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What Happened To All The Fun In Port Charles? They did away with all of the fun stuff on GH, it’s like TPTB have sucked all of the fun out of the show. The Nurses Ball, Luke’s Club, Alan and Monica fighting and making up, the Quartermaines going at each other, all gone. I was looking forward to a great concert for Life Beat with Rick Springfield pretending to be Eli Love. At last something fun that was not about the mob. But, once again GH missed a golden opportunity to shine. TPTB should have given the very talented Rick Springfield time to perform a real concert and incorporated every available cast member for this life Beat Aids Concert Storyline. Hire some extras; use the cast members you have; throw in some scenery for God’s sake, then the concert wouldn’t have looked like a cheap set-up. After the big build up, they made it about Robin and Patrick fighting ad nausea Zzzzzzz and Anna the groupie. Fans got one song and there was more talking than signing. Ten will get you twenty that Noah Drake will disappear into the woodwork again.
GH writers or TPTB seem incapable of
integrating all or any portion of their very talented mature cast
members. I absolutely love Diane; in fact I seem to love all of the
characters who don’t seem to be on contract. The scene with Diane and
Max and her going on about her designer outfit to Sonny was
hilarious. Getting to see Mac Scorpio, even briefly was a treat. Can
someone tell me why they are not using the gorgeous Mac Scorpio in
more storylines? You would think with all of the mob stuff you would
see more of the Police Commissioner. That man needs a storyline and a
girlfriend, how about Alexis, Skye, Diane, Amelia or Kate if it
doesn’t work with Sonny. I saw a definite spark between the two
actors when Mac arrested Kate.
I am happy to see Trevor Lansing; he
appears to be more twisted than his son and a lot deadlier. I am
looking forward to seeing Trevor stick it to Ric; however, I am sad to
see that it is about the mob. I think Ric and Trevor and their
relationship is a story all by itself without the mob crap and I am
even more certain that TPTB will cop out and not do this story
justice.
It’s frustrating to me, a long time
fan, to be disappointed over and over again because a story line
fizzles. It’s also becoming difficult to continue to support a show
that refuses to use actors over forty for anything other than window
dressing and most of the time not even then. Where is Bobbie? Does
she even know Jerry Jacks is in town? Their wedding was interrupted
when the cops dragged his butt away for illegal activities yet Bobbie
has had no interaction with him at all. What happened to Emily’s
cancer? What happened to Alexis cancer? It seems both woman had
miracle cures and never had to see doctors or be examined
again. Where are Alexis, Christina, Skye, Edward, Alice, Laney and
Georgie? Why didn’t Alan haunt Edward when he had Tracey taken away
to the Looney Bin? When are they going to name the Chief of Staff,
and why is Dr. Ford (a male version of Ms. Sneed) seen more than
Monica Quartermaine.
Sorry, I got carried away. I have more
questions than answers and more anticipation than satisfaction. I
understand that you have to cater to your younger audience and bring
in fresh faces, but you don’t substitute pretty faces for tried and
true talent and you don’t build a soap around two or three
characters. It’s time for Bob Guza to lighten up before he chases
away the dwindling audience that GH does have.
Annette
The Bap Diva in Philadelphia
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