I didn't love to hate her (MW) at all.  She came across as ridiculous and over the top. Her acting is everything I hated about soaps. 
 
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: She has quite a big fanbase on GH and from her  
: previous soap.I think Maura is 45 years old  
: but she slithers around like a snake,  
: drinking martinis and they dress her in  
: short dresses and black high heel shoes and  
: she is now sleeping with a priest.  FV likes  
: that about her and thinks it brings in a  
: younger audience. She is a character that  
: people love to hate. They didn't write Genie  
: in this manner.  They gave her the opposite,  
: the loving protective Mom, and the wardrobe  
: of a matron and had her having coffee or tea  
: at the Metro Court. They wrote her this way  
: on purpose because that is how FV sees her.   
: That is the problem.  
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: A whole show for what?  Does she have a huge  
: following and fan club? It's not like she's  
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: Maura West is a femme fatale.  They paired  
: her  
: with Morgan who was her daughter's  
: boyfriend, She had sex with Sonny on AJ's  
: crypt, she slept with Silas before he became  
: Finn,  She killed Connie in cold blood,cut  
: Nina's baby out of the womb and that's a lot  
: for one character.  She broke out of prison  
: with Sonny and Julien, survived a gunshot  
: off a bridge and also survived cancer. Think  
: of this..Finola is 57 and they have paired  
: her in a hot romance with Michael  
: Easton/Finn who is 48.  NLG is 59 and they  
: have her paired with William DeVry who is  
: 49.  So these older actresses are paired  
: with men approx 10 years their junior.  FV  
: sees when as viable love interests.  Genie  
: NOT.  
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: I don't understand the appeal of the  
: character  
: either. I'm not sure why she was brought on,  
: but Maura West is a powerhouse actress. I  
: remember thinking: oh no, with Maura West on  
: the show, Genie will never get her due.  
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: I don't know if the idea was that MW would  
: bring ATWT fans with her to GH. Whatever it  
: is, FV must think the world of her bc she  
: keeps getting meaty stories.  
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: It boggles the mind why all of this fanfare  
: for MW, when GF is RIGHT THERE.  
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: I don't watch and I don't understand the  
: appeal of Ava.  I saw her when she first  
: appeared, I figured she was a bad ass mob  
: lady.  Did Frank bring her on to be an  
: equally matched rival for Sonny?  
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