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| Drake Hogestyn Interview in Peoria IL Newspaper; interesting comments on his contract... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 15 2007, 01:11 PM (1,054 Views) | |
| Ellie | Nov 15 2007, 01:11 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.pjstar.com/stories/111507/CUE_BETK0GF6.030.php |
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| IMissAremid | Nov 15 2007, 01:21 PM Post #2 |
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After all... tomorrow is another day!
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What an outstanding interview. I *might* (might) be able to go to this on Saturday. I will let you all know if I am able to meet Drake and I find out anything good. ;) |
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| Steve Frame | Nov 15 2007, 01:25 PM Post #3 |
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That just proves to me it goes back to what I said in the other thread. Days is keeping him on contract to either keep him from going somewhere else and if ratings go up with him gone he will stay dead. If they don't Drake will be back. When will the stupid people running the soaps these days realize that these ratings stunts don't work unless you have something big to back it up. You don't build suspense and drama and then kill it with no excitement just a little over a week after it happens. GH is finally being smart this time by having their next big story kicking off right in the middle of this sweeps stunt. And this story is supposed to last until the next sweeps. It's already got people talking. Whether it will help with the ratings is yet to be seen, but at least they are finally realizing they have to do something during the stunt to make people stay around. I guess you could say that Days felt the Sami/Lucas/EJ stuff would get people to stay but they guessed wrong. Most people are so bored with that drama and could care less. For the most part only the die hard Lumi or EJami fans care at this point. It is rare to find just a Days fan who actually cares at this point. Hogie has done to them what McTavish/Brown/Esensten have done to Kendall - runied the couples to the point that people are just sick of them and don't care for them at this point. I have no doubt at this point that Drake will be back. This cements it for me. I don't think the Lumi/EJami story will bring ratings up. The Marlena story has the best chance. But unless it is heavily heavily promoted it might not at this point. Hopefully the Marlena fans will buzz it between them enough to come home. |
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| Ellie | Nov 15 2007, 01:41 PM Post #4 |
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It is a great interview... I find that these "local" interviews are often much better than interviews in national publications. One of the best Deidre interviews I've ever read was in a Milwaukee magazine (I think) before her Milwaukee PA a few years back. (And I'm sure Drake will get a lot of questions at the PA about whether he's coming back... wonder what the answer will be!) |
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| Ellie | Nov 15 2007, 02:05 PM Post #5 |
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I completely agree with this. John Black's death was hardly promoted, and though Marlena's episodes immediately afterwards were exquisite, Marlena has not been on recently, and John's death has been handled almost as an afterthought. Perhaps it will be alluded to in the coming months, but I agree that the show handled it terribly from the start. A "ratings stunt" (such as killing a character to boost the ratings) should mean heavy promotion and buildup beforehand, and heavy followup afterwards.
I agree.
I agree, and there is 'buzz', but the only real promotion on the part of the show has been to say that Marlena will have a story in December. It's almost like the show doesn't trust its own writing enough to promote the new upcoming stories. |
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| Red Mist | Nov 15 2007, 03:04 PM Post #6 |
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Thank you Ellie, very very interesting read. |
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| Jonatha | Nov 15 2007, 03:18 PM Post #7 |
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Great interview. As for you, Mary, we will be so happy if you can go and report anything back to us. If you do see him and he as much as raises one eyebrow, we expect a full report. :lol: |
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| PhoenixRising05 | Nov 16 2007, 01:35 AM Post #8 |
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Nothing surprising but something is definitely up IMO. |
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| Jonatha | Nov 16 2007, 08:41 AM Post #9 |
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Yes, something is definitely up. I guess we will all get our feelings out when and if Drake comes back. If he didn't know he was coming back, then I understand his exit interview in SOD where he mentions his feelings while cleaing out his dressing room about taking down the pictures his children had made for him through the years. That was sweet and touched my heart and made me believe he was really gone. But if at that time he knew he was coming back, then I'm going to be upset because of what he said. |
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| Tammy | Nov 16 2007, 08:58 AM Post #10 |
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For me, the thing that told me that John's death was an attempt at a quick ratings fix was that it wasn't done during Sweeps. I mean if you want to grab a viewers attention during Sweeps THAT is when you kill off a 22 year vet, not two or three weeks before hand :unsure: |
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| PhoenixRising05 | Nov 16 2007, 09:28 AM Post #11 |
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Actually, that is what nearly convinced me it was real because usually soaps kill for good during sweeps to go for the jugular. I never thought he was gone for good anyway so whatever :lol: . |
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