Major Y&R actress out!

[Faulkner]

In response to a disingenuous Mal Young interview:

 

 

 

[DeeeDee]

They're giving her the Jess Walton treatment.

[Soapsuds]

I just love how Mal lies through his teeth. Glad ED clarified the lies made by Mal to her fans. 

[DramatistDreamer]

Mal is going the Trumpist route.  He's lying to try to make himself look less sh*tty.  I'm glad ED burst his bubble.

[edgeofnik]

Why does someone like MY get 'protected' status? Didn't he feed a similar false narrative with MiM? At least they won't kill off Ashley. And if ED is really stepping away from soaps, SH as Kristen/Susan shows that a solid actress can make an iconic character work. 

[DramatistDreamer]

 

Not only MiM and now ED but didn't MY claim that people would be seeing TL back onscreen and all people got was Nick in a mask?  

 

Usually when I read an introductory interview with a new HW or EP, I tend to take it with a grain of salt because, in the beginning, everyone is super-upbeat and end up over-promising and overstating what they're capable of. 

MY though, well past being in the beginning stages of the HW/EP position continues to overstate and overpromise on his abilities and capabilities.  It's really veered into lying at this point.  I don't know why he continues to do this, especially since it's so easy to disprove his claims.

[Taoboi]

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So he just straight up lied. That son of...

 

[edgeofnik]

@DramatistDreamer Technically with TL, it was true, he actually filmed scenes shown. It was the reveal that was Nick that disappointed. But considering the assumption that JT is dead and buried - and that TL signed only for that arc - I'm not sure what people are expecting. 

 

So does anyone know why MY is being protected by Sony? Or is he being paid to be the hatch man? Based on the 'success' Sony has had in reducing DAYS' budget to keep it alive at least 5 years (and counting) longer than expected, I wouldn't be surprised if Sony is attempting the same thing with Y&R. Remember this is show BUSINESS, all Sony and its shareholders care about is profits. 

[Taoboi]

@edgeofnik but can you imagine if Y&R taped 6 months ahead?

[edgeofnik]

 

It would be awful. It's really hurt DAYS these past few years because the writers are operating in a vacuum - they have to guess what viewers will like. It hurts both good and bad storylines - good ones can't be extended and bad ones keep churning along. 

[Faulkner]

 

 

[KMan101]

Well, someone wants Y&R to die because that can only explain why MY remains in charge despite the pushback on him.

[DramatistDreamer]

To answer @edgeofnik's question, I suspect MY is still there because he is doing exactly what Sony wants him to do. 

Television can be a very nasty business where there is no loyalty.   We fans know that no network soaps have survived on shoe-string budgets but if Y&R cannot feed on scraps and survive, it will simply have to waste away until it starves to death.  That's the long and short of it.

MY is there to commandeer the ship and it matters little, at this point, if that ship is the Titanic.

[cassadine1991]

Mal was in a position similar to Angelica McDaniel when he oversaw EastEnders. He signed off on the EP killing her off

 

[Taoboi]

Per SOD with the cover that @Soapsuds posted today and that page I posted last week, I think given the article in the new SOD that maybe that rumor about Ashley having a hand in a DNA switch and Jack IS an Abbot just might be true.