Days: October 2019 discussion 🎃

[Days22]

 

The writing for black characters has been the biggest stain on soaps since forever. Most have been written to just be their job basically. Either cops, or a doctor, or the poor kid. 

 

There is a reason Y&R was able to build such a large black audience. They did it right for awhile before they fumbled it all away. 

 

Other than AMC in the 80's and sometimes 90s and Y&R in the 90's there been very few examples of the black characters getting to be real fleshed out characters. ATWT had some good periods with Jessica. OLTL had some moments too. RJ was allowed to be a smart villain sometimes. I also loved when Lexie went bad at Days and was the star of the show for like 3 years. 

 

Outside of that, it really is embarrassing. 

[xtr]

 

I enjoyed the way that the Frye family was written in the 90s on AMC. I loved the way that Livia was written and her relationships with Derek, Terrence, Mimi, Tom and Jamal. And the way that the Barber/Winters families were written in the 90s on Y&R. But nowadays the writing for black characters is either bad or just about non existent. Lani is begging on her knees, and isn't really fleshed out as a character, Ana was given very colorist writing on Y&R. And most of the other black characters on soaps, aren't really written much for. Or given good writing and story lines. It's a shame.

[Contessa Donatella]

 

I really didn't like the begging. On AMC back in the day I loved Livia, Tom, Mimi, Terence, etc. And, then, of course what was not to love about Angie & Jesse. I'm very fond of Tamora Tunie, whether on daytime or primetime.

[victoria foxton]

I really wish Lani was as strong and well defined as Gabi. This ''epic rivalry'' feels so one sided. I wonder if Lani will grow as a character during the Time Jump? The rumor is Lani will go bonkers. I miss how well AMC & OLTL handled AA and Hispanic characters.  ATWT also did a great job with Jessica and Tonio. Lani has never been fleshed out. Pitting Lani & Gabi could've been good with a way better HW. Gabi can easily wipe the floor with someone as meh as Lani. 

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[Contessa Donatella]

 

The thing is this: Lani deserves better! Day in & day out, she just flat out deserves better. The HW should fix that!

[Khan]

I just find it ridiculous that Gabi is behaving this way over a [!@#$%^&*] DiMera.  But Lani literally begging on her knees for Stefan's heart?  That's enough to make someone dial up the NAACP!

[ReddFoxx]

I didn't think the scene was racist, but I did know that some people were going to think that it was.

[John]

Ron cant even write for GLBT characters properly and he is part of that community. So his inability to write for Persons of Color does not surprise one bit

[Contessa Donatella]

 

Wait a minute here. Ron's gay? Oy! What in the heck is he doing with his scenes littered with inept young gay ones?!!!

[ranger1rg]

Can you imagine the blowback Netflix, Amazon, or Hulu would face if they ran a series with those Gabi and Lani scenes? There’d be major media coverage the next day.

 

Horrible optics and tone deaf writing.

[AbcNbc247]

Btw thank God Twitter didn't exist when Jennifer and Brandon were dating and Jack used to make fun of him.

[te.]

 

Ron doesn't care as long as they're shirtless.

[Contessa Donatella]

 

Aye, that's the rub, right there! I'm into women so I don't even notice if he's got them stripped of their shirts. I'm just expecting them to act and flirt and romance. Oh, boy, am I off track! LOL

[ranger1rg]

 

The gay boys aren’t shirtless very often. I don’t know what show you’re watching.

[victoria foxton]