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| Dena Higley QUITS — SUDS REPORT EXCLUSIVE; Breaking News — TVGC; ATWT actor FIRED | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 26 2008, 06:10 PM (133,430 Views) | |
| Jonatha | Jul 28 2008, 12:18 PM Post #1041 |
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Welcome to all new posters and new members of DR. We are enjoying all of your input. :applause: |
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| leelee | Jul 28 2008, 12:18 PM Post #1042 |
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Wonder what MTS thinks about all of this if she's read/heard about it? |
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| Rakesh198 | Jul 28 2008, 12:19 PM Post #1043 |
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Exactly. I posted that NBC was down like 30 mins ago and no one answered me. I thought it was only me and I kept trying. LOL! I bet they are trying to cover it up or something. |
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| Ponz | Jul 28 2008, 12:19 PM Post #1044 |
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That's the other thing that doesn't add up. Corday owns the show and is supposedly in Dena's camp. I could see Scott constantly interfering but it seems highly implausible that he'd have the clout to veto every one of her stories and totally sideline her writing team. |
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| Jonatha | Jul 28 2008, 12:19 PM Post #1045 |
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Yes, they are down. Maybe Terry got completely worried and paranoid about his teen crushes and went nuts thinking his imaginary world is about to change in some way. :tounge: |
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| PhoenixRising05 | Jul 28 2008, 12:20 PM Post #1046 |
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Which is why I want to know more before adamantly saying Ed Scott should lose his job. This could only be one side of the issue. We don't know the extent to which stuff was re-written and so on. Tweaking happens all the time and, as I said, I'm sure EP's interfere all the time. We know they do. It's been happening on Days alone for years. It's not right no matter how you slice it but it happens. I'm not trying to defend Ed. I just want to make sure this isn't just Higley making shit up. This is the same woman who returned to the HW's seat in a very unsavory manner so anything is possible. The one thing that is clear is this show is in alot of trouble. This is only just the beginning. People will lose their jobs. I fear for what will be left when the smoke clears. |
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| Tripp | Jul 28 2008, 12:20 PM Post #1047 |
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So here is what I think it is: 1. Dena writes shit. We all know this. 2. Ed Scott reads the shit, and goes "Shit, this is shit!" So he tweaks it some. 3. Dena gets pissed. Throws a fit. 4. Ed tells her as long as she keeps writing crap, he'll always try to improve it. |
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| Kenny | Jul 28 2008, 12:20 PM Post #1048 |
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I think he's upset because these are his colleagues and he was also shoved out of a job only for this to take place. I'd be pretty pissed, too. |
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| jane1978 | Jul 28 2008, 12:21 PM Post #1049 |
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He couldn´t fire her, that´s Corday´s job and Dena is his friend. Let´s not forget what Toups said. Scott is not responsible for the writing, but because Corday really doesn´t care about daily production and is almost never in the studio, he probably decided to get involved in that too and to help the show. Another thing, one of the few interviews Dena did she was happy with the blackout/elevator sex idea. Also people who say she was good during strike. But that´s because she was hired in November and had time to prepare her stories. But the show slowly started to lose direction, because she obviously wasn´t able to do it all. Plan new stories, control writer meetings and prepare breakdowns. |
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| sitrian | Jul 28 2008, 12:22 PM Post #1050 |
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Seriously and wouldn't it be doing favors to whoever the diva is? MBE has had an hour of airtime in the month of July. And yeah they finally got the fallout scenes and they were great... but 3 months late and 2 days? It's not exactly taking over the show and I haven't seen them in the spoilers as anything more than supporting players after that. Dee had the forced vacation and one would think that she'd be making Marlena a stronger character not a weaker one. KA looks smokin hot with the badge pinned to her jeans but since walking around with a badge pinned to her jeans has all she has done since May I don't really see her either. If it's AS she's clearly a robot who doesn't sleep even when pregnant. I've got to count those four out. |
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| leelee | Jul 28 2008, 12:22 PM Post #1051 |
