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Guiding Light Discussion Group
Step 1 - Clean House
GL has a great deal of deal of dead weight walking around
Step 2 - Recast the Characters who Aren’t Working
Specifically, Remy. Remy is supposed to be a hot head character, yet the actor has no fire. Find the right actor to play this role and GL might have an actual African American male character that is a force. With a recast Shayne about to hit town, I see these two characters as GL’s new future of male stars. Plus, there is a gold mine in the Boudreaux family. It’s high time, GL once again featured a core of interesting characters, who just happen to be black. Make Clayton, Felicia, Mel & a well recast Remy a solid, core
I'm not sure what good Nat would be without Rafe. The last thing we need is her moping around for years longer over the loss of her son. I don't think Grady or Cyrus have a place in this drama. I can't wait to be rid of Cassie. Miss Reva and Jeffrey.
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I agree in general.
However, Remy has really grown on me this year. I just think they should let him pull himself out of the rut a bit more. I agree that the Boudreauxs have much potential.
Listen, I don't hate Nat, but she's boring as all get out. Frank is already boring as all get out and is capable (or used to be) of so much more and deserves so much more than snoozefest miss Goodytwo shoes hypocrite. Not sure what I want for her, definitely more in the background, though. Seemed like she had more chem with Matt today than Frankie poo. I might be able to handle that pairing.
On the fence with Rafe, too. He's been much more tolerable since his return.
I'd much rather see improved writing and prioritizing of characters and SLs than ditching and recasting.
I do want Grady gone, gone, gone. I doubt a recast or would help and I would loathe an attempt to rewrite his character.
Even Daisy could be tolerable if they wrote a decent storyline. This cop crap is tooooo sickening for words.
If they don't sever Marina and Mallet, I'd not complain if they both went. I used to really love mallet, but he induces stomach cramps with Betty Boop wannabe. (My apologies to the real Ms. Boop.)
Oh, and I bet it will be Cyrus that follows Cassie off screen, not Grady. I happen to think Cyrus has much potential, though they seem to be rollercoasting on what they want to do with him. Hope I am wrong.
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While I'm all for killing off Rafe, Natalia, etc., I'm not for recasting roles w/these wannabes, instead of real actors. Talent needs to take priority & so does finding the right role for the talented actors coming in. Too many have no focus or direction & the development of both characters & storylines is lacking as well.
As long as there is a stronger sense of apathy at the top of the decisionmaking process, the less we are going to see of a viable soap. That also applies to building on the strong foundation of fans, which TPTB (Corp) consistantly refused to do--now they've weakened it to the point that it would take 5-10 yrs (at least) to get it back! That is a daunting proposition, especially during difficult economic times. So is reversing the p.o.v. that has been perpetuated in the industry over the last 20+ yrs--that soap operas have 'run their course and are dying a natural death'. As I've said before, there is nothing natural about what has been happening. It has been consistant, intentional, destruction. Soaps have great potential, but not when taken in this direction.
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Sort of agree. I like Remy. I don't like Natalia and find her a useless character. I actually have grown to like Rafe, although he really could use a major eyebrow tweeze. He IS a Spaulding after all, and I don't see why Lizzie isn't helping him since he is her cousin. There are still Spauldings with some money so why aren't they helping him?
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