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: Genie HAD a good story where she wasn't in the  
: background, where she was going to be the  
: lead in the story, tying her back to HISTORY  
: of the show with the Charles Street  
: angle....Lord, the mayor story was IT!  She  
: had just gotten married....things were  
: beginning to cook.  She had FINALLY gotten  
: the new love she requested, and was starting  
: in the "Laura" story that was  
: promised to her.....then, just as things  
: were getting off the ground, they drop  
: her....demote her....same ole b.s. we've  
: been battling for almost two decades now!  
: Nathan expounded upon something in a  
: bull$#i% way, b/c they already had that  
: going.....  
: Her base isn't going to accept that answer  
: until we hear that Genie has been put back  
: on contract and given a decent story.  $ is  
: NOT the issue....they has Fin, Maura, Steve,  
: Maurice, William, blah, blah,  
: blah....they've got the money....  
: So, that's my two cents...  
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: I can see why you'd think it was all BS.  
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: But there are a couple things that happened  
: in this.  
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: He acknowledges the backlash and says that  
: the writers are working on a Laura story  
: right now. I think if it was all just BS he  
: wouldn't have expounded on that as much. He  
: had no reason to admit the backlash,  
: acknowledge that Genie has been  
: underutilized, and somewhat put the writers  
: on blast.  
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: I'm not going to lie, I can see his point.  
: From what you guys have been telling me,  
: Laura hasn't had much story; Genie had  
: decent guarantees, but hasn't had much  
: story. From a financial POV that's a waste  
: of money.  
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: There may be more to this than we know. I  
: want to hear Genie's side.  
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: I wonder if they'll go back to hiring Genie  
: on shorter contracts for Laura specific  
: stories only.  
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