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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 18 2016, 06:01 PM (63,273 Views) | |
| esp13 | Feb 19 2016, 05:20 PM Post #481 |
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Just because something isn't in print doesn't mean it's speculation. And, for that matter, just because it is in print doesn't mean it's fact. |
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| SoapsandDaysfan | Feb 19 2016, 05:22 PM Post #482 |
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I guess I was asking what the source was of the supposed issues? |
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| LuvingLumi | Feb 19 2016, 05:31 PM Post #483 |
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Come on Ron, We are counting on YOU !!
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But Ej didn't want robe a Good man |
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| 4ever DAYS | Feb 19 2016, 05:39 PM Post #484 |
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Maybe Dena is partial to Asians. She has an Asian daughter. |
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| esp13 | Feb 19 2016, 05:47 PM Post #485 |
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Aside from the general knowledge of how Dena has operated in the past, the abrupt change in December, and Dena's LOA, there is enough out there from people I trust to believe it's true. It's not a matter of just linking to something because it's not always that openly stated. But, generally speaking, if somebody's speculation/information is just wrong and somebody around here knows it's wrong, then something will be said. Nobody has ever refuted the idea that there were major issues between Dena and Josh. |
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| The Room Stops | Feb 19 2016, 05:48 PM Post #486 |
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And before it ever got to that, they also took away the characters he wanted to write for. A lot were characters we loved. Core four four times a month, more EJ/Sami, more teens, all kinds of nonsense. They had him kill John (to which he demanded someone who knew his history at least get to write the funeral), only for Dena to bring him back in the worst way three months later. They made it impossible for him to be... Sheffer. They made him be "their writer", instead of "the guy who writes their show". Casiello made it sound like he was basically frustrated as hell most of his run. That's what they do to good writers. Writers with good reputations, and who have shown they can write good soap stories. They make them small, put them into a box and then force them out for people who have been fired over and over again. |
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| The Room Stops | Feb 19 2016, 05:57 PM Post #487 |
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From what I've heard, Sheri's issue isn't money at all... it's the lack of freedom in getting to tell stories (which is what a headwriter is hired to do, tell stories.) Which is what troubled Sheffer his entire run. And IMO, probably what made Griffith walk or got him released from his contract. |
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| The Room Stops | Feb 19 2016, 05:59 PM Post #488 |
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I'm salivating over the idea of this right now. Deidre, Drake, Stephen, Mary Beth, maybe the support of Bill, Susan, Martha and Brandon, walking into Corday's office and saying "She goes, or we go. Your choice." It'll never happen, but I can dream. |
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| trojangal | Feb 19 2016, 05:59 PM Post #489 |
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Dena sucks so bad but I also wasn't a fan of Josh's dark tone, though I think the production values have improved a lot since they took over. What I worry about is if Dena gets canned who is Corday the Liar going to hire? Tomlin again ? MarDar ? :headbang: I swear Days is the definition of TIIC -The Idiots In Charge |
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| The Room Stops | Feb 19 2016, 06:00 PM Post #490 |
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Maybe she's partial to people who will put her post its into a script and turn her bad ideas into a television program. |
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| sitrian | Feb 19 2016, 06:02 PM Post #491 |
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I think it would need to be KA and GG. From SN/MBE and the DHs it would look self serving. She's scuttled them before. |
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| 4ever DAYS | Feb 19 2016, 06:04 PM Post #492 |
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With the tape to air schedule as it is, Sheri would've benefited because NBC had no control, unless it was Corday and/or Sony being restrictive. |
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| trojangal | Feb 19 2016, 06:05 PM Post #493 |
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I am not sure I would take that gamble if I were one of the Vets. The show probably had their budget cut once again as a part of the renewal & vets cost $ I have a feeling some of those you mentioned will be dropped to recurring status or barely used in the future |
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| cord08 | Feb 19 2016, 06:12 PM Post #494 |
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Yeah, I think Corday would definitely listen if they were in the mix -- especially KA. And let's be honest, Dena is the whole reason GG is even there, so he probably likes her. |
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| andromeda | Feb 19 2016, 06:21 PM Post #495 |
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Of course he is. And Dena is still at the helm. I will never understand this kind of blatant mismanagement. They hire Higley, she proves she's terrible and extremely unpopular with the consumer, so they fire her. They hire her again and she's as predictable and "popular" as ever, so they fire her again. Then they decide it's a great idea to hire this HACK again. I have no sympathy for such blatant disregard for the fans and for such stupidity. This show blows. Chunks.
