Labine has been out of the genre for a very long time. Khan every head writer has had there share of hits and misses. I think jean gets a lot of flack when she is far from the worst head writer out there. We could have dena higley. Jean has worked with Ron for two years at Gh helping great excitement umbrella stories. Y and r needs a huge umbrella exciting storyline with classic romance.

GH has not had one great umbrella story under Ron yet. That water crisis was terrible and the only thing people raved about was that lame 1% meeting and the outdoor action scenes.

GH has not had one great umbrella story under Ron yet. That water crisis was terrible and the only thing people raved about was that lame 1% meeting and the outdoor action scenes.

I don't remember the last great umbrella storyline at GH, what was it again??

Edited September 25, 201312 yr by cassadine1991

I wouldn't want Claire Labine at Y&R either. I'm not a fan of preachy PSA stories and there's already enough whining currently.

I know she did a lot of social issues on GH, which I think transformed that show in a positive way, but she never did that on Ryan's Hope and I didn't recall that on GL or her OLTL stint. When I think of Claire Labine's style I don't think preachy or PSA. I think smart dialogue, realistic characters, heavy focus on romance and family and well plotted stories.

As for Jean Passanante, she is NOT the HW of GH. She is a part of the writing team. That doesn't mean she had anything to do with any of the stories or pacing of stories at GH or OLTL before it. Still, I'm not sure that style is the right style for Y&R anyway. But if you look at her stints as a HW they were very unsuccessful. I enjoyed her ATWT as popcorn TV, but it wasn't very good. Since the subject of Ron has come up, I can just imagine how the press would jump all over his Y&R, but I think that would be the absolute worst soap for him. It would be like MAB on acid. He'd be bending over backwards to make everybody related, then you'd have a bloated cast and the style in which is writes couldn't be less Y&R if tried.

With all this said, I actually have been enjoying the show the past month. It's been much more watchable. Still not great, or very Y&R (Kay's will was a joke!), but it's finally watchable. The blackmailer story is great, thanks mostly to those actors. I'd love to see them have Hilary become the new Jill. Maybe once she's exposed Jill will take her in (ala Kay to Jill), mentor her and then once Jill is hot and heavy into a romance, Hilary steals him away! I would totally write that if I were in charge.

I don't want Hilary to be the new Jill. I want her to be her own distinct character. I don't understand the constant wanting a character to become the new Jill or the new Katherine. No one will ever be the new Jill and Katherine nor do I care to see some lame attempt at recreating that dynamic.

Ebony.com did a write up featuring Redaric Williams, Lamon Archey, and LSV(BB)

http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/meet-the-new-black-soap-star-hunks-555#axzz2fscIF8fd

RW talks about how he came up with his stage name. And I saw picture's of LA's youngest son but I didn't know he has 3 kids.

Edited September 25, 201312 yr by chicklitsandfantasies

JT speaks like a peepaw who just missed out on the mass dentalcare/brush-and-floss era and currently only has three rotting stumps of tooth left in his skull.

I don't want Hilary to be the new Jill. I want her to be her own distinct character. I don't understand the constant wanting a character to become the new Jill or the new Katherine. No one will ever be the new Jill and Katherine nor do I care to see some lame attempt at recreating that dynamic.

Ebony.com did a write up featuring Redaric Williams, Lamon Archey, and LSV(BB)

http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/meet-the-new-black-soap-star-hunks-555#axzz2fscIF8fd

RW talks about how he came up with his stage name. And I saw picture's of LA's youngest son but I didn't know he has 3 kids.

Wait...you mean to tell me that Redaric is not his birth given name? O_O

Wait...you mean to tell me that Redaric is not his birth given name? O_O

I thought it was his birth name too! It just fits him much better than James/Jimmy

JT speaks like a peepaw who just missed out on the mass dentalcare/brush-and-floss era and currently only has three rotting stumps of tooth left in his skull.

Lol I assume you meant to post this in the DAYS thread.

Something is so gonna happen to Delia.

Something is so gonna happen to Delia.

Again??!

If she ends up in the hospital one more time...

Something is so gonna happen to Delia.

Some are saying JFP is going to kill her off a la Jake from GH

Miller's third emmy win?

It'll probably be like last time something was wrong with Delia where no one cared

Key Bell actors under Bill Bell dealt with psychologically ambiguous impulses. Underlying, simmering emotions. Nothing ever exploded until the last possible second. As a result, actors like Lauren Koslow and Don Diamont tend to deliver their lines slowly, savouring the words, pulling out every beat of dialogue. As disliked as Christel Khalil is (and as dull as she is), she is another "slower" speaker who clearly learned the Bell style.

CBS/Bell actors are Old Hollywood (Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy)

ABC/Nixon actors are New Hollywood (Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway)

NBC actors are Current Hollywood (Harrison Ford, Jessica Lange)

CBS/Bell actors are Old Hollywood (Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy)

ABC/Nixon actors are New Hollywood (Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway)

NBC actors are Current Hollywood (Harrison Ford, Jessica Lange)

None of those descriptions fir anyone on soaps currently.