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| Y&R: New Head Writer Sally Sussman Answers Burning Questions! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 11 2016, 05:37 PM (5,946 Views) | |
| 3WishGenie | Nov 11 2016, 09:19 PM Post #41 |
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Yet she's trying to tell us that she wants to bring emotion and heart break. Isn't that what Philly gave us? :shrug: |
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| thepadange | Nov 11 2016, 09:23 PM Post #42 |
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To us, but, apparently, not to her or Logan (btw most of his questions were so negatively formulated) :shrug: . Edited by thepadange, Nov 11 2016, 09:23 PM.
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| HollyGolightly | Nov 11 2016, 09:43 PM Post #43 |
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Phick was not necessarily better and certainly didn't make the characters more sympathetic, IMO. Nick & Sharon(who were married at the time) were grieving Cassie's death and Nick's betrayal and affair with Phyllis was shocking, to say the least. So for SSM saying it was wrong to have Philly be in love, makes no sense to me when it was just as wrong for Phick. Edited by HollyGolightly, Nov 12 2016, 01:45 AM.
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| thepadange | Nov 11 2016, 09:49 PM Post #44 |
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Thanks for the explanation. I completely agree. I've read about it but when you only read you can miss some important aspects. |
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| Justin91 | Nov 12 2016, 12:26 AM Post #45 |
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Honestly didn't like the interview. I know it's text, but I really didn't care for the tone of the interview and I hate how she flat out said she is simply going to ignore that some things even exist or happened - a good example is her being okay with sitting on the fact that Adam is really the Christian's father. Like, what the heck?? She talks about writers not respecting the history of the shows while freely admitting she hasn't watched the show in years and that she is planning to ignore the facts and write whatever she wants. Hopefully the actual show plays out better than the way she describes her vision. Not at all sold based on this. She's going to have to prove me wrong. I loved her writing for DAYS and hope I will be able to say the same about her upcoming run on Y&R as well. |
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| HollyGolightly | Nov 12 2016, 12:41 AM Post #46 |
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Yes it could be that she, along with TPTB, want to wipe out any memory of the doppelgänger and Pratt's work. Or maybe, that this pairing(Philly) was not "her" idea. But as much as I didn't like most of Pratt's storylines, his Billy & Phyllis's affair was a successful one(his only one!). But when SSM was on Y&R before, she has to remember that Michelle Stafford was in the role, totally different from Gina Tognoni. So, she might have to re-assess and re-think about "Philly". Different actors, different acting style and different chemistry. |
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| 3WishGenie | Nov 12 2016, 02:41 AM Post #47 |
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You're probably right. She could be picturing the past actors and if I did that too, I would agree with her!! It would not have worked and I probably would have been repulsed. It sounded like she hasn't even bothered to watch JT and GT onscreen together. She's just going by what she's seeing on paper. As Justin pointed out, she said she quit watching the show ages ago lol. If she did, she would see that AH has chemistry with no one least of all JT. He had more chemistry with those day players than her. |
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| Queen B | Nov 12 2016, 10:58 AM Post #48 |
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Well. I'm excited. I'm not the type of person who gets hung up on a particular couple and let it dictate whether I watch or not, so I don't really give a crap about Philly no longer being a thing. The actors had chemistry, sure but they were far from super couple material. I just want interesting storyline for my favourite characters. It has to be real and the romances have to stop being so damn quick. The way people fall in love on this show happens in the span of like 2 weeks, it's just ridiculous. SSM says she sees these problems and she is going to fix them so I have faith in her. I watched her writing before, and everyone knows I hated and still hate Phick but that storyline was HUGE. She has written some great stuff.
Edited by Queen B, Nov 12 2016, 10:59 AM.