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The NBC board works for me..it's just slow as hell. |
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| Ponz | Jul 28 2008, 12:22 PM Post #1052 |
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I think so too. And it sounds far less earth-shattering when put your way. |
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| daysfan | Jul 28 2008, 12:23 PM Post #1053 |
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The one reason I sort of doubt Rachel would be the big diva is because she was not in that big Summer of Love/Romance promo, and it seems like Daniel is going to be paired with Kate possibly now that she is also suddenly in his orbit, and where would that leave Rachel? |
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| luvpumpkns | Jul 28 2008, 12:23 PM Post #1054 |
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LOL...he's probably busily posting on how the over-blown diva CANNOT be SHELLEY BECAUSE HE LOVES SHELLY AND OMG SHE WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING AND SHE IS SO TALENTED AND BEAUTIFUL. heh heh. |
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| King | Jul 28 2008, 12:23 PM Post #1055 |
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It actually is earth shattering b/c DAYS is getting investigated by the WGA for the second time in three months. And it might get sued...again. DAYS has NOOOO money. This could put DAYS under. |
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| sitrian | Jul 28 2008, 12:25 PM Post #1056 |
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That's kind of my read too, Tripp. I'm not saying Ed didn't cross a line and if he did that he shouldn't get some comeuppance for it but this story is clearly one sided and reputation wise I have to give Ed the benefit of the doubt here when I don't have enough information to know what happened. |
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| Alligato | Jul 28 2008, 12:25 PM Post #1057 |
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I would love to know who is writing their own scenes because most of the dialogue between people have really sucked...so it goes to show how stupid they really are. I totally rule out Ali Sweeney has her character has been destroyed recently, and she has no story. Dee has been pretty bad too. Tamara left weeks ago, so not her. And don't really see much happening with Nadia coming up, other than waiting on Lucas...which really isn't in her character. And Ari, while having some screen time, really hasn't been on THAT much, and just in EJ/Trent orbit. So I would either guess Rachel Melvin...who has been acting like a little giddy teenager around an older man which makes me REALLY surprised that someone hasn't stepped up and told her to mature her character a bit...unless Scott really likes it when she does that to HIM. Rachel's character has done a total change in the past few months and has shared screen with all the big vets (Vic, Kate, Bo, Hope) not to mention is the new prodigy at the hospital getting involved in the big Theo story. Her Emmy might have inflated her ego a bit too...not to mention that all the behind the scenes people just love her. She might just have gotten carried away a bit. Shelley has been on alot too, but her scenes are so bad and repetitive that I think she would ask for something more for herself. SN and MBE have already said that they went to the producer and got them to write in the Ava talk...who is to say that didn't write that themselves? And just got carried away? I loved Casiello's post but thought it funny that he said none of his commentary was about him, but in his recap, it was all about him being hired, writing, fired, etc. He made some excellent points about being strung around and the fans paying for it. It does seem that the execs are totally taking their audience for granted...and the ratings are showing it. Thanks, Nelson, brimike et al for the scoop! |
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| Ponz | Jul 28 2008, 12:26 PM Post #1058 |
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AND SHE'S HIS GIRL, NOT YOUR GIRL, HIS GIRL!!! NO ONE ELSES!! |
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| Steve Frame | Jul 28 2008, 12:28 PM Post #1059 |
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But Ed's rep is not completely untarnished. As Alvin and I have both pointed out - a writer got him fired before. Kay Alden hates him and she has a great rep and is loved by everyone she works with but Ed Scott. The reasons back then were not revealed but Kay Alden personally went to Bell and got Scott fired. Bell would not have done that for no reason. When Bell was writing Scott would have never tried anything like this with the big man, but I am sure he felt he could walk over Alden but she showed him. |
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| Jonatha | Jul 28 2008, 12:28 PM Post #1060 |
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OMG, you have that right. It's good to have a laugh at this point. |
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