From: mins@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (timothy.j.mizerak)
Subject: Re: DOOL
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:45:08 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.154257.1430@chpc.utexas.edu> peea224@chpc.utexas.edu (Joanna L. Castillo) writes:
>In article <1992Jul27.173906.13062@cbfsb.cb.att.com> mins@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (timothy.j.mizerak) writes:
>>In article <Zudor*kZ0@cecily.UUCP> rose@cecily.UUCP (Rose M. Delckum) writes:
>>>
>>>do it :-).  I'm sorry, but I just don't understand this.  They say
>>>they're letting Mary Beth go (ie firing her) due to the fact that they
>>
>>No, this is not correct (ie wrong).  Mary Beth was NOT fired.
>
>Well...lst's see...this is how I remember things being reported.  DOOL 
>and Mary Beth negotiated for a few months and Mary Beth gave in,
>eventually, to all the contract stipulations put forth by DOOL, 
>including extending her contract period to two years rather than the
>one year she wanted.  Then, mysteriously, TPTB decided they really 
>didn't have anywhere to go with her character so decided not to renew
>the contract afterall.  Gee...sounds to me like she was fired even 
>though, at the time, TPTB said she wanted to leave.  How is that NOT
>being fired?


If what you have just described here were true, I would not argue that she
wasn't fired.  However, it doesn't jive what *I* recall of the events that
led up to Mary Beth leaving, not to mention my point that we just plain 
don't know a lot.  


>After all the dust settled, Mary Beth did tell some soap rag that she 
>supposed it might be for the best because it would force her to try new 
>things but she would have been happy to stay with DOOL *forever*.


I remember this part.  I don't think she said she would have been "happy"
to stay with DOOL forever.  She seemed to say a lot about how *unhappy*
she had been due to the lack of storyline.  I think  Mary Beth's point was that
she could *see* herself being on DOOL forever.  Or that she would be willing
to stay on the show forever if things were different.


>>No, not really.  What Sheri Anderson said was that she didn't want to 
>>bring back Kayla *and Steve* as *that* storyline would need LOTS of
>>airtime and *that* would be detracting.  Kim is a rather minor character
>>compared to what Steve and Kayla would be.
>
>Right...but that concerns bringing Steve back.  Why couldn't Kayla
>stay?  Mary Beth says she *wanted* to stay with the show.  Is Steve 
>the only story that could have been written for Kayla?  I don't think 
>so...surely you don't.


Surely I don't and I wasn't trying to imply that.  I wrote the above in
response to Rose's argument that Kayla was let go because she would take
too much airtime.  I just corrected her in that Sheri Anderson said that
"Steve and Kayla" would  need too much airtime, not just Kayla.  They 
should have kept Kayla, they could have done a million great things with
her.   That isn't my point at all.


>>Mary Beth did not get a fair shake.  Agreed.  But let's not make it worse 
>>than it was by mangling the little we know into a tale of woe.  Sheesh.
>
>Fine...so long as you agree that failing to renew a contract with 
>someone who compromises and agrees to all your contract stipulations 
>is the same as firing that person.


I agree.  Wish I could think of a situation that resembles that though.  :)


>Please note that I'm not holding this against Patsy/Kim in any way.  
>Kim was never one of my favorite characters and that has nothing to do
>with whether or not Mary Beth is on the show.  Frankly, I'd much 
>rather have Kim than lots of the other folks that are currently on the 
>show.


What I started out arguing was the whole idea that Mary Beth was fired
because Patsy was brought back.  I'm glad you don't think that.  I don't
think anyone here is really qualified to judge if Mary Beth was fired or
not.  I'm just trying to say that from what has been told, it sounds 
awfully possible that she could have chosen to reject the terms that DAYS
was willing to give her.


>Joanna. /\ /\           
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>|      |-----|                         |  Joanna L. Castillo
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