GH: AMC actress joining

[DRW50]

Take a look at polls or a quick glance of any social media and you will see that homophobia is as popular as ever and growing by the day. 

[Paul Raven]

Yea, there are still kids being punished in different ways for being gay and many a parent who might be 'accepting' but not too thrilled about it.

[Contessa Donatella]

@Toups, you've been interested in Kristina & Blaze, what do you think about Eva LaRue as MamaBlaze? 

[BoldRestless]

I'm for flexibility with casting. I've watched GH for years, but have only sampled other ABC soaps, so all of this Super Mega ABC Soap Universe stuff is lost on me, but glad others enjoyed it.

 

Seems to me in this case they had the character Blaze, a singer who had experienced sexual harassment, whom the audience has learned is LGBT and has a very conservative Latino family. Casting call went out for a Latina woman of a certain age to play her mother. Eva La Rue got cast. The part is the part.

 

They could have made Blaze Maddie and made Eva Maria, but that's just not how the story was conceived. Blaze has been on for a while (if she were new, and they knew they were hiring Eva, maybe they would have made her a Santos). If they decided to make this character Maria, now the story is no longer about an LGBT woman navigating her traditional Catholic family and her budding relationship with Kristina, but some huge retcon story about how Maria has this other daughter who came to be in Port Charles. Speculation will gear up about whether Sydney Penny or Mark Consuelos will appear. It becomes a totally different story. And, IMO, GH already has enough of a fetish of trying to make every new character the long lost child of someone on canvas. 

It is unfortunate, to those who want more AMC characters on GH, that this apparently closes the door to bringing back Eva as Maria, but I'd argue it doesn't, given how many characters Howarth and Easton have played (crossovers, recasts, and new characters), in quick succession. So, if Blaze's mother turns out to be a short time role, and Eva is interested in a long contract, they can always bring her back as Maria Santos in 6 months, but with a long term story plan instead of shoe-horning her in, and the audience should accept that.

 

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[Vee]

Again, I see zero reason to bring on Maria or her kids to GH, let alone more crossovers in major roles when the GH audience is sick of them.

[Contessa Donatella]

@BoldRestless 

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[Khan]

I'm sorry, but am I the only one who has issues with a character named "Blaze"?  Like, is she supposed to be a stripper or something?

[Vee]

I think it's goofy too. She's a nice enough young woman in her role in the very silly and retro '80s (yet topical, yet very poorly done) "Chase goes undercover off the clock as a rocker because we like Josh Swickard singing to try and nail Brook Lynn's scummy old producer" storyline that brought her on, but I knew a little of her would go a long way for me. Still, I'm giving this a chance as I enumerated in the GH thread.

[Contessa Donatella]

Brando? Ace?! Rocko?!! Even Leo! Blaze as has been stated is her stage name. Her real name is Allyson. Now I know someone will say, What's up with this character getting two names?!! Liz only has half a name! 

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What will be, ... 

[Khan]

This is giving me "Flash"-backs to OLTL, if you catch my drift. 

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I, too, am adopting a wait-and-see approach to ELR's addition to the cast.  Who knows?  Maybe it will lead somewhere interesting?  *shrug*

[Lye-C]

Tough s*** for them. GH is the last ABC soap standing and should be used to feature characters from OLTL, AMC, LOVING, RYAN’S HOPE, etc. It’s the price they must pay for the privilege of not having lost their soap yet.

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[Khan]

If that's the case, then I want to see characters from all the other, cancelled CBS soaps on B&B and Y&R pronto. 

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[Khan]

Personally, it's much easier for me to handle ELR joining GH as a new character rather than seeing Roger Howarth back AGAIN!, but this time as Blaze's older brother, Pepito.

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[Vee]

He's done worse!

[BoldRestless]

Ugh, no, make a P&G Super Web Soap. Josh Griffith can write it and Lewis Construction can merge with Walsh Enterprises or something.

 

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Edited February 14, 2024 by BoldRestless