dooldooldool

Nov 19 2008, 05:14 PM

Well, if each were making #2M a year, then it truly was wasted money. Heck, even anything north of $1M in this "new business environment" is a bit much. And also a no-brainer that they were let go.

Let's say they were given 2-day-a-week guarantees. That works out to 100 episodes -- or $10,000-20,000 per work day. Compare that to a newbie runs less than $1000 a day per the AFTRA contract.

Granted, both were used heavily in early 2008 (Dee 113 episodes YTD, Drake 126 YTD), but the past couple years have been pretty much twice-a-week.

Dee had 81 episodes in 2007. Drake had 49.
Dee had 105 episodes in 2006. Drake 111.

Now, perhaps $1M for a four-day-a-week would be more in line (making it only $5000 per day of work). Personally, I could handle seeing Marlena four days a week. But I recall how irate many were when Dee appeared for 30+ consecutive days to start 2008.

And I would be so totally on board for a dozen cast members all appearing four days a week instead of thirty "cast members". Integrate main characters into all stories and stunt-cast, day-player, recur the rest.

CatherineEarnshaw

Nov 19 2008, 05:19 PM

dooldooldool

Nov 19 2008, 05:14 PM

Well, if each were making #2M a year, then it truly was wasted money. Heck, even anything north of $1M in this "new business environment" is a bit much. And also a no-brainer that they were let go.

Let's say they were given 2-day-a-week guarantees. That works out to 100 episodes -- or $10,000-20,000 per work day. Compare that to a newbie runs less than $1000 a day per the AFTRA contract.

Granted, both were used heavily in early 2008 (Dee 113 episodes YTD, Drake 126 YTD), but the past couple years have been pretty much twice-a-week.

Dee had 81 episodes in 2007. Drake had 49.
Dee had 105 episodes in 2006. Drake 111.

Now, perhaps $1M for a four-day-a-week would be more in line (making it only $5000 per day of work). Personally, I could handle seeing Marlena four days a week. But I recall how irate many were when Dee appeared for 30+ consecutive days to start 2008.

And I would be so totally on board for a dozen cast members all appearing four days a week instead of thirty "cast members". Integrate main characters into all stories and stunt-cast, day-player, recur the rest.

irate at Deidre being on a lot??

According to Jason's numbers, she hasn't been on a lot since the SK story.

dooldooldool

Nov 19 2008, 05:14 PM

Well, if each were making #2M a year, then it truly was wasted money. Heck, even anything north of $1M in this "new business environment" is a bit much. And also a no-brainer that they were let go.

Let's say they were given 2-day-a-week guarantees. That works out to 100 episodes -- or $10,000-20,000 per work day. Compare that to a newbie runs less than $1000 a day per the AFTRA contract.

Granted, both were used heavily in early 2008 (Dee 113 episodes YTD, Drake 126 YTD), but the past couple years have been pretty much twice-a-week.

Dee had 81 episodes in 2007. Drake had 49.
Dee had 105 episodes in 2006. Drake 111.

Now, perhaps $1M for a four-day-a-week would be more in line (making it only $5000 per day of work). Personally, I could handle seeing Marlena four days a week. But I recall how irate many were when Dee appeared for 30+ consecutive days to start 2008.

And I would be so totally on board for a dozen cast members all appearing four days a week instead of thirty "cast members". Integrate main characters into all stories and stunt-cast, day-player, recur the rest.

I listened to the entire podcast. Quite honestly, it was pretty much a squeal of hyperactive banshees. Ids it "big news"? Sure, it is. Am I miffed? Absolutely. But the world is not going to end becaused the DH's will not be on our screen for 100 days a year.

There are worse things to worry about with this show. Like the misogyny reeking from today's show.

#1. Stephanie gets a call from "Nick's Phone". But Big Tough Kiriakis has to grab the phone from her and listen himeslef because the poor little girly-wirly apparently has no ears or brain.

