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Y&R: Infamous "Spit Take" with Rowell and Stafford
Topic Started: Dec 30 2009, 03:47 AM (4,427 Views)
DeeDee
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JDB
Jan 6 2010, 07:16 PM
DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:05 PM
Bergman doesn't spit on Braeden.
Didn't they have a fight/scuffle years ago?
Yep.

But because they are "popular" white males that kind of stuff is treated as no big deal.

If a minority soap actor were to physically fight their cast they would never work in Daytime again.
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DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:21 PM
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I don't get the whole "AIDS to bubonic plague" line! And maybe it WAS inappropriate since Victoria didn't know it was coming but the way she recounted the situation made me expect a lot worse than what was shown in that scene!


A "popular" white actress spits on a "controversial" black actress & it's "part of the scene" or "overdramatized".

Had the roles been reversed it would have been treated as the crime of the century & if the same situation happened between Bergman & Braeden or Tylo & Brown or Park & Peck or Zimmer & Watros it wouldn't be "justified" or "acceptable".
VR is every bit as popular as MS in many quarters and the character of Dru is ICONIC! I don't get the racial angle here at all! It's 2010 and so much of that crap is in the past! I think it WOULD be just as controversial if any other actor spit on another, regardless of race!
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Jan 6 2010, 07:23 PM
I don't think anyone's saying that Rowell doesn't have a right to be pissed. Of course she does, and I don't think anyone's begrudging her of that. I'm just saying that I didn't think the incident was as terrible as Rowell made it sound.
The point I'm making is it shouldn't have happened & to acknowledge it shouldn't have happened while saying it wasn't that bad is the same thing as saying that Victoria "deserved" it.
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DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:24 PM
JDB
Jan 6 2010, 07:16 PM
DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:05 PM
Bergman doesn't spit on Braeden.
Didn't they have a fight/scuffle years ago?
Yep.

But because they are "popular" white males that kind of stuff is treated as no big deal.

If a minority soap actor were to physically fight their cast they would never work in Daytime again.
I totally disagree with that! If KSJ and John Driscoll as an example had a backstage dustup, do you REALLY think a popular actor like St John would be fired over Driscoll?
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DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:26 PM
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Jan 6 2010, 07:23 PM
I don't think anyone's saying that Rowell doesn't have a right to be pissed. Of course she does, and I don't think anyone's begrudging her of that. I'm just saying that I didn't think the incident was as terrible as Rowell made it sound.
The point I'm making is it shouldn't have happened & to acknowledge it shouldn't have happened while saying it wasn't that bad is the same thing as saying that Victoria "deserved" it.
Oh, please. I never (and would never) say that Victoria deserved it. How you got that from what I said, I have no idea. And I AGREE - it shouldn't have happened, without Victoria's consent.
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DeeDee
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Jan 6 2010, 07:25 PM
DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:21 PM
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I don't get the whole "AIDS to bubonic plague" line! And maybe it WAS inappropriate since Victoria didn't know it was coming but the way she recounted the situation made me expect a lot worse than what was shown in that scene!


A "popular" white actress spits on a "controversial" black actress & it's "part of the scene" or "overdramatized".

Had the roles been reversed it would have been treated as the crime of the century & if the same situation happened between Bergman & Braeden or Tylo & Brown or Park & Peck or Zimmer & Watros it wouldn't be "justified" or "acceptable".
VR is every bit as popular as MS in many quarters and the character of Dru is ICONIC! I don't get the racial angle here at all! It's 2010 and so much of that crap is in the past! I think it WOULD be just as controversial if any other actor spit on another, regardless of race!
It would be CONTROVERSIAL but it wouldn't be ACCEPTABLE.

As Kenny said if it was Chappell or another "popular" actor it wouldn't have happened & if it their fans wouldn't say the spit on actor was being overdramatic or try to justify the spitting actor's behavior as anything less than unacceptable.
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DeeDee
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Grandpa Hughes
Jan 6 2010, 07:27 PM
DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:24 PM
JDB
Jan 6 2010, 07:16 PM
DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:05 PM
Bergman doesn't spit on Braeden.
Didn't they have a fight/scuffle years ago?
Yep.

But because they are "popular" white males that kind of stuff is treated as no big deal.

