The set issue is valid and I don't think it's a budget thing as much as it is having a Set Designer who doesn't know how soaps work. Why Julie Curruthers isn't doing more to fix this just shows what a mediocre EP she is (which her resume backs up). There is no way they have two sound stages and have the issues they do.
Another big mistake was trying to have multiple mansion sets which they clearly don't have the budget to sustain. If the Dupree's are your main family, they should've had one big mansion and give it more than just the living room. We should have a study, a dining room and a bedroom that can be re-dressed for the various characters. I also don't think an outdoor set would be unreasonable. That would make it feel luxe. Instead you have four "mansion" living rooms for Bill, Nicole, Dani and Vernita that feel incomplete. I would've put Bill and Hayley in a convo at Fairmont Crest. I also don't feel like Nicole has enough activity to have her own set. At the very least they could've had Kat and Martin living there to give the house more life. As it stands, it's pointless to have that big house for just her. When you consider her closeness to her parents, it only would make sense to have Dani living with Vernita.
Not having these four mansion sets would allow for Vanessa a place to live and more public places. I'm not saying they have to go on location but if you can't, you have to have some sort of outdoor set so the characters aren't constantly indoors. With a country club being a main setting, it would be easy to create something and every other soap with a similar set up has had an outdoor/pool set. Then with this impaler story, the biggest fault is that Jacob is standing up against that damn wall. Instead they should've build a dive bar where people could meet him in.
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Chris B ·
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