#2. Newly rich Lucas Horton buys a house for his doesn't-know-it-yet bride to be. ABC soap "Brothers And Sisters" just did a show about how cruel and controlling this behavior is.

Sometimes I wonder who the women are who write this show. Are they all living in 1950 with bouffant upswept do's, waiting for their man to rescue them from a mouse......?

dooldooldool

Nov 19 2008, 05:46 PM

I disagree a bit about the "heroine" part. She's 61 now. That doesn't necessarily have to be grandmother or great-grandmother material, but "heroine"? Not quite anymore.

Dee is actually best when she is evil and bitchy. Someone else commented that James Reilly saw that and wrote to that. While some fans were horrified and left the show, face it, nearly every American with a TV knew that "Marlena was the devil". Of course, they weren't all viewers, but it seeped out into the general pre-TMZ, early-internet world. Jay Leno joked about it.

She also shined when she was locked away with Kristen, snarking back. Sometimes, Marlena and Kristen had better chemistry than either of them had with John.

And she also was wonderful in her "killing spree", especially her hospital scenes with TonyAndre, her cemetary smackdown with 80-something Doug, and her kitchen peek-a-boo with 90-something Alice.

When Dee was away from DOOL in the late 80s (early 90s?), she was on a 7-episode story arc for the crime drama Wiseguy, where she played a boob-jobbed, plastic aging bimbette wife of a record company executive. She snarked big time with Tim Curry and Debbie Harry. Her character died while having wild sex with a young rocker. They both crashed through a skylight while getting it on.

Delicious.

dooldooldool

Nov 19 2008, 06:24 PM

Clearly, we both like her. I suppose I am more Alexis Colby and you are more Krystle Carrington. I am more AbbyFairgate, while you may prefer KarenMcKenzie.

If I want to watch steely heroic women, I will switch over to LifetimeMovieChannel. After all, DOOL isn't exactly good at creating/maintaining that archetype

I think that a sixtysomething woman should be strong and sympathetic. She shouldn't gasp when a man takes a shine to her or her stepson appears at the door. She shouldn't be full-on beeyatch either, but the times are few over the past several years where she was strong and tough and not mooning over her man.

That's mostly bad writing and bad storytelling more than acting choices


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dooldooldool

Nov 19 2008, 06:24 PM

Clearly, we both like her. I suppose I am more Alexis Colby and you are more Krystle Carrington. I am more AbbyFairgate, while you may prefer KarenMcKenzie.

If I want to watch steely heroic women, I will switch over to LifetimeMovieChannel. After all, DOOL isn't exactly good at creating/maintaining that archetype

I think that a sixtysomething woman should be strong and sympathetic. She shouldn't gasp when a man takes a shine to her or her stepson appears at the door. She shouldn't be full-on beeyatch either, but the times are few over the past several years where she was strong and tough and not mooning over her man.

That's mostly bad writing and bad storytelling more than acting choices


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dooldooldool

Nov 19 2008, 05:46 PM

When Dee was away from DOOL in the late 80s (early 90s?), she was on a 7-episode story arc for the crime drama Wiseguy, where she played a boob-jobbed, plastic aging bimbette wife of a record company executive. She snarked big time with Tim Curry and Debbie Harry. Her character died while having wild sex with a young rocker. They both crashed through a skylight while getting it on.

Delicious.

daisysmommy

Nov 18 2008, 09:19 PM

I'm watching til DnDs last airdate and then I will throw eggs at any sceeen airing the show.
Fuck that Corday and his dislotalty.

Sindacco

Nov 20 2008, 02:43 AM

dooldooldool

Nov 19 2008, 05:46 PM

When Dee was away from DOOL in the late 80s (early 90s?), she was on a 7-episode story arc for the crime drama Wiseguy, where she played a boob-jobbed, plastic aging bimbette wife of a record company executive. She snarked big time with Tim Curry and Debbie Harry. Her character died while having wild sex with a young rocker. They both crashed through a skylight while getting it on.

Delicious.

Do you have clip of that? :P