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: I don't know what Finola's contract says, but
: she does take time off for outside projects.
: She might have chosen to earn less to have
: more freedom. That was Tony's choice when
: he realized that he was getting too
: expensive for them. He chose more time off
: in place of salary increases. I am just
: guessing. I do know that Genie herself said
: that LnL were an expensive ticket, and the
: money for expensive talent doesn't seem to
: be there any more. With a few exceptions of
: people who they perceive as critical to the
: show, most of the talent has to have more
: realistic expectations. The budget just
: won't allow everyone to reap the ideal of
: job security and high salaries. I don't
: know what they see that we don't. Is it the
: advertisers who are driving for a youth
: market and demand for younger talent? Is it
: fan response to the men on the show that
: makes them more valuable? Is it something
: about Genie herself that makes her difficult
: to work with? Is it the perception that she
: represents a show of the 80's that doesn't
: exist any more? Who knows? I will say
: this. When they chose to take her off
: contract, they knew that there was a chance
: that they would lose her and alienate her
: fans. They were wiling to take that risk.
: That tells you something.
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: Do you think Finola earns more than GF?
: She's
: been on GH and AMC off and on since 1985.
: She had her own fame and heavy story lines.
: She left angrily when she was going to do a
: night time show. They replaced her so fast
: and with a beautiful woman. She may not
: have good stories and they zapped the life
: out of Anna, but she's got to be earning top
: dollar.
:
: You reminded me of how they handled the AMC
: trade back to GH. I'd stay away from soaps
: too. CBS, NBC and ABC all had her and all
: messed with her. Write the book!
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: I don't know. Dummer sounds pretty correct
: to
: me right now!
: The only thing I can think of is that she is
: too expensive for them at this juncture.
: I'm not saying that she isn't worth it, but
: loyalty in business doesn't exist any more.
: You can work for a company for 35 years and
: be let go in a flash. In Genie's situation,
: it just might be that she has to adjust to
: the reality that soaps might not want to
: make their big investment in talent to the
: budget in a middle-aged woman who was their
: big star back in the 80's and 90's. The
: truth is that the show has moved in another
: direction...away from family stories. The
: newer audience does not remember LnL or who
: she was when she was an ingenue. The kinds
: of scenes they shoot are not filled with
: emotional content. They are short, little
: plot-driven bursts. That is not the kind of
: work that she does best. So, probably
: someone on high looked at this and made the
: decision that they would like her from time
: to time but not enough to put her under
: contract with supporting characters and her
: own storyline. They view her as another
: Jackie Zeman or Leslie Charleson.
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: She scheduled her college classes around L&L
: so how could she do this to Genie? I mean, I
: know business comes first, but wouldn't she
: have been the one to fight for Genie? I'm so
: confused and heartbroken. (I wonder if her
: last name has given her a lifetime of
: ridicule. I would have changed it to Drummer
: or something completely different.)
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