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: Has anyone called out Varni on this major
: irony? The fact that Genie HAD that front
: burner story?
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: but what I'm saying is that part of his
: answer
: is bull$#i%, because they had that going!
: Did GH drop the ball? Of course they did,
: but Nathan's post makes it sound like GH
: hadn't begun to do the very thing for Genie
: that he's talking about them TRYING to do
: for Genie now!
: Why can't one of them just come out and say,
: "You know what? We made a terrible
: mistake! We HEAR the fans, and we're trying
: to fix the situation!" WOW! How
: refreshing that would be, instead of TPTB
: trying to dial back an error as if it's
: because they're attempting to do Genie a
: favor instead of rectifying a "screw
: over"?
: I've never said that Nathan doesn't tell the
: truth, and I'm quite certain that if he's
: saying TPTB are trying to give this to Genie
: now, that is probably true ONLY in light of
: the outpouring of outrage that has rained
: down upon them this last month. Once again,
: they underestimated the fans and certainly
: underestimated Genie's base! I don't think
: they had a clue just how unacceptable their
: disrespect was going to lay, but they are
: discovering that it's not laying well!
: In this #MeToo movement, the fact that the
: disrespect they heaped upon her THIS time
: came one day before a MEGA March on
: Washington regarding ALL the b.s. that women
: have & are having to take over a myriad
: of issues that show just how tone deaf TPTB
: have been for YEARS over what the viewers
: want; who they want to see on air; and the
: kind of stories we want to watch, reeks of a
: stench that has been emanating from this
: show for much too long! So, while I believe
: that Nathan is speaking truth in THIS
: moment, there is also the very REAL
: component that it's part truth to bull$#i%!
: I'll leave you with this example, then, I'll
: crawl back under my rock:
: I think the way that MANY of the Genie fans
: are feeling about Nathan's commentary is
: that it's not fully sincere. It's like the
: young man said to Marco Rubio last week: I
: appreciate you being here, Senator, and
: making an attempt to address the issue, but
: until you denounce being in bed with the gun
: lobbyists, what you're saying to us doesn't
: feel completely authentic! Otherwise, you'd
: be outraged over what is happening here, and
: stop attempting to smooth over the upset and
: outrage with 1/2 hearted platitudes because
: you still side with the ones who have
: created the problem in the first place!
: So, what I'm saying here regarding this
: issue is that, until TPTB stop attempting to
: gloss over this egregious disrespect that
: Genie and her fans have once again
: experienced and realize that when someone
: contracts, in good faith, for a three year
: contract with specific criteria, you cannot
: continue to not honor obligations, and
: actually break trust, then think it's all
: going to be alright with explanations that
: on the face of it sound pro-Genie, but at
: the heart of it is just cover-up over the
: anti-Genie action that caused the outrage in
: the first place! It's glaringly
: disrespectful to the woman who many
: feel/believe is now the heart, soul and face
: of this show & a large part of the
: audience who are the bread and butter that
: keep the show in production.
: I don't know what all is going on behind the
: scenes. All I know is this, which are all
: verifiable facts: Genie Francis has been a
: faithful, loyal and hard-working
: "soldier" for ABC-Daytime. She
: deserves its appreciation and equal respect!
: She's made some mistakes along the way of
: her professional career {who hasn't}, but
: she has learned from them. She is beloved
: by her fellow actors and certainly by her
: fan-base, so while I appreciate that Nathan
: came out and made a positive Genie statement
: and an attempt to make this all better, it
: feels a tad disingenuous for the simple fact
: that what he claims is being worked on now
: for Genie, had already been done for Genie.
: TPTB yanked it away from her just as her
: front burner story, which tied back to a
: decades old history of her story with the
: show was getting off the ground. It simply
: cannot continue, and those in charge MUST be
: held accountable, otherwise, NOTHING will
: change.
: As always, my friend, thank you for letting
: me further vent.
: Blessings~
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: As far as I am aware Nathan Varni, who has a
: job much bigger than just GH, doesn't seem
: to have a history of lying, and ignoring,
: the way the direct GH showrunners do. He has
: nothing to really gain by saying that the
: writers have been instructed to work on a
: Laura centric story worthy of Genie, or
: acknowleding that they dropped the ball by
: keeping her in the background.
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: I also just don't think Genie would be
: tweeting Frank, and Nathan tweeting Genie,
: if something wasn't in the process of going
: down.
:
: Does that mean Genie will get another long
: contract? No idea. I know Genie hasn't
: worked recurring before, but perhaps she's
: willing to now? I have no clue.
:
: I do think the backlash has been fierce, and
: finally have a network exec acknowleding
: that they're aware. I think the outrage has
: been working and that there is hope. And the
: fight should continue.
:
: This just does not feel at all to me like
: the long, awful Guza/Frons/JFP years. Never
: once did ANY of those people, even once,
: speak publicly about Genie deserving a
: strong, Laura centric storyline worthy of
: her talents.
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: Hell those bastards didn't even offer
: recurring, as far as we know.
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