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: I know.
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: I just wanted to make it cystal clear that
: my view is not "Genie gained weight and
: lost her contract".
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: I think there's more to the story than that.
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: On the sex appeal front, it bothers me.
: Laura is a GORGEOUS woman. I see no reason
: why she shouldn't be written as
: contemporary, sexy, interesting and get a
: couple romantic options.
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: here on this board. I really do....I really
: just meant "collectively."
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: a character of substance - GH didn't just
: assume that she could be transformed into
: some "hot" commodity. They knew
: what they were "getting"when they
: brought her back. Her new story was gaining
: steam and was working!
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: They married her off to another respectable,
: stable character. (and he has charm, IMO).
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: I don't think her sex appeal had much to do
: with it. The mayor's race involved Ned (and
: Julian's new business as the "meeting
: place") and Alexis was a more logical
: draw in FV's mind (possibly). It would work
: and he could save money to bring on these
: other characters.
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: LuLu's story with Valetin and Spencer is
: over. Maxie's story is heating up. I really
: think it has more to do with the direction
: of that story. (as well, as Alexis pitted
: against Ned story)
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: I'm not blaming NLG, btw. It was an
: observation.
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: The Q factor is still important . What are
: the numbers? Anyone know? At one time, her's
: were higher than most on the show.
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: Is GF really expensive. Is that a factor??
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: Please don't turn this into another
: "Genie is too over weight or too
: old" ....
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: On OLTL, Robin Strasser wasn't that
: appealing, and neither was Victoria Lord.
: They remained on the show and advertisers
: continued to buy time/ads.
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: I don't think anybody said Laura has lost
: her "appeal". She's obviously a
: VERY beautiful woman.
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: But the show absolutely does not write her,
: from a purely sex appeal perspective, like
: they use to, and like they write other women
: in her age bracket.
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: Alexis gets to have a torrid on/off romance
: with Julian, and her sex appeal is heavily
: emphasized.
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: Anna had Duke, but also gets flirtations
: with several different, often younger, men.
: She's had, what, 5 romances/quasi-romances?
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: Laura, under Frank, wasn't wanted by Luke
: anymore. She wasn't written to have had a
: love life in France. She had a mostly
: offscreen romance with Scotty, that had 0
: sex appeal. And she has a sweet, mature
: relationship with Kevin; they did have one
: bedroom scene, but for the most part they
: aren't "hot". They're nice in a
: Bobbie/Tony or Steve/Audrey kind of way.
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: How the writers/producer see Laura makes a
: HUGE difference in Genie's viability with
: this show, with the pairings they're willing
: to try.
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: She never gets to test the waters with the
: leading men. I can't even imagine them
: testing her with Sonny, Franco, Julian,
: Valentin or Finn. Which is amazing since
: Laura's great romance was with LUKE SPENCER,
: the original GH bad boy.
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: We'd be naive to not consider that this
: limited, too mature view of Laura absolutely
: affects how viable Frank sees her on the
: canvas.
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: Because without being seen as a real
: romantic lead? Well Laura isn't going to be
: any better off than Lucy, Monica, Felicia or
: Bobbie. All great characters who deserve so,
: so much more than they get. And all
: characters who, sadly, aren't seen as too
: romantically viable.
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: Note that, under Ron, Lucy was, and that was
: the most we ever saw her.
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