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: I'm a Kevin fan, and have been since I was a
: kid.
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: I think Kevlaur have a sweet chemistry, and
: the actors pair well together.
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: But the romance was badly executed. Most of
: it was offscreen. And have they had any
: obstacles besides Kevin writing that book?
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: In hindsight it just wasn't the best look
: for Genie Francis to be paired with a
: recurring actor who was on only about a
: quarter of the time she was.
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: Romance is foundational to soaps. There is a
: huge difference between the way the show
: writes, on a romantic front, for Carly, Ava,
: Alexis, Anna and Nina vs Laura. On a show
: like this that is enormous.
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: KevLaur, and Laura being seen as a nice,
: sweet, matronly lady who needed to have a
: nice, sweet, tepid romance just didn't help
: Genie.
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: They didn't even play up all the drama they
: COULD have. Why not a more protracted,
: dramatic triangle between Laura/Kevin/Lucy?
: Why not bring back his evil twin Ryan to
: stalk and threaten Laura? Why not show the
: dark side of Kevin, which he does have?
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: There is so much more they could've done
: with this romance, instead of writing it as
: the Steve/Audrey replacement.
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