If a minority soap actor were to physically fight their cast they would never work in Daytime again.
I totally disagree with that! If KSJ and John Driscoll as an example had a backstage dustup, do you REALLY think a popular actor like St John would be fired over Driscoll?
In a New York minute.
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DeeDee
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Jan 6 2010, 07:27 PM
DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:26 PM
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Jan 6 2010, 07:23 PM
I don't think anyone's saying that Rowell doesn't have a right to be pissed. Of course she does, and I don't think anyone's begrudging her of that. I'm just saying that I didn't think the incident was as terrible as Rowell made it sound.
The point I'm making is it shouldn't have happened & to acknowledge it shouldn't have happened while saying it wasn't that bad is the same thing as saying that Victoria "deserved" it.
Oh, please. I never (and would never) say that Victoria deserved it. How you got that from what I said, I have no idea. And I AGREE - it shouldn't have happened, without Victoria's consent.
I'm not saying YOU said it Mason but a lot of implication has been made that Victoria "deserved" it.

None of the other actors who have less than stellar working relationships would do something uncalled for & disgusting like that so why are the minority actors not afforded the same rights?
Edited by DeeDee, Jan 6 2010, 07:34 PM.
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DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:21 PM
A "popular" white actress spits on a "controversial" black actress & it's "part of the scene" or "overdramatized".

Had the roles been reversed it would have been treated as the crime of the century & if the same situation happened between Bergman & Braeden or Tylo & Brown or Park & Peck or Zimmer & Watros it wouldn't be "justified" or "acceptable".
I'm sure it is looked at differently based on race by some people, but I honestly don't think the color of either actress' skin matters to most of the people in this thread.

Forgive me for speaking for the crowd, but I don't think anyone's saying that Michelle's behavior was justified or acceptable. Many people were just expecting something different based on Victoria's description of the scene. Personally, I was expecting Michelle to actually cough up a loogie and spit it right in Victoria's face. That's what I was imagining based on the way Victoria's described it. I'm not sure why, but that's the image I had in my mind, LoL. That's not to say that what actually transpired was more acceptable, but it doesn't seem quite as grotesque as the image I had in my mind after I heard Victoria's interview.

As for some people thinking it made the scene better, I can understand why they feel that way. We see "spit takes" on various TV shows and movies all the time and they can be funny. Actors just need to inform their scene partners and get their permission beforehand rather than assuming they'll be okay with being given a spit bath in the moment.
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Jan 6 2010, 07:34 PM
DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:21 PM
A "popular" white actress spits on a "controversial" black actress & it's "part of the scene" or "overdramatized".

Had the roles been reversed it would have been treated as the crime of the century & if the same situation happened between Bergman & Braeden or Tylo & Brown or Park & Peck or Zimmer & Watros it wouldn't be "justified" or "acceptable".
As for some people thinking it made the scene better, I can understand why they feel that way. We see "spit takes" on various TV shows and movies all the time and they can be funny. Actors just need to inform their scene partners and get their permission beforehand rather than assuming they'll be okay with being given a spit bath in the moment.
That's the thing neither the actresses nor the characters were friends so a spit take between the characters doesn't work as comedic or in character.

Had Dru randomly spat on Phyllis would Phyllis have no reaction or not do or say anything about it?

No.
Edited by DeeDee, Jan 6 2010, 07:39 PM.
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Yep.

But because they are "popular" white males that kind of stuff is treated as no big deal.

If a minority soap actor were to physically fight their cast they would never work in Daytime again.
I totally disagree with that! If KSJ and John Driscoll as an example had a backstage dustup, do you REALLY think a popular actor like St John would be fired over Driscoll?
In a New York minute.
Again, I disagree! But I'm a white guy so maybe I can't see what you're seeing so I'll bow out of this and apologize if I offended you! It was certainly not my intent to do that or to get into a racial discussion at all! And I'm on thin ice writing about what a big VR fan I am if it sounds like "some of my best friends are..." to you! I AM a fan and have always loved the character of Dru and her evolution and back story! I hope you get what I'm saying!
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DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:37 PM
That's the thing neither the actresses nor the characters were friends so a spit take doesn't between either pair doesn't work as comedic or in character.
Yeah, but I think that's more a matter of opinion re: what makes a "fun" scene than double standards of a "popular" white actress vs. a "controversial" black actress. And you know what they say about opinions...
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Kenny
Jan 6 2010, 07:40 PM
DeeDee
Jan 6 2010, 07:37 PM
That's the thing neither the actresses nor the characters were friends so a spit take doesn't between either pair doesn't work as comedic or in character.
Yeah, but I think that's more a matter of opinion than double standards of a "popular" white actress vs. a "controversial" black actress. And you know what they say about opinions...
Not really.

Do you see Bergman out of the blue spitting on Braeden or Davidson spitting on Thomas-Scott?

Would Victor or Jack or Nikki or Ashley NOT react & shrug it off if they were spit on even if it was "just a spit take"?

