http://soaps.sheknows.com/youngandrestless/news/id/35801/

And this word "redemption," what is it about this word? Is it tangible? Do you know when it has happened? Is it necessary in a drama? Does it make a character boring? Does everyone agree on a character being "redeemed?" Or is it a word that is so subjective and polarizing and insignificant in modern television? It is a word that has been given, quite possibly, far too much significance, when it is truly ambiguous and meaningless in a drama. I have personally grown to loathe that word in literature. I much prefer to watch actors and writers create "humanizing" moments for characters. In a drama, "humanizing" is far more impactful and powerful than "redeeming."

I could not possibly disagree more.

I can't be the only one who reflexively groaned when I saw the words in the subject header paired together consecutively. Let's see what the damage is this time.

It is very difficult playing Adam Newman. I have spent 4 1/2 years portraying a character that has been consistently berated, challenged, alienated, demonized and ostracized by most of the characters. You find yourself in such a weakened, vulnerable emotional position that you feel the slightest change in the weather could make you break down and cry or you could snap at any given moment. To play Adam Newman as long and as consistently as I have, it becomes an exercise in controlled lunacy, as far as my nerves are concerned. It is a very lonely job playing Adam Newman. Playing Adam Newman, if anyone has any kind of grasp of literature, performance, and storytelling, is both an actor's dream, and an actor's nightmare.

That makes me chuckle!!

Maybe if MM embraced "redemption" for his character, life wouldn't be so excruciating.

I just can't stand him.

He's so pretentious and yet has so little to back that up. Five years of squinting. It's like Mr. Magoo as Uta Hagen.

I haven't read the Y&R TWOP thread in ages and don't read a lot of other soap sites now beyond this one so I'd forgotten just what a following he still has, until I read the comments on that article. And you can see why in that ode to egomania - he just can't stop talking about how awesome he is.

He's so pretentious and yet has so little to back that up. Five years of squinting. It's like Mr. Magoo as Uta Hagen.

I haven't read the Y&R TWOP thread in ages and don't read a lot of other soap sites now beyond this one so I'd forgotten just what a following he still has, until I read the comments on that article. And you can see why in that ode to egomania - he just can't stop talking about how awesome he is.

Spot on as always.

I just hope with every fiber of my being that the day will come that this guy gets fired, or better yet recasted.

Bottom line!!!!

Even if I wanted to get over Adam's past actions as a psychopath who's outstayed his welcome, this moron and his "it's so difficult being as great as me" makes it impossible! I cannot stand him!

He's so pretentious and yet has so little to back that up. Five years of squinting. It's like Mr. Magoo as Uta Hagen.

I haven't read the Y&R TWOP thread in ages and don't read a lot of other soap sites now beyond this one so I'd forgotten just what a following he still has, until I read the comments on that article. And you can see why in that ode to egomania - he just can't stop talking about how awesome he is.

:)

I have one question for MM: Can Adam have another car accident and wake up as Hope's son -played by Chris Engen- after a few months in a coma?

I loved Chris Engen as Adam. Too bad he bolted for the reasons he did.

No words for Muhney....

I loved Chris Engan, and I don't know the exact reasons why he left the show but whatever they were frankly I can't blame him. He left a sinking ship.

LMAO!! I know that actors prepare for roles in various roles but could you imagine someone like Phil Carey or Larry Hagman saying something like that about playing their villainous characters?