14 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I genuinely wish I had any interest at all or saw even an ounce of rooting value for Vanessa and Joey given how they’re on CONSTANTLY.

Same. I give my all not to fast forward their scenes honestly.

There was movement today and we can actually look forward to finding out what happens tomorrow.

We should be getting the start of bigger movement considering that the actress that plays Chief Whitmore said that late May is going have action.

1 hour ago, ranger1rg said:

-- The reason I'm against a storyline of Martin running for the Senate is because they will not address any elephant in the room, so it won't be at all realistic. Already we're hearing "the Party" because they won't say he's a Democrat. They won't name the state. I assume it's Maryland, which is solid blue, so claiming Martin needs to run to hold the seat is ludicrous. It's also WAY too late when primaries are already in process.

I was a little confused by his potential Senate campaign, too -- but he specified Wednesday, in his conversation with Miss Beautiful, that it would be the 2028 Senate race. I've always presumed Martin is a fairly moderate Democrat, based on his grandfather's civil rights background and the (few) issues Martin has discussed on the show. IRONICALLY, I watched Brandon Clabon's interview with Kevin Fisher from Y&R the other day, and Kevin Fisher flat-out asked Brandon which party he believed Martin represented. Clabon said, "I play him as a moderate Democrat." lol.

1 hour ago, Antoyne said:

I genuinely wish I had any interest at all or saw even an ounce of rooting value for Vanessa and Joey given how they’re on CONSTANTLY.

Jacob’s fake street accent is so bad, I can’t believe these people even buy his act.

You're right -- there's not a single thing about Vanessa and Joey to root for, and I'm starting to resent all the attention this show gives them.

Jacob's street accent is soooooo bad it's laughable. And why is this Ren dude going all rogue and deciding who has to pay for mistakes and how?

53 minutes ago, Broderick said:

I watched Brandon Clabon's interview with Kevin Fisher from Y&R the other day, and Kevin Fisher flat-out asked Brandon which party he believed Martin represented. Clabon said, "I play him as a moderate Democrat."

Nothing but a Democrat makes any sense, although I don't know why BC had to add the word "moderate."

As I mentioned, though, this seat is already held by a very popular Democrat, Chris Van Hollen, so I don't like the idea of story that has no semblance to reality.

BTG regularly names products, stars, pop culture, and more. But now with politics we're going to play it safe and worry about offending conservative viewers? And pretend we're all ignorant when it comes to politics?

3 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

"It's just a soap" doesn't work.

You're right. In fact, "It's just a soap" NEVER works. Having low expectations of a television show because "it's just a soap" is insulting to a genre that is almost a century old (including radio serials). And it is insulting to the fans. Personally, I want and expect the soap operas I watch to be written as well and as intelligently as possible.

Yeah, I don't need the show to acknowledge Chris Van Hollen (my former Senator for many years!) or anything like that. That's just never been something daytime does. Short of an occasional president soaps rarely acknowledge actual IRL elected officials while they're in office unless they're bringing on a special guest. I don't think that's some break with acceptable TV reality or talking down to anyone. It's just not germane or necessary for narrative purposes, particularly when you're using politician characters. (Nor do I need Martin to say onscreen that he's a Democrat - Helen Keller could figure that out.)

There's not a new set of rules for BTG where they must acknowledge any and all IRL politicians locally in order to form a responsible compact with the audience. We never once expected that from ATWT, GL, AW, etc. when they dealt with politics, so I don't see why we would start now.

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