No.
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Jan 6 2010, 07:45 PM
Would Victor or Jack or Nikki or Ashley NOT react & shrug it off if they were spit on even if it was "just a spit take"?
Nope. But I'm not gonna lie -- I would love to see a Davidson/MTS spit take, LoL.

Anyway, would you have been alright with the scene if Dru/Victoria were allowed to react by slapping the shit out of Phyllis/Michelle so she didn't look like such a pushover in the scene? (With the spit take and the slap being scripted, of course)
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Nope. But I'm not gonna lie -- I would love to see a Davidson/MTS spit take, LoL.


You aren't the only one. lol

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Anyway, would you have been alright with the scene if Dru/Victoria were allowed to react by slapping the shit out of Phyllis/Michelle so she didn't look like such a pushover in the scene? (With the spit take and the slap being scripted, of course)


Mhm.

The thing is that scene was TOTALLY OOC for them.

Now had the spitting happened with Phyllis & DIANE I still would have thought spitting was uncalled for but it WOULDN'T be OOC.
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Jan 6 2010, 07:33 PM
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Jan 6 2010, 07:27 PM
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Jan 6 2010, 07:26 PM
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Jan 6 2010, 07:23 PM
I don't think anyone's saying that Rowell doesn't have a right to be pissed. Of course she does, and I don't think anyone's begrudging her of that. I'm just saying that I didn't think the incident was as terrible as Rowell made it sound.
The point I'm making is it shouldn't have happened & to acknowledge it shouldn't have happened while saying it wasn't that bad is the same thing as saying that Victoria "deserved" it.
Oh, please. I never (and would never) say that Victoria deserved it. How you got that from what I said, I have no idea. And I AGREE - it shouldn't have happened, without Victoria's consent.
I'm not saying YOU said it Mason but a lot of implication has been made that Victoria "deserved" it.

None of the other actors who have less than stellar working relationships would do something uncalled for & disgusting like that so why are the minority actors not afforded the same rights?
Where has the implication been made? I only heard about the story through reading VR's take on it, and as I said earlier, pictured MS hocking a loogie in her face, so the video was a lot tamer in comparison. That doesn't mean she deserved it or that she didn't have the right to be angry, though. If someone comes in and says she had it coming, I'll be right there with you, but no one in this thread so far has been taking that stance, or any stance that could be called hypocritical.
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In a way, I think it made sense for Dru NOT to react physically because, although the spitting was done on purpose by the actress, it was played like an "accident" as a result of Dru's shocking news. Dru almost looked pleased with herself because she was able to get such a reaction out of Phyllis, which I think was what she wanted in the first place (not spit, but a horrified reaction).

If it had been played as if Phyllis was purposely spraying her drink all over Dru's face, then yeah... I'd definitely expect a reaction out of Dru.

Either way, it shouldn't have taken place without Michelle getting permission from Victoria first.
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Kenny
Jan 6 2010, 08:06 PM
In a way, I think it made sense for Dru NOT to react physically because, although the spitting was done on purpose by the actress, it was played like an "accident" as a result of Dru's shocking news. Dru almost looked pleased with herself because she was able to get such a reaction out of Phyllis, which I think was what she wanted in the first place (not spit, but a horrified reaction).

If it had been played as if Phyllis was purposely spraying her drink all over Dru's face, then yeah... I'd definitely expect a reaction out of Dru.

Either way, it shouldn't have taken place without Michelle getting permission from Victoria first.
It was OOC for Dru NOT to react.

Being spat on is NOT something Dru would accept from anyone especially Phyllis & since it was way OOC for the characters & given the actresses less than stellar relationship it's clear why there were problems.
Edited by DeeDee, Jan 6 2010, 08:13 PM.
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Deidre Hall spitting a piece of gum on Peter Reckell's forehead didn't get that much attention. And just for me personally, if a piece of gum was spit out and onto my forehead it would be on the same line as a spray of liquid spewed onto my face. Deidre also didn't mean to do it and it wasn't in the script either. I think the situation with MS and VR was and is a tad overblown. But PR and DH are probably friends whereas VR and MS most likely arent.
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Jan 7 2010, 06:58 PM
Deidre Hall spitting a piece of gum on Peter Reckell's forehead didn't get that much attention. And just for me personally, if a piece of gum was spit out and onto my forehead it would be on the same line as a spray of liquid spewed onto my face. Deidre also didn't mean to do it and it wasn't in the script either. I think the situation with MS and VR was and is a tad overblown. But PR and DH are probably friends whereas VR and MS most likely arent.
Did that actually air? I remember her recent interview when she discussed it (she did it on purpose according to her), but I thought they would've done another take.
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