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Fired Actress Update; Final Airdate.
Topic Started: Nov 11 2007, 10:55 AM (2,876 Views)
Kirk
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In some ways I am not pissed Lexie is being cut from the show because obviously the writers are too stupid with the character, but on the other hand I am beyond pissed how the show has mistreated Renee Jones. If Abe isn't used, neither is Lexie. Lexie is a Dimera, its that simple to me. Why isn't Tony(don't even get me started on him being on that island for 20 years) being used, or Celeste for that matter. I love DAYS but damn it could be so much better if the show would actually write outside of Ejamiucas with a side of Kate, Shawn/Belle/Phillip with a side of Bope, and the Dimera's.

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Kevc1980
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Nicely put Kirk, Hogan just isn't tapping into the shows full potential..the week of John's death we saw just how great Days could be...We got pretty much everyone in the cast: Victor, Celeste, Tony, Anna, Shawn, Caroline, Doug, Julie, Maggie, and Billie to name a few...But a few weeks later and its back to the same characters we always get: Sami, Lucas, EJ, Shawn, Belle, Phillip, Stephanie, Chelsea, Max, with Steve, Kayla, Kate, Stefano, Bo and Hope making appearances on occasion..and i guess we can add Marlena since we see a little more of her now..But still he needs to learn to use the whole cast..
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PhoenixRising05
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Kate, Stefano, Bo and Hope have been making more then occasional appearances. The young cast has only appeared twice this month and Bo and Hope have been very active. Steve and Kayla haven't been featured as much but it's been more then occasional appearances.

Hogan does need to better utilize the cast and, once the feud is over, I think that will happen. The balance has been much better this month though.
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King
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The balance hasn't improved really, but the imbalance has faded out the college kids so it just seems better.
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Mason


I have to agree with King about the balance (or lack thereof). From what I've seen and read, we're still on EJamicas overload with extra helpings of Shellip and the college crowd (even if we have seen the latter slightly less lately).

Everyone else is just a prop to one of those three stories.
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PhoenixRising05
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I don't believe in propping. If someone is in a story, they are in a story IMO.

I do think your right, King. It makes it better but it also makes the show more recognizable to the audience, which has been a major issue.

It's just nice to see them getting the vets involved in stories as it makes the show feel more cohesive in better. Bo and Hope involved in the shooting and Shelle/Phelle, Kate and Roman involved in the shooting and now Abe once in awhile, Steve and Kayla involved with Stephanie and the shooting, Billie slowly working her way into scenes with Chelsea again, etc. These are the things that the show should've done earlier this year to make fans enjoy the characters they were pushing.
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I believe in propping because it's a a factual thing. Just look at the show, and you can prove that propping exists. When a character is only on the show to listen to another character's problem and offer advice, they're propping. Salem's most famous proppers? Bo, Hope, Kate, Maggie, Caroline, etc.

The story has nothing to do with them, and it could be told with or without them in the scene. That makes them a prop.
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PhoenixRising05
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Well, I don't see any of that going on now nor do I still believe in it. I also don't see any of those characters being relegated to simply listening and offering advice but the obvious ones like Maggie, Alice, etc and I don't see that as propping. I see that as family scenes or heart to heart discussions to move story forward.
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DrewHamilton
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It doesn't ahve to be going on now. It's been going on since February! Just because it's nto happening right now doesn't mean fans are just supposed to forget that the writing team has tendency to do this, and not feel that it could happen in the future.
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PhoenixRising05
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I don't think it was happening then either so we will just have to agree to disagree as it seems we are seeing different things.
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px780
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I don't think it makes them props- I call them supporting characters- but I get what you're saying.

You've got people who are important (EJ, Sami, Lucas, Belle, Phillip, Shawn, Stephanie & Chelsea, kind of) and then you've got everyone else who currently exist solely as part of their worlds. I think the problem is that they don't really leverage the history and relationships between characters very well so it doesn't necessarily matter who is involved with what. The supporting players become less...human, and more interchangeable.

That's what makes this Jones thing so annoying. You could swap Lexie for Billie. You could probably trade Lexie for Kate, too, and it would have only a minimal impact on the story as they're choosing to tell it. There's no legit way to single out weak links right now, imho, because there are so many who could fade out without disrupting anything (and really, if Jones gets to be fired twice they need to start dumping some others, imho).

Gosh I can't wait until one of the big ones leave. If Scott goes, they're seriously screwed, imho.
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IMissAremid
Nov 11 2007, 04:37 PM
Angie79
Nov 11 2007, 03:52 PM
I thought her last day was the 23rd??

It says Nov. 23 in my copy of SOW.

Oops, I tried to go by memory. Damn. I hate DAYS for firing one of their most talented actresses AGAIN!
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PoisonIvy
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I know they changed story, but why oh why would they go ahead and bring Renee Jones back just to dump her yet again? It's horrible to the actress, who doesn't deserve to be treated that way. I think it's a waste and a shame that she's being disrespected like this.

There is plenty of story to be told with Lexie, even if they didn't go with the predictable cheating route. It's happened so many times, it's ridiculous at this point to have her cheat on him, yet again.

I am not as opposed to having Abe cheat, simply because I think it could bring another layer to his character. Lord knows, there's plenty of other so-called moral characters who have cheated. Plus, I think it would bring a certain level of humanity, and for me, its the flaws that attract me to a character. The moral and upstanding citizens tend to put me to sleep.

Oh well, I hope she ends up on another show, she deserves it.
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IMissAremid
Nov 11 2007, 07:33 PM
PhoenixRising05
Nov 11 2007, 05:51 PM
Until she was made a Dimera, Lexie had NO story.  None.

This is simply not true.

Lexie had been around for years before the DiMera stuff started. She wasn't made a DiMera until 1996 (and they didn't start the arc of Lexie finding that out until 1994 at the earliest since that's when Celeste joined the show). She did have stories before she was a DiMera, even if it may have been a different actress in the role and they may not have been as prominent (her being a cop, getting involved with Jonah, then going through medical school, etc...).

Even with the DiMeras gone there is plenty for Lexie to play. There are her friendships with Marlena and Hope and Kayla. There is her relationship with Abe which should have some complications. Even if Stefano or Tony could be on their way out, they aren't writing out EJ so they could delve into their sibling rivalry and the fact that Sami, a rival of Lexie's over the years, is now her sister-in-law.

They could write her as a home care nurse and give someone a health scare and have Lexie take care of them.

Honestly I doubt she will get a good exit and now I feel like them bringing Lexie back at all was just to say hey, EJ didn't kill this person, even if we may have given people that impression before. The same way they woke John out of his coma just to kill him off again but this time EJ would be off the hook. It's just screwed up.

Fantastic post, Mary.

I still can't believe Days has fired Renée Jones twice in one year's time. This is majorly fucked up. :angry:
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darraholic
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So unhappy about Renee leaving. I hope she signs with another soap.
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Nubia
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darraholic
Nov 22 2007, 12:23 PM
So unhappy about Renee leaving. I hope she signs with another soap.

I'd love to see her on Y&R.
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I'd love to see her on Y&R as well. I'd go back to Y&R full time. I just hope Renee doesn't feel loyalty to DAYS. They've screwed her over twice now. She deserves to go to a show that can show her talents.
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