Edited by andromeda, Feb 19 2016, 06:22 PM.
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| DCgirl | Feb 19 2016, 06:22 PM Post #496 |
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I dread to see what more she is going to do to Nicole. "sigh" I wonder if we will ever see Lucas again? |
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| The Room Stops | Feb 19 2016, 06:51 PM Post #497 |
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In trying to find a little spark of optimism in this dark crap hole last night, all I could find was the glimmer of hope that Higley is still on LOA. In which case, she'd still officially be the head writer that's left with Griffith leaving, but not actually, physically, going back to work. Ryan Quan is Beth Milstein ala summer 2006 (interim), while they are scrambling trying to secure or find a new head writer. And that's my message of hope. |
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| King | Feb 19 2016, 06:52 PM Post #498 |
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Woohoo! He brought a lot of good stuff to the show (or his regime did), but the show is pretty terrible right now and showing no signs of improving so I am glad some changes are being made.
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| cord08 | Feb 19 2016, 07:16 PM Post #499 |
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Yeah, there is that slim possibility. But I mean, if Dena's not coming back, why not announce her exit already? I assume her contract was as long as Griffith's, so if it was a year contract, they could just release her at this point. The fact that they never officially confirmed Dena's LOA or Beth joining is interesting, though. God, I hope you're somehow right. Another name I saw thrown out there today as a possible replacement is Sri Rao. He wrote for GH: Night Shift, a GH spinoff from the 2000s. I didn't watch, but a lot of people seemed to like it. And according to a tweet from January, he'd still be interesting in head writing GH if given the opportunity. He's also Indian American, if I'm not mistaken. An Indian and Asian American heading a soap? Damn. Call him up, Days! Posted Image |
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| samskara2012 | Feb 19 2016, 07:21 PM Post #500 |
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So what if Higley adores Tamara. I adore Tamara, but I don't want her sticking around a sinking boat or having to be made a mockery by a writer who clearly has no direction for her. And clearly I'm not a fan of Higley's ability to write for Tamara. This is what happened on GH when Charles Pratt and Bob Guza kept having her Carly as a retainer for Sonny and not going full steam ahead with the more favoured pairing for Carly with Lorenzo. Then Tamara left GH in 2005. She came to DOOL back in Feb 2008 with what I thought was going to be a killer story and being able to be paired with another of my favourite actors on daytime in Stephen Nichols. Half way through that story though, suddenly she was being flung into John and Marlena's story without reason. Then she goes to AMC where she's going to be paired with an iconic daytime character in Bianca, none other than the daughter of Erica Kane. So then this idea of this groundbreaking story with the first gay wedding on daytime television, comes, and what does Charles Pratt do? Has Reese kissing the husband of her wife-to-be's sister. So that automatically made her persona non grata on that show because of the shoddy writing. So come 2011, it's announced Tamara is coming back to Days, but not as Ava (her Emmy Award Winning Role) but as a recast Taylor, a character who wasn't well liked because of Natalia Livingston and the "scarfmance" stupidity, but also because of the Ejami and Ejole fans who were hitting the roof because she was an interloper. So once again Tamara is written off (September 2011). Then last July it's announced Tamara is coming back as Ava. Well talk about having hope that finally she would be getting the writing worthy of her. Nope! If any of what we're seeing is anything Higley has written, or the indicator of where she plans on going with Ava should Tamara sign long-term.... As a dedicated Tamara Braun fan, I don't want it and won't watch. So even if as you say Higley adores Tamara, her writing sure hasn't proven that one bit. As to the second point, tell me where has Ava been "killed off"? She wasn't killed off the last time, and I doubt she will be IF Higley as as fond her as you say. But again, this card carrying Tamara Braun fan has nothing to be happy about considering the crap they've given her so far. Edited by samskara2012, Feb 19 2016, 07:22 PM.
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