1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

The saddest thing about Y&R these past several years is that it doesn't matter if it's a man (Pratt, Sheffer) or woman (MAB, Passanante, SS) the writing stays paternalistic and patronizing AF!

 

If Victor decided to get a 'plant' to babysit Abby when she first joined the company, it might make sense but after leaving her in charge as acting CEO, now Victor decides to hire a work babysitter for Abby?

 

All during today's episode, Scott appeared smug and snarky. So, the last two times they sat down together they talked as equals, Scott was respectful, Abby was left with a positive impression of him but now, out of nowhere, he's smirking about naked pictures of her on the Internet?  He already knew about her Naked Heiress days but all of a sudden, he's chiding her to keep her clothes on?? Wildly inconsistent characterizations here.

I get that they are trying to create a 'push-pull' dynamic between Abby & Scott but why didn't they start this from the first time they met? It seems schizophrenic now. It's just seems so forced!

 

They could still have done this without putting no corporate-experience-having Scott lord over Abby from a position of supposed superiority.

 

Scott really should've been working as a Copywriter, at Fenmore's where his Mother's struggling company could've used updated ad copy written from a fresh perspective. His 'run-ins' with Abby could've easily have occurred at the GCAC or Crimson Lights, similar to the way they positioned his 'run-ins' with Sharon (which seemed a lot less forced).

 

It's ironic that originally, I had hoped that Scott would eventually be paired with either Abby or Mariah but the writing is killing both prospects for me!

 

Speaking of Mariah, was it just me, or did anyone think there a point during her confrontation with Hilary where it looked as if both actress were suppressing the urge to burst out laughing?  The material is beneath both actresses' capabilities. I just can't take these scenes seriously.

Meanwhile Devon and Neil for once have a storyline with some heft. We get to see Devon grow and expand beyond who he's attached to romantically, yet romantic entanglements are all we see Hilary and Mariah being about-- so much so that they can't keep it off-air!

 

I continue to despise this whole GC Buzz idea-not only because I find it corny but now, it's just another means to infantilize yet more female characters, and infantilizing their female characters is one of the few things Y&R has become skilled at and consisten with-through several writing regimes over the past 9 years of stories.

 

 

Love this post

50 minutes ago, ajsp35801 said:

 

Read! I want to cut and paste this in an email to Soap Opera Digest for the entire soap community to read. 

 

I'm giving you permission to ammend, edit, cut and paste and send to whoever, if you think it will do any good. 

 

15 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

 

 

Love this post

 

Thank you. It just came flooding out like a stream of consciousness, lol.

Well since I still haven't figured out how to put spoilers on here since the reboot of SON from the last time....

 

Spoiler......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hilary and Mariah have an all out cat fight a la Dynasty this week!

That spoiler sounds absolutely ridiculous.

1 minute ago, Khan said:

That spoiler sounds absolutely ridiculous.

I saw the video promo from this week. It was on DC website.

@Khan  Preview....

 

 

Edited May 9, 20178 yr by Soapsuds

@DramatistDreamer I caught part of Hilary/Mariah and I noticed the same thing. MM/CG were fighting to get the words out without laughing. The setup is bad enough - I just don't buy Mariah being that hateful and smug and Hillary is far smart and hot - she won when she got the show -  to be reduced to this gutter. This regime continues to set women back decades. It's appalling. 

2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

I'm giving you permission to ammend, edit, cut and paste and send to whoever, if you think it will do any good. 

 

 

Thank you. It just came flooding out like a stream of consciousness, lol.

 

If you see it again, don't be shocked 

I can believe Hilary would have this type of relationship/rivalry with another character but CG is just woefully miscast in this story.

9 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Well since I still haven't figured out how to put spoilers on here since the reboot of SON from the last time....

 

 

Ugh. WHY???

9 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Well since I still haven't figured out how to put spoilers on here since the reboot of SON from the last time....

Then don't post.  

 

This isn't hard to understand and you've been told this numerous times:

(spoiler) content  (/spoiler)

Replace (  ) with [   ]

 

 

 

 

8 hours ago, DeeeDee said:

I can believe Hilary would have this type of relationship/rivalry with another character but CG is just woefully miscast in this story.

 

Chloe probably would have been a much better option!  CG, and whatever character she plays, belongs on a farm!  

I've wanted a Devon and Chloe pairing since EH showed up on canvas. I regret I'll never get it. They actually looked good together and had chemistry. 

 

@deedee surely TPTB know that CG doesn't work in this story. Yet, they've played it for 7 months already. I'm  wondering how much longer will we have to suffer through it. 

 

@ChitHappens Mariah being awkward and gauche could still work well in this story. The wealthy rake and the poor wallflower is a well used romantic trope. Problem is Devon ain't nobodies rake despite them trying to play him as one at the moment. He doesn't have enough sexy to make up for her lack of it. Those plane scenes were cringeworthy for him. 

Edited May 9, 20178 yr by ajsp35801

I personally don't think Bryton and Grimes have much chemistry between them so that doesn't help at all. It looks like two best friends trying to get together. It doesn't work. They work as friends and that's it. This whole GC Buzz story and feud between Mariah and Hilary is a waste of Grimes and Morgan. It's juvenile and stupid.

 

Chloe vs. Hilary would have been MUCH better @ChitHappens

It also feels like they're throwing a bunch of different things at the wall to see what sticks ...

 

They're really trying to find things to do for quite a few characters that should just be written off, or at least written much better (Chelsea, Jordan, Scott to name just a few). I personally think Scott would work much better with Abby but they seem to be switching up Scott and who he is so meh to that ... I'd prefer Sharon alone for a while so I'm all for them dropping her and Scott. They work OK as friends. I don't think Tognoni and the actor playing Scott had any chemistry either.

Edited May 9, 20178 yr by KMan101

12 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

I personally don't think Bryton and Grimes have much chemistry between them so that doesn't help at all. It looks like two best friends trying to get together. It doesn't work. They work as friends and that's it. This whole GC Buzz story and feud between Mariah and Hilary is a waste of Grimes and Morgan. It's juvenile and stupid.

 

Chloe vs. Hilary would have been MUCH better @ChitHappens

It also feels like they're throwing a bunch of different things at the wall to see what sticks ...

 

They're really trying to find things to do for quite a few characters that should just be written off, or at least written much better (Chelsea, Jordan, Scott to name just a few). I personally think Scott would work much better with Abby but they seem to be switching up Scott and who he is so meh to that ... I'd prefer Sharon alone for a while so I'm all for them dropping her and Scott. They work OK as friends. I don't think Tognoni and the actor playing Scott had any chemistry either.

 

Scott has had 3 different identities in 3 months. It's laughable.