General Hospital March 2022 Discussion Thread

[Faulkner]

I wonder if they don’t want to shell out the money on an experienced soap actress for a role they barely have any use for. (Hopefully KM, et al, know their worth.)

[AbcNbc247]

Didn't expect Cam and Joss' video to be exposed like that. I'm still enjoying the teen story a lot and it's nice to see that there's been some result of all of Esme's scheming.

[victoria foxton]

 

  

[KCJ506]

In regards to the age of the actress that's now playing Jordan, I looked her up and several sites have different birth years listed for her. Some say she was born in 1981 and some say 1985. IMDB currently has 1981, but that's user edited. Wikipedia currently has no birth year listed, but that's also user edited and looking at the editing history, the users couldn't agree on her age as there has been editing wars there for years with people switching back and forth between 1981 and 1985. Google has 1985, however that scrapes information from other websites and doesn't do any fact checking.

With all of this conflicting information, it's possible that the actress never actually disclosed her age and has chosen not to go public with it. Some actors and actresses like to keep their personal lives to themselves. Especially models/actresses since ageism still exists in show business. But let's say 1981 is the correct birth year for her, well at least we have an actress that's at least 40 now playing Jordan.

I'd also like to mention that whenever there's an age dispute, the majority of the time the older age ends up being the correct one.

[John]

I do wonder if Trina and Spencer running into each other like this, will prove that Trina did not send out the sex tape

[John]

Esme making Trina look Guilty re: sending the tape, holds no water. The Burner Phone & Trina's will have different Serial #s and SIM Cards. The audience aint stupid

[janea4old]

What's with the blocking/editing by GH?  Why is she shown so close to the target?

They should have shown Anna F'ing Devane standing at the far wall of the room and throwing that axe from all the way across the room to get that bullseye.

Edited March 6, 2022 by janea4old

[Darn]

How does GH have the budget for all these sets? If this was Y&R that scene would have been shot in Chancellor Park.

[Faulkner]

@Errol, good question. Is it something unique about GH’s economics (network-owned, etc.) or is this just Frank Valentini’s knack for budgeting vs the other soaps’ EPs? 

[Khan]

I can only imagine how it would look if GH and Frank Valentini were to follow GL/Ellen Wheeler's example and tape everything on location in Mendocino.

[Errol]

Frank and his knack for budgeting is definitely the reason. The budget is also pretty good considering the economics of running a soap. Considering the set was used for three purposes, and can be used for future purposes, it's a great idea to have it where characters can socialize with each other. The team at GH is solid despite gripes about the writing and the bloated cast.

[Khan]

"Bloated" doesn't begin to describe the size of GH's cast.  I think there were less characters in "War and Remembrance."

[Vee]

I think financially he is the only reason the show is still running. Frank has always been good at that (and the show looks better now, it must be said, than it did for much of the 2010s where everything was steel-gray). That doesn't mean I think creatively it's very good.

[Khan]

Agree.  At the moment, there's nothing wrong with GH's production values.  (The sets could be less generic-looking...but I could say that about most shows on television today).  The pieces are there for a good show.  GH just needs to trim the fat, cast-wise, and bring in a HW who knows how to write more gripping plots.  (It says too much that the denouement to the Peter August saga is the most exciting thing to have happened on that show in years.)

Oh, and Frank needs to stay the hell out of the writers' room, too. 

[AMCOLTLLover]

Everytime I see that Spencer I just want to punch him.. He is so unlikeable and wooden.

i wish the old Spencer would still be around from before.