Members Vee Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 Stitch looked like a giant hairy fetus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted June 7, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 None of the young white actors paraded around during Bryton's tenure were nearly as successful as him either (with the exception of MG who failed his fair share of stories while having the added beat of phyllis's to play in every story he had while BJ didn't have Dru). Doesn't that mean BJ is the best of the lost. Agree to an extent. I think the pairing with Hilary helped grow the character up. Made viewers see him as a possible romantic partner for other ladies. You're spot on there. But I can't give her credit for how he comes across, good or bad, in business scenarios. The guy has to own something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 Yeah, what I can say is once I saw her with him I was able to take him a bit more seriously as a businessman. Seeing him juggling female drama and work put things in a different light. Would it be the same with Abby, hell no. It'd be Teen Ricky and Lucy at the Copa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 Something similar happened with the Noah character, who was always better as a child/adolescent character but when he reached adulthood got a lot of poorly written storylines and odd pairings that flopped. Speaking of parallels, Hilary did fill that role that Sharon used to occupy, the villified character that TPTB would plunck down in any storyline that was failing because the actress (MM and SC) is so versatile that they both can lift just about any sagging storyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 I think both Adamson and Ordway were cast because JFP knew and liked them from Hollywood Heights. But there was no actual plan for a character or what to do with them. I think he was more talented than her, but his character never went anywhere. Abby and Noah (and to a lesser extent Kyle, who knows about the latest one) exist(ed) to be male and female story/romance widgets on the show. They are not actual fleshed out characters, and they are not played by actors capable of elevating mediocrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted June 7, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 I get it, Hilary makes you take him more seriously. I've noticed that they dress him differently when he's with her versus not. When he was with Mariah,Devon's suits diappeared. Once he started back being pushed more into Hilary's orbit again, the suits reapoeared. Adult Noah's role on the show seemed more to be Sharon's support than a character in his own right. Mariah often times feel the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xtr Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 Abby gets a decent amount of airtime, and has a lot of connections. I think that her and Devon would get decent airtime if they show decided to put them together. Especially if they slow burned the relationship and had her support him after losing him losing Hilary. I think that one of her biggest problems she's had with men in the past if that she was in lot of situations where she was either in triangles with them with her relatives/ex relatives. And/or they dated her relatives/ex-relatives. (Victoria, Nikki, Ashley, Sharon, etc...).... Devon hasn't dated a lot of her family members like that and I think that he could be a nice change of pace for her.(I like her with Arturo too though he has already been involved with Nikki and was mixing it up with Summer the other day.) In addition to seeing a nice chemistry between them, I think that she's doing a nice job as Abby. (I love her devotion to Ashley and how she cares about Jack even when he messes up.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 I liked Robert Adamson but as stated there didn't seem any commitment to Noah as anything more than a plot point. And he simply presented as TOO OLD to play JM's son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 When did actors (especially actors of color that are already dealing with the inherent systemic obstacles issues historically plaguing the genre) suddenly need all these qualifications to qualify as a "strong lead" on Y&R? Heinle & Morrow are passable actors, at best, and they're never without stories & airtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 Again, pointing to other mediocre leads doesn't address any critique of Bryton James. It's deflecting. You can disagree, as others have, but simply changing the subject isn't an argument. Nor does suggesting BJ isn't necessarily the bee's knees mean absolving anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 It's not deflecting. It's pointing out that he's being held to a higher standard than other actors on the same show. Just own your hypocrisy. It's not that difficult a concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted June 7, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 I like him though. So I don't see this big problem that you guys see. Maybe if he'd had all these failed pairings and story, I might. But just hasn't been given the opportunity yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 And that's fair - that's a difference of opinion on the topic. I was addressing the post above me. Speaking of: Sure. So when you can talk about the actual points about BJ and not do whataboutism trying to talk about literally anything else, you know where to find me. Or you could admit you just don't really give a shít about the original topic - Mishael Morgan's firing - and tip out. Your call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 7, 2018 Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 Correction: he looked like a giant, hairy fetus with shitty tats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted June 7, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2018 I hate to be a pest but, talking [!@#$%^&*] about bryton isn't the original topic either. I maintain that it's odd to turn a topic about Sony not valuing Mishael into a bitch fest about bryton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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