OLTL? Not interested in discussing that at all. Evangeline? Very popular and successful character that no one fought to keep. If they wanted LW elsewhere, fine, but there wasn't the smallest attempt to do anything with Shawn/Sean, which wouldn't be so bad if GH had a black presence. They don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 I am not saying there is not an issue with minority actors on GH, but in this guy's situation that is the least of the show's concerns. He can't act! He makes the girl who plays Kristina look like an acting genius. No better yet, he makes Michael Easton appear so energetic you could swear McBain is being played by Jm J Bullock on speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 Terrible terrible terrible terrible actress performer who tries to sound more sophisticated than she really is! Sean is a very good actor, and assuming he is wooden, why isn't he allowed to be since ABCD made household names out of many nonacting coatracks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 Every single hack given a shot on GH (with Ted King leading the way) is still better than this guy. There are a lot of crappy actors on soaps, but even Cameron Mathison knew he had to put inflections and stress words in sentences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrQuartermaine Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 I've yet to see Sean actually act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 I respect your opinion, but let's be clear in that Sean being, as you say, wooden is not the reason he does not have airtime as we just established all of the pieces of oak ABCD gave airtime, stories, women, etc? Can we agree on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 I think he was hired because he was black and the show knew their cast looked like the republican national convention GH committee. He got to the show but couldn't act. Consequently, he got no story as opposed to the little story he would have gotten had he been any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 I don't see Sean as a terrible actor. I often hear that about this show. People will say so and so actor that isn't getting much to work with is horrible than I see them booking alot of outside work. And the ones that are praised have a hard time booking anything beyond guess spots here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 He got on the show because he was black? If that was the case, there was really no reason to put him with the female lead and can Ingo. That simply makes no sense at all. Jill and Guza/Wolf had plans for him. Additionally, if it was discovered that he couldn't act and wouldn't be useful, as opposed to letting him go and recasting, 2 1/2 months later he's put on contract? Makes less sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chicklitsandfantasies Posted December 2, 2012 Members Share Posted December 2, 2012 You know they hired him twice, right. Obviously they must have liked his acting the first time. He played a different character years prior. Not saying they didn't put him on contract to be a token because they obviously did. But I don't think he was hired for the sole fact that he was black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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