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| Sammie Jo | Nov 12 2016, 11:01 AM Post #49 |
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" putting Sharon with someone else other than Nick," That intimates more than just a friend, they wouldn't have said, "other than Nick" if it was going to be just a friend. Her plans for shick might mean they're done for the foreseeable future. I can't see Nick getting past her deception once again. Not anytime soon anyway. I'd like to know who her dad is too, no doubt it's someone who lives in GC! :tounge: |
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| Sammie Jo | Nov 12 2016, 11:04 AM Post #50 |
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And Phyliss wasn't sharon's sister. That was the part that really pissed me off, your husband's brother? Really? |
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| thepadange | Nov 12 2016, 05:19 PM Post #51 |
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It's so soapy :D . Great drama! |
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| Drew | Nov 12 2016, 06:31 PM Post #52 |
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Including the new regime. "I do believe it was a mistake to make Devon Katherine’s grandson" I'm not getting the argument here. |
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| Drew | Nov 12 2016, 06:34 PM Post #53 |
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You're on a board where everyone talks crap about the previous dentist and you keep coming back. |
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| HollyGolightly | Nov 12 2016, 06:37 PM Post #54 |
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Well, Billy is as much to blame for sleeping with his brother's wife. But then, Jack did the same thing to his own father, years ago...sometimes karma is a bitch! Anyhow, I'm not trying to defend or excuse their actions...but I find that "Philly" has much better chemistry than "Phack" or "Villy". |
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| Drew | Nov 12 2016, 06:47 PM Post #55 |
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There is literally so much here in that interview which she calls out as wrong that are what drove me away from the US soaps and into the UK ones. Those soaps are still thriving because they hire people with vision (usually it's good) and protect their brands.
Yes! And interchange crazy/stalker with rush to the aisle and third party. It's all the same rehashed shit at a far too accelerated pace. Literally everyone on the US soaps are getting married within 13 weeks these days. There's no build, there's no drama, there's no letting characters and couples become huge because it's all a hatchet rush job.
Which I've been arguing for years on this board. So if she can actually deliver it then I'm back on board. Days, GH, B&B (I get not wanting to piss the other side of the studio off though, bless her :lol: ) are all stuck in the 80s and 90s. It's 2016, lets tell some new stories FFS. |
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| Drew | Nov 12 2016, 06:49 PM Post #56 |
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She only worked with the current one for about a year, pretty sure in her head when she's talking about Victoria being a tent pole Y&R character she has Heather Tom's face in her head. Maybe they could do something about that since they don't seem to be using her much over on B&B ... |
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| LPS | Nov 12 2016, 06:57 PM Post #57 |
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I also think it would be a mistake for SSM to completely ignore major storylines of the previous regimes. You don't have to go in their direction, but you should address it. Most viewers don't know about the writing regime change, therefore, they will be confused about the sudden change in storyline. Also, I am glad Chelsea was not listed as a core character! I like MCE and Chelsea is okay, but the obsession that Pratt has with this character is mind boggling. I also with SSM agree that art/Nazi storyline with Victoria sucked. Edited by LPS, Nov 12 2016, 06:58 PM.
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| Sammie Jo | Nov 12 2016, 07:12 PM Post #58 |
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That whole SL was ridiculous, first Katherine had given birth to a girl, so that ends up being Jill, then along comes whatever his name was, and now HE'S the SON and Jill is out? Then somehow he has an illegitimate son by a groupie? Turns into a nice kid, but $2 Billion!!?? WHAAAAAAT? Jill should have gotten a boatload of money, instead she gets 1/2 of a house and share it with her not so best friend, ESTHER! Katherine could have given Devon 1/4 of that, and how about Katherine's other grandchild, MAC, did she or Brock get anything, I really don't remember. Katherine being so business savvy would have, okay, I would have, lol put a billion or so into investments to go in trust for any more future grandchildren. Devon is going to blow it all and then it's gone. JMO |
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| Queen B | Nov 12 2016, 07:34 PM Post #59 |
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Its such a slap in the face to Jill fans for Devon (a nobody) to receive all of Katherine's wealth. It made no sense. I'm glad SSM is going to fix this. |
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| Queen B | Nov 12 2016, 07:37 PM Post #60 |
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Most of the disappointment I've seen in regards to this interview (on other boards as well as this one) are mostly Chelsea and Philly stans and no offence to them but we need a writer who's not going to cater to that bullshit anymore. It's just not how a soap should be written. Catering to those annoying fans are the very reason we've been stuck with fucking Lane for almost 10 years. |
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