From: sher@umbc4.umbc.edu (Sherri Crain)
Subject: Re: GL
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Academic Computing Services
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 14:28:04 GMT

In article <1550@emdeng.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> jreeves@emdeng.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Jacki.A.Reeves) writes:
>
>I'm glad Alan-Michael finally told Alexandra how he feels.  I don't agree
>with how he feels, but if that how it is then he needed to tell her and
>get it in the open.  BUT,...

I thought the scenes where AM told Alex how he felt were wonderful also!
In fact,I especially loved when he told her how her father always favored
Alan and she never liked it and now she's doing the same to him!  I have
to admit,from AM's point of view,it really does seem like Alex is being
unfair.  It's true that when Phillip was around and he wanted nothing to
do with the company,she did everything in her power to get him to join
in and do his part.  AM has always had an interest in the company and she
has done everything in her power to make him sit back and take it easy.
Nothing he does,however awful the means to getting what he wants,for the 
company is enough to *prove* to Alex that he's good enough.  If I were
AM I'd go work for the competition!


>... he said something that REALLY bothered me.  It was something about 
>getting what he deserved because of "how hard I've worked all these years."
>
>ALL THESE YEARS?!  He's fresh out of college!  OK, so he ages three times
>faster than the normal human being, which is normal on a soap.  Even so, he
>could only be in his early thirties, and he wants to HEAD a multi-national
>corporation?!  I was ready to throw something through the TV at him.

Wait a minute!  Yes,AM *is* young but if you recall a few years back, Alex
was trying to get Phillip to head Spaulding.  Phillip and AM can't be that
many years apart in age!  I would think AM is about the same age that Phil
was when Alex felt Phil was MORE THAN CAPABLE of running Spaulding.  Why
is it so different for AM?  Also,when he says all these years,I think he's
speaking of more than just the years he has been working at Spaulding.  He
probably went to college and majored in business management with the intention
to use it at Spaulding,so he can count those years as working for/towards
Spaulding's future. (or more to the point,for HIS future!)  : - )

Let me make it clear,before I start getting flamed out the wahzoo... I am NOT
defending AM's *character!*  He's a jerk who takes after his father in every
way,,shape and form.  In fact,I don't miss the character of Alan at all since
AM has become such a jerk.  However,he is being manipulated by Alex and that
just isn't fair.  She has been promising him the position of the presidency
for forever now and now he's supposed to sit back,forget about it and be
oh so happy that she's found her son,who will take his (AM's) place and he
(Nick) has no clue as to how to run a business,especially one the size of
Spaulding.  It seems that Alex expects AM to continue to work as hard as
he was for the presidency while she has no intention of giving it to him, 
instead she wants to breed Nick into the position.  I can understand her
wanting to give her son everything he deserves,as her son.  Still,she
shouldn't do that at the price of other's feelings.  When H.B. (and I loved
these scenes,I've always loved these two together!) told Alex to give AM
a big slice of Spaulding to deal with,Alex was concerned about how Vanessa
would react to it,if it would hurt her feelings and Nessa is NOT family.
At the same time,AM IS family and Alex can't understand why what she's doing
is hurting his feelings!  Sometimes Alex doesn't have a clue!  Not to mention
that she doesn't seem to be taking Nick's feelings into consideration either,
she wants him to take over Spaulding whether he wants it or not.  Alex,wake
up and smell the coffee,would you!

I've rambled long enough!

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     Lack of planning on your part                 -sher   
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