GH: May 2024 Discussion Thread

[Liberty City]

His reprise of Stavros was half-way decent.

[carolineg]

Yeah.  I don't think RKK is a bad actor at all and probably could have had a really solid soap career if he wasn't everything he is or was.  

I liked his Bo and his take on Stavros.  

I don't know Ali Sweeney or her parents, but I weirdly respect them so hard for taking her off Days to protect her.

Edited May 21, 2024 by carolineg

[Sapounopera]

Me too. But... creepy pervert alert.

[titan1978]

Thank you!

[carolineg]

Yup.  I can totally get into him when he's acting and I really, really liked his Bo.  But then I am like PR isn't a creep so let's move on lol.  But honestly RKK was one of the best recasts of all time especially in a huge part like Bo Brady that already had an iconic previous actor.

[Contessa Donatella]

Yes, he & Miriam would sit in her room & read poetry & when she became legal then they began dating openly. They married & had a daughter & were together for years but now they are divorced. 

And as to the rest, you probably read what I wrote. A very close friend of mine is a close friend of Robert's and he schooled me on what he has done to turn his life around & when I learned of this I checked with Crystal to see if it was true & she verified that it was. And she was one who previously had spoken about how rough he was with her & how she was even afraid of him. I believe it is also in her memoir, the bad treatment I mean. (Chappell)

The implication is that he is a changed man.

Edited May 21, 2024 by Contessa Donatella
one more thing

[Vee]

RKK was (allegedly) an infamous sex pest on every soap he's ever worked on who virtually every major lead he worked with reported on.

Also true.

[Contessa Donatella]

It is funny to me. They were so worried about that recast. They did an elaborate makeover to make him look as much like PR then, as they could. And, as it has turned out that is the look Robert has worn the whole rest of his life. 

[Sapounopera]

The poetry thing 

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Todd Manning is also a changed man, but he is banned from our screens.
Enough with RKK, back to GH Contessa! 

[NiqueAlexis2020]

It wasn't at all we saw was Liz take his shirt off, Liz strap tank top pulled down on her arms without it being off(she might have 2 shirts on)& them making out then cuddly on the coach. It was all implied. I remember Rebecca Herbst talking about that scene I think at a fan event last yr or earlier this year. Some of her fans particularly of the Liason variety had met her & asked about Liason. It was on Twitter. 

Anyways lots of people found that particular scene hot. Myself I can't make a judgment rather it was cause I'm incapable of seeing St. Jase as anything other than a human trash bag. It's why as a Robin FF I could never get into the boy with no past girl with no future epic iconic romance J&R.

 

[Vee]

I thought the Liason ONS was very hot in part bc the intimacy with Steve and Becky/Jason and Liz had always been there, been rebuilding for a long time and the scenes were overall very well done and scripted. But I'll submit that it was less explicit than the full-on grinding with Steve and KT. And all that is even with me also having had zero time for Jason for over 20 years, lol.

[ranger1rg]

In what world -- in what area of entertainment -- does this make ANY sense?

Love scenes have been a staple of film and television since they came into existence, and in literature for hundreds of years. Actors who refuse to do those scenes need to leave any medium where performing those scenes may be required.  Go do children's theater or find another line of work.

I am sick and tired of this being portrayed as softcore porn. We're not asking for that. And no, we're not FORCING actors to do anything. Dex wants to be a police officer. Should the actor be able to say he doesn't want to film scenes where he's holding a gun, or where there's violence? Where does this "actor's choice" stop?

 

[DRW50]

I do wonder if there is any particular heat with the twenty/thirtysomething cast, or if any attempt at such is just stumbled upon. Even if Chase left and Amanda Setton got down and dirty, this just isn't that type of show. I know DAYS has a lot more sex, but any time I watch and see them try it just feels cold and forced to me, not helped by charmless Ken dolls like RSW. So even if GH did go in that direction, would it work? Is it worth the effort?

I saw some of the Dex and Joss scenes today, which admittedly were not meant to be hot stuff, but I was reminded of how old and played out Joss feels - even more than her mother.

The one younger couple I can remember interesting me, somewhat, in recent times was Spencer and Trina, and you know nobody at GH gave a damn about that pairing.

Edited May 21, 2024 by DRW50

[carolineg]

I thought it was subtly sexy as well.  BH/SBu do work well together and I am not much of a Jason/Liz fan.

Steve did really seem to enjoy his brief pairing with KT too.  I can understand that after dealing with monotone KM for a decade plus.

[Vee]

I've never cared for KT or Britt and never will, but yes their scene was very hot.

I think FV was very capable of producing a sexy show at times at OLTL as well as earlier on in his GH tenure. But I think these days his tastes are even more bland and often specifically calibrated for the FB audience or not upsetting the applecart of what he thinks preferred viewer sensibility is, and with rare exception (like the recent Drew/Nina interlude) the only couples who get those kind of more heated scenes are ones he either favors or wants to cater to the fanbases on. Otherwise it's just about maintaining. But he also has no problem showcasing male beefcake to his preference, hence the fascination for years with the NB male strip show and often showcasing random bit players like Yuri or whoever.

They were made to care about Spencer and Trina because the online and fan support was too powerful to ignore, and even then they stalled it out for as long as humanly possible (and I think Frank would've still paired Spencer with Esme or Joss if he could've gotten away with it). I don't think it was about a fear of showing sex there period - they had no problem getting Chavez undressed - so much as it was as a fear of upsetting the ratings due to interracial romance and sexuality, and an annoyance that it was not their preferred central female lead.