ie: Sharon Case

I – love – your first para

“…Is this the only theme this extraordinary actress can carry? ”

yeah… right

I know I’ve posted years ago…. give this character a job… she is NOT Nicks lady in waiting… and or fall back

just saying

it’s amazing to think… I liken her to Liz @GH… so much chemistry with all their pairings

LOL

I’ve kinda given up that Sharon outside of all that she is… ( fans will stampede… she’s the reason Y&R has a following ) will be any thing more than

I more than any thing… wanted her outside of the shadows of Nick Newman… and she’s been their… with other men

as most posts will agree… blundered … going outside the box

Y&R production “TEAM”

give Sharon an inroad

I don’t know… I’m just hoping… that down the road… Sharon and Nikki will go all Thelma and Louise and just take down the NewMAN mens

@Patrick.
You bet, my friend. Jack put so many people through hell. Patty is what she is because of him. I felt a twinge of pity for one second. He does deserve every bad thing that befalls him.
As far as Sharon, I would like to see her happy–free and clear without baby dramas, starting fires, going nuts etc. …..not too much to ask to give this character some peace and a normal life. She ‘ain’t’ getting any younger.
Thank you, Patrick. You pull a few delicious writing of your own, my dear poet!

Hey, Jay,
I am so glad I am not alone in upholding the sanctity of marriage. Call me old fashioned. But, that, too, is a fallacy as infidelity is as age-old as rain.
Soaps, movies etc. take full advantage of that fact. Later, my friend.

I appreciate that posts… point out

that Jack is getting his just desserts

he did the same thing to his dear ole dad… w/Jill

I get that…

I’m just pissed… that thee main staple of Abbott Mystique … that Peter Bergman… solidified…

should one day … conquer and just put out his lights… and rot

the inveterate … why why why… I ask

Victor Newman

Sorry, I meant sweetheart!

LMAO..that only sweats when they get caught or over run by guilt hee hee (phyllis)..since when is phyllis EVER concerned with consequences. .she’s what you don’t know won’t hurt you lol

Oh Wow! What are the chances?
It is also very possible that Phyllis is pregnant. I offered this idea before. ‘Who da Dada’?

Oh, my darling, Harry. I suppose I am destined to “set you straight” on these actors’s ages…LOL.
Alicia is 48….. Pregnancy at that age is not unheard of.

Damn, fifty something Meredith pregnant? OH dear Lord please no,
She is coming off as a lonely spinster and it’s not a flattering look on her.
It brings back memories of playing Old Maid with my old aunt, who was yes, and Old Maid and who looked a lot like Meredith.

Yes, Lucia!! Exactly.
As I said, those little swimmers are alive and kicking, no matter a man’s age. But, I find it hard to believe a man that age does not need a little ‘push’….no pun.
I,also, find it soooo hard to digest the fact that Meredith finds him sexually attractive. EWWWW!!
The again, she has Daddy issues. I know, I know…gross!!
So, let’s see….how many pregnancies? Well, there’s Meredith; there’s Phyllis; there’s Hilary and possibly Bethany. Imagine that!! Hope they can keep the Daddies straight. So many paternity tests. LOL.

Okay, I stand corrected.
Billy pretended to feel sorry for his brother today.
This whole story just isn’t working.
And why the hell is Phyllis whispering her lines to Billy all of time?

And where’s the bedroom in that mansion? Must it be in the living room or staircase only?

Hi… I like the actress and don’t really like insulting her looks. I do see what you are saying about her acting but its the writing that she’s being given and the director for not telling her to tone down the volume. That dinner with Jack and Phyllis had me looking around my living room to make sure no one else could hear her AND I WAS ALONE and not in the scene. LOL

BTW… one thing I left out of my long comment was the back that Billy called Bethany a BIMBO to Phyllis! Really?!! Bethany went out on a date with a man she had a crush on who ONLY used her for sex and his ego. Then when the egomaniac got into a motorcycle accident with his lover who happens to be his brother’s wife, that mistress/sister-in-law walked up to Bethany and SHE offered the girl money to lie. BETHANY didn’t suggest it or blackmail anyone. WHY CALLED THE WOMAN A “BIMBO” then?! Billy is the bimbo while Phyllis is, well, I am not sure what the PC word is for a woman who sleeps with her husband’s brother?

Oh I LOVE Bethanny, She is played by Christel Strause, an AMC alumni.
Just give her a chance, she is good. She’s good at playing the spaced out dumb chick who is actually steps ahead of the people who look down on her. She’s dumb like a fox.
My wish? That she outsmarts both Billy and Phyllis and wins. Really, she is great and so good she makes it look easy. As far as her looking like an Ewok? I think CS is gorgeous and she has a killer figure too.

