TPTB probably realized that shutting out VR would not be good for the brand...

18 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

TPTB probably realized that shutting out VR would not be good for the brand...

Yeah. It would have been a glaring omission to leave her out, and not only just day-to-day soap fans will be watching how they handle this.

I'm glad Victoria Rowell, and Mishael Morgan will participate in the special tribute to Kristoff. That's how it should be, especially Victoria participating in it. You can't really fully talk about Neil's life without mentioning Dru. I'm glad she will be featured. I also am glad that Shemar is coming back for a few episodes. 

Edited March 19, 20197 yr by xtr

@xtr Agreed. Judging from the social media posts in this thread, there won't be a dry eye when the tribute episode airs.

4 minutes ago, kalbir said:

@xtr Agreed. Judging from the social media posts in this thread, there won't be a dry eye when the tribute episode airs.

 

I think it's going to be a very touching tribute. I definitely hope it does Kristoff justice. 

It is only right that Victoria Rowell be there, as well as Shemar Moore and Mishael Morgan and Christel Khalil, so I'm glad that they will all be taking part, in some fashion.

 

I also hope that there will be others that haven't been named who are participating as well like Veronica Redd, Angell Conwell, etc.  I can understand if Tricia Cast cannot participate because she likely has a lot to contend with, at this time but out of all the cast members, she likely has known KSJ the longest but I realize  it may be too much for her to deal with right now.

 

It is concerning that Tonya Lee Williams hasn't been mentioned by anyone officially affiliated with Y&R. Has she been asked?  

45 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I also hope that there will be others that haven't been named who are participating as well like Veronica Redd, Angell Conwell, etc.  I can understand if Tricia Cast cannot participate because she likely has a lot to contend with, at this time but out of all the cast members, she likely has known KSJ the longest but I realize  it may be too much for her to deal with right now.

 

It is concerning that Tonya Lee Williams hasn't been mentioned by anyone officially affiliated with Y&R. Has she been asked?  

 

Good question about TLW. @DeeeDee?

 

Yes, KSJ and Tricia Cast went back to at least early 1979 with the TV series version of Bad News Bears. Right now, she is in Nashville caring for her husband, who is in the throes of terminal colon cancer. If the circumstances were different, I think Tricia would come back for the memorial episodes if asked.

Oh damn.....

Real disgusting how she's putting the marginalization of Neil on KSJ's personal problems when soaps have a long history of minimizing minorities and veteran actors.

KSJ suffered a devastating personal loss and he didn't even have his job to turn to and he likely knew that. People underestimate how a regular routine and a job to go to can steady a person dealing with depression or other mental health issues. 

Angelica McD can deflect all she likes but whatever is left of her conscience is clearly bothered what that poster said.  The lies people tell themselves to sleep at night...

Angelica also said they tried to get Tonya Lee Williams but she’s out of the country working in a project. Even if that’s the case I would hope this puts her on their radar for a future return this year. Neil is worth more than a short term tribute so you can still bring in people important to his life later on, which is a tribute in itself by keeping the legacy he helped build going. I do like that Josh Griffith seems to rectifying things somewhat by giving Ana a father (perhaps mom is on the way as well) and bringing in Elena. 

 

As for her trying to blame his personal problems for Neil being underutilized, that doesn’t wash because they choose to basically eliminate the entire family with Mal Young’s run. 

On 3/19/2019 at 10:09 PM, YRfan23 said:

Oh damn.....

 

I'm convinced she's only back on Twitter because she thinks it's safe since A) they've got returns for KSJs memorial and VR is included and the new black characters have appeared onscreen to quell the idea that Rosales were replacing them. 

It sounds like they have already filmed at least one episode honoring Kristoff. I'm not sure if it's the Tribute episode or the one of the ones where they address Neil's death on screen. But here is a post that Jason Thompson posted the other day:

 

 

 

 

Digging through the threads to find the Generations thread to comment on the largely forgotten 30th Anniversary to post a tweet and ended up going down a twitter rabbit-hole and, I didn't know that Sharon Brown has a twitter account? (There should be some list of soap actors, writers and directors' social media, many could use a good follow).

 

Belatedly, I thought I'd post this.

 

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 I don’t know how to process this. We played brother and sister on a soap opera and have known each other for 20 plus years so I’m at a loss for words. He was really like my brother. I can’t... I’m devastated for his family. pic.twitter.com/ZbdgG0DM5c

— SharonCatherineBrown (@SharonCatBrown) February 5, 2019

Wasn't Sharon Brown (in real life the daughter of Good Times' "Bookman", Johnny Brown) eventually replaced on Generations by Debbi Morgan?