to be quick to blame Frank. They’re also
more supportive of Genie than I can ever
remember. I think this is all on Frank.
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: I asked the contract question on another site
: and someone responded they thought soap
: contracts are structured in the same manner
: as football contracts. So if a football
: player gets a contract for four years, $5
: million per year, they may include a
: guarantee for $15 million. If the player
: gets cut after two years, they are still
: owed $5 million. If they get cut after
: three years they aren't owed anything.
: Maybe that is how they work where the money
: is the prime thing instead of the time.
:
: Frank has never embraced Genie being on
: canvas. He has said in multiple interviews
: that he doesn't see a place for Laura on the
: canvas. I think she was brought back over
: his objections and he was finally given
: permission to let her go after she hit her
: minimum ($) guarantee. JMO.
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: When I read here that she was being paired
: with Jon, a recurring character, I didn't
: think that was a good sign. If they are
: going to write a story, they need the actors
: in place to tell it, and recurring is NOT a
: guarantee. I just don't understand Genie's
: contract. If she had another year, how
: could they just sever it like that with no
: notice unless there was some kind of clause
: in it that allowed them to re-evaluate and
: make a change after 1 year. Maybe the
: pressure was to meet that deadline. I still
: think it was a money problem. FV was
: bringing on expensive talent. Genie did not
: have a contracted romantic partner, and
: getting that for her would have cost more
: money. So, they decided to let her go
: rather than increase the investment in her.
: Bad decision, FV. BAD, BAD, BAD.
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:
: I'm a Kevin fan, and have been since I was a
: kid.
:
: I think Kevlaur have a sweet chemistry, and
: the actors pair well together.
:
: But the romance was badly executed. Most of
: it was offscreen. And have they had any
: obstacles besides Kevin writing that book?
:
: 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.
:
: 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.
:
: 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.
:
: 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?
:
: 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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