HOLIDAY MIRACLE: Prospect Park Back On Track To Revive AMC and OLTL

[DRW50]

There's no reason to be on full-time if the writing isn't there. The writing was not there for Kendall for AMC's last 3-4 years. I don't know if anyone but McTavish even knew how to write for Kendall. I'd rather see Kendall in smaller doses, as the writing learns who she is.

I'd like to see more of Bianca but Eden has a big fanbase so I can sort of understand their decision.

[Angela]

I have to disagree with that. There was a year and a half before McTavish came back that the character was written well. The character got caught up in the couple-trap that usually wrecks havoc on characters. I feel like most of the female characters were defanged after McTavish's exit. The feel of AMC changed. I always knew when I turned on to AMC, I'd see rather strong women (no matter their nature) and that changed a lot after McTavish's exit.

[JackPeyton]

Exactly.

[Pine Charles]

I believe Richard Cullton was HW when Kendall was first brought back. I agree that she was written well back then (at least much better than later).

if I also recall correctly, Culliton was part of AMC's writing team in the '90s when Kendall was introduced, so he knew the character well.

[SFK]

If your name isn't Erica, there is no Kane presence on this show. I only tolerate those heifers because of their mother.

[Jonathan]

THIS!

[Soapsuds]

Bwhahaha

[Angela]

Y'all Erica stans are like Beyonce stans. Ego, ego, ego. :b

These are Richard's AMC credits. That doesn't give him a large window of writing for the character beforehand - 6 to 8 months tops. It's not like Kendall (1 or 2) was a difficult character to write with the mother issues - you'd have to be really awful at writing to have not written her interesting with those particular issues.

All My Children

- Head Writer (September 6, 2001 - December 10, 2002)

- Associate Head Writer (1991 - 1993)

[jams1234]

Sigh... I loved RC's writing! The dialog under him was rich and smart! Too bad we had an idiot like Kendall spewing it out at times!

[ellabelle]

Mona DID call Erica "Rica" during the early years of the show! I'm not sure at what point it was dropped. I have a couple of books that rehash AMC's early years in romance-novel style, ending at the beginning of Erica's relationship with Nick Davis, and Mona calls her Rica in all of them.

[Pine Charles]

Wow, I had no idea Mona called Erica "Rica". I wonder why they dropped that.

[Jonathan]

RICA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rica Suave!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DRW50]

I wonder if they'd initially planned to hint at some ethnicity in the character.

[Pine Charles]

LOL

[SFK]

Yeah, I thought it was cute and I even used it in real life with my Rrika, but I was never sure if I was just hearing things when Mona said it. Thanks for clarifying ellabelle!