Members DramatistDreamer Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 'Very disappointed': Kristoff St. John's fans angry over 'Young and the Restless' tribute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hopefully this mainstream scrutiny will compel them to do right by KSJ. Not holding my breath, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BuckyB12 Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 I stream the show in the evenings and they didn't include the tribute - only the next week preview, which I thought wasn't appearing this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Wait...these people were expecting them to put together a meaningful one-hour tribute show less than a week after his death? Do they even soap? I thought the initial tweet was pretty clear in that this would be a quick post-show moment. Any soap fan knows that it takes a month or two before an actual tribute is written, produced, and aired... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Yeah, even for lame-ass Y&R it's not realistic to expect them to throw together something meaningful practically overnight. These shows have taping schedules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 My issue with the segment wasn't the length. It was what was shown and, more importantly, what wasn't shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Exactly. I get you didn’t have time, but what they came up with is obviously so cherry picked and didn’t capture the essence of Neil IMO. I think promoting it repeatedly as a tribute confused more casual fans or people tuning in just for that. I just have to trust the April tribute will truly be fitting. Quick Victoria Rowell interview with ET: https://www.etonline.com/media/videos/victoria-rowell-mourns-young-and-the-restless-co-star-kristoff-st-john-in-emotional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) The special episode for Jeanne Cooper was done three weeks after her death. If Y&R is going to have their fans wait until April, it had better be good. I won't hold my breath. Yes, and that brief clip at the end of Friday's episode didn't even include Victoria Rowell, Tanya Lee Williams or Debbi Morgan from what I can remember. I'll let you make of that what you will. I was watching some of the newsreel clips above the article and one claimed that KSJ leaves behind a daughter and a fiancée. Last I remembered, he has two daughters. And it was a CBS affiliate too. That ET interview with Victoria Rowell was heartbreaking. The pain and grief is palpable, especially that clip of Kristoff in his prior interview, then on top of that VR's reaction to seeing the clip. I've mostly been able to hold back my tears throughout this time but that made the tears flow. Edited February 9, 2019 by DramatistDreamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 I guess the other daughter got Judy Winslow'ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Just saw Friday's episode and that tribute was awkward at best. It's a shame this is all Y&R could come up with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Listen, I'm surprised they bothered to make the tribute (such as it was) or even advertise it. I figured there would be a brief 'In Loving Memory' card after the fade to black and that would be all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 I think TPTB are used to having their decisions fly under the radar. How many times is Y&R trending on Twitter and covered in multiple mainstream outlets, including an appraisal in the New York Times? The microscope they’ve been under this week likely forced them to take *some* action quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 I definitely get the sense that Y&R is reacting, rather than taking action of their own volition. My guess is that they thought that "tribute" after Friday's episode would be sufficient, especially since they had diminished the character so severely. They hadn't foreseen that the response to KSJ passing would be so overwhelming and so sustained, on top of it. They are in a position where they are behind things and are rushing to try to catch up to the response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted February 9, 2019 Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Yep. KSJ’s death has produced by far the most coverage of any soap star we’ve seen, and we’ve lost some big ones over the years. Y&R severely underestimated his importance and now they’re scrambling and scraping to respond appropriately. I can only imagine the emergency executive meetings that happened this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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