Members Soapsuds Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 Haha…he asked me last night why do we still watch GH?….LOL…..I told him I don't know…lol Believe me he is not happy at all with GH. He watches it out of pure habit. He tends to like Y&R so far…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yeah, I fully intend to start watching. I think it's pretty obvious that the pearl clutching crowd isn't enough to keep a show on the air so screw 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AllMyDaysatGH Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 B&B has been inching close & closer towards surpassing Y&R in the ratings, I hope this is the story that finally does it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 who is that in your avatar? She has an interesting look. Love her makeup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 That would be great but I would also love it if it left GH in the dust ratings wise too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 It's Canadian YouTube QUEEN, Superwoman a.k.a Lily. AMD will surely elaborate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juliajms Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 So true. In fact, I'd say they are the ones killing the soaps or at least TPTB past willingness to cater to these people. I may be wrong, but I don't remember people leaving AMC in droves when Zarf/Zoe came along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 There was a pretty big backlash cause of how they wrote that whole storyline. Eden tried to sell it, but no one was buying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juliajms Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 I remember that. But that wasn't people leaving because they didn't want to see a transgender story line right? It was more that some people didn't think Bianca should be with someone who used to be a guy. B&B has always been uneven, so I won't be surprised if this goes wrong and people get pissed, but that's not the same to me as people tuning out because their minds are closed to the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yes, all of this, exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 That sentiment is certainly used that way by a number of people in the industry and I think that's wrong. But as for the actor and talent issue in and of itself, it's still how I feel and I think it's a cornerstone of the profession. For example, I thought Tom Hanks playing gay in Philadelphia was incredibly important for the times we lived in and for me as a little gay kid growing up. Work like that had a real effect. I didn't come for him because he doesn't suck dick in real life, and I'm not going to do that here with this. We don't live in a perfect world but we do live in a changing one, and to me, IMO, the way to keep changing it is to keep telling these stories with different people, with different characters, and yes, sometimes, with bankable, marketable stars who can deliver that message to a mass audience and therefore broaden the larger scope for all sorts of actors and talents and stories. I don't think we'd be sitting here talking about a lot of these recent film and TV projects (or soap storylines) happening if not for some of the other performances and films that went mainstream. It's not a perfect solution or a perfect process, but it is an arc of change and it has its own validity. It's just my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 Great post, Vee, and I agree 1000% Khan, don't pay any mind to Trollkins. It's not worth responding to a brick wall!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AllMyDaysatGH Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yes, as Bright Eyes so perfectly said, that's Queen! MY Queen Lilly Singh! Her vlog channel is where It's really at; Check her out sometime ;'-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 You be having the most interesting looking people as your avatar. I still remember that white news anchor thug...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted March 20, 2015 Members Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yeah, I'm one of the people who gave up in AMC during that story and that was back when I basically came and went with Eden/Bianca. Usually just having Bianca on screen was enough for me but that whole story just felt wrong. I don't know what their intentions were but it felt like an inauthentic stunt designed to satisfy people who wanted to see Bianca with a man. Zoe/Zarf was one of the only times I ever walked away from AMC when Bianca was on screen. I'll be honest, I always shy away from discussing trans stories because I'm unsure of the terminology and as someone who's never had to question my gender identity or sexual orientation, the whole phenomenon/syndrome/condition/situation (see what I mean about terminology?) leaves me feeling unsure of how to approach a conversation. But when I see a black actress, cis or not, on a show that for most of its run was one of the whitest, straightest, most vanilla shows in existence, given a chance to tell this kind of story I can't help but be thrilled for how far the genre has come in the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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