From: lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Liz Fox)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: DOOL: Character opinions
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:18:42 GMT
Organization: Office of the Dean - CFA, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


 
[Vix not Lix]
 
Beth responds to Erica:
 
> >Then there's Danielle. Ok, I liked the character. Ok, I liked the
> >actress. But I didn't think she was all THAT wonderful and I certainly
> >do NOT believe for a second that she was solely responsible for the
> >ratings boost that we saw. I personally think that the storyline had
> >a lot more to do with it. After all, it was something interesting
> >happening for a change! I don't think you'd find that Danielle would
> >do much for the ratings if she just came back to the show and was a
> >character with a more plain storyline.
 
Well, I disagree whole-heartedly.  Come on.  You knew I would. ;)  
Considering the influx of new people on this show who have been so dull,
it was so refreshing to see an actress come in and make the role her own
in such a short about of time.  Of course, she was stunningly unique looking
too, but she could also act.  I find it interesting that you credit her
storyline for the rise in the ratings and not her.  Why then, since Carpy
has had major storylines for over two years have we never seen this sort
of rise in the ratings from her?  She sure has had ample opportunities.
 
> I have to disagree with everyone, I guess.  I *hated* Danielle.  I thought
> she overacted in much the same way Patsy has been guilty of over the years.
> I also didn't particularly like Marina.  (I'm rather surprised than anyone
> here did, seeing as how it messed with everyone's favorite couple....)
> 
> I have much preferred Isabella's human being to Marina's flashy, overacted
> crap.
> (Yes, I know I'm in the definite minority.... *grin*)
 
Could it be that you hated Danielle because you like sIckly?  I know that
I really wanted to like her because I hate sIckly.  Almost everyone who
says they like sIckly say that they think she was such a normal, real
person.  In all honesty, I find her a horrible person.  If you love someone,
you don't want them to lose all their happiness just so they will then
be more likely to chose you which is exactly what she said and did.  I
find her to be despicable because of it.  Now, since she is leaving (praise
be to the soap gods), I can be more objective.  Yes, some of the things
she did which made me HATE her were the fault of the writers.  BUT the
actress is guilty of having no chemistry with Drake (my man).  I am
interested in how you felt about Drake and Genie, or Drake and Deidre (the
first time around).  Diana and Pre-mortem Marlena were women I could admire
for all their faults and Genie Francis and Pre-Our-House Deidre could
act rings around Spaci.  Spaci usually didn't put much into scenes and
PUH-LEAAAZZZE, if she can't do a love scene with Drake believably, what
kind of actress is she?  That's got to be the easiest scene to play.
It's one I'd like to try!
 
> I have always loved Matt Ashford as Jack and I hated the (sort-of) pairing
> with Eve.  Then again, I wasn't ever particularly fond of Eve.  She caused
> to many problems for to many people...
 
Yes, she caused problems for people.  That is what Eve was supposed to do
and yet, every now and then you felt sorry for her.  She showed her 
vulnerability.  That's called acting.  You know, that thing that so few of
the people on this show do anymore.  As for Jack and Eve, I think they
dropped the ball.  Two of the show's best actors together.  Sigh.  It could
have been such fun.
 
I didn't save the original article from Erica but in it I believe she implied
that we saw what we wanted to see with regard to Carpy.  I'd like to rebut
this.  I dislike Carpy, but compared to how I feel about sIckly, she's my
favorite.  Carpy doesn't invade Drake's storyline too much so I can FF 
through her and Drake still has a storyline unlike what they did to Matt.
I am not inclined to feel really strongly against her so I think I can be
objective here.  Erica, they HAVE given Carpy so many specialties she is 
the only doctor we see.  Would you like me to tick them off for you?  Why 
not give Marcus, Tom, or the invisible Neil some airtime.  They could have.  
They didn't.  She got it.  This is not something we imagined.  This is
a fact.  Also, Ken Corday was *quoted* as saying that Carpy had to carry
the Bo and Carpy storyline while they got a new Bo.  Matt sure didn't get
to carry the Jack and Jennifer storyline while Melissa was away.  Again,
this is not our imagination.  This is a fact.  We went weeks without seeing
Jack.  AND (I'm on a roll here), this latest Carpy can't have a baby
storyline sure looks like it was thrown in at the last minute to allow
Carpy to horn in on what should be sIckly and J&J's storyline.  Not one
time have they EVER mentioned that Bo and Carpy were trying to conceive.
And yet out of the blue, they give Carpy a big piece of this story.  I
don't think we're imagining a damn thing.  And I'll tell you what else
we're not imagining, the fact that she has done diddly for the ratings
in the two years she's been the star of this show.  So why is she the
star?  BTW, I am not just angry about her.  Everytime I think of the
money that they are paying the totally worthless Deidre and Wayne and what
problems their salaries are causing I want to throw up.  And as for airtime,
in fairness to Crystal, in comparison to what TwimKims has been getting
lately, Crystal has barely been on.  Patsy, Deidre and Wayne have done
nothing for the ratings either.  We could do with a whole lot less of
Patsy, Deidre, Wayne, Crystal, RKK, and the 90210 crowd.  
 
Whew!  I didn't mean to go on such a rampage.  My point is that I don't
think there is much that we are "imagining" about Carpy.
 
I recognize that there are people who like her.  I can even see why they
might although I don't care much for her, but if she is so great, why
don't the ratings show it?  Maybe they ought to give other people some time
in the limelight and see if they can raise the ratings.  They have given
her plenty of time already.

Vix