Stause is stellar! I know her acting very well from AMC., Soaphound.
However, I can understand how anyone would dismiss this great, gorgeous actress as a nonentity.
I believe she IS to act the airhead. The fact that she comes across as sub-par in her craft and makes one believe it, proves her honed experience as an artist.
I agree with Harry, and his wisdom. Given the chance; given the right storyline; given the vivid writing, Chrishel, as Bethany, will make heads spin.
I like her with Jason….he seems more resolute when with her. If there is a small chance that these two could be a couple, I hope Thompson comes through. I do have my reservations, as his acting does not impress me….not as Billy, nor as Patrick. I think Stause could be his salvation….as Bethany could be Billy’s. Hold your punches, people….my opinion…LOL.
On the other hand, I hold firmly to the fact that Billy coupled with Phyllis will teeter on the edge of a craggy precipice.

I like Bethany and Chrishell. I think she’s gorgeous. She’s acting the way they want her to act.

Oh, Celia, I wish I could clone your perfect comment. I feel the same way about Billy M. When he started as “Liam” on Y&R, my entire world upended….in the best way. He could make an unconscious person swoon! The smooth confidence, that smile, the lush blonde hair, cool blue eyes, the comic timing, and that VOICE. Oy vey!

Didn’t care that much for Burgess, though I liked him better than David Tom. Burgess at least had a sense of humor, albeit a few beats behind Billy M. But J.T. has NONE of the Billy Abbott charm, just an arrogant, petulant child. And his treatment of Jack is beyond reprehensible. And how about the “reimagining” of Katherine’s mansion? We should run him out of town on that score alone.

@Soaphound.
Thank you, Soaphound.
I think we all had too great expectations from and for Jason Thompson. It is amazing how inconsolable some of us still are over losing Billy Miller. He was perfect. Unfortunately, as much as I love Billy M, he needs to step it up at GH. ….starting with removing Sam, the thorn in his side. Between the two of them, after a while, my TV set starts to throb in annoyance. I should actually record their conversations and play it to my two-year-old when she has a hard time falling asleep…..better than a lullaby. LOL.
I think Jason T needs better writing; such that will endear him to the audience. I know he has a healthy following…..the right writing; the right co-stars. This thing with Phyllis is not helping his cause one bit.
Unfortunately, as much as I love him, he also needs to step it up at GH.

I don’t think you have to worry about using the word DICK here when someone else here calls an actress an EWOK. It’s rude!

Celia, love your comments.
For those who are not familiar with this actress: She is the actress who played Janet from another planet’s daughter, Amanda on AMC.
Amanda, as played by Crystal Stause, was at first introduced to viewers as a hardened con artist/grifter. In time the actress showed that her character acted that way as a way of self protecting as she had been through hell and back since she was a child. She eventually showed her vulnerability, her intelligence and her innate sense of goodness and the character viewers first hated became the character we all grew to love.
The actress is really good. I get not liking her at first blush but give her a chance. If the writing is there she will grow on you. As I see it, she is the only bright light in this dreary and depressing story line.

@Harry.
Thank you, my darling Harry.
You have described Chrishel to the letter. And, you remember her performance as Amanda better than I.
Isn’t it extremely ironic that ‘Janet from another planet’ was played by no other than Robin Mattson? Perfect looney-tune role, Harry. LOL. I was pretty young, but I could never forget Janet….

I am do glad you find this couple intriguing. I wish I felt the same way. Phyllis and Billy gross me out. The reasons are endless….one being, the fact that She is sleeping with her husband’s brother.
I suppose I am spoiled….Billy M and Michelle S will always be Billy and Phyllis to me. However, even if they presently held those roles and slept with each other? Well, I would still be grossed out and miffed. The writers are making a big mistake …….unless this is not a mistake and TPTB are taking us to something dangerously momentous. The sky will fall. Jack has finally had enough? Will someone die?

This show stinks to high heaven. Now that Phelps has been fired, send Pratt, Steve Burton, Hunter King, and the other FOJ’s packing too. Clean house!

I agree. Unfortunately, we can’t do anything abou6 the great Katherine Chancellor. But we cwn do something about bringing Jill b back. Die hard fans in my opinion were spoiled and teased at the same time when the beautiful and talented Jess Walton came back and gave her all to an all to brief appearance as Jill. Her scenes with Hilary were the best this show has seen in to long a time. I got a couple of wishes fulfilled when she had her little run in with Nikki and got a few digs in about Victor. I was also glad she was able to have a brief chat with Esther. I agreed with Jill completely when she said to Esther that she wished she could go back to Katherine’s house and have the three of there sniping at each othe for old times sake. I am really getting sick of Sharon whining to Mariah about Sully and the whole business with Adam Not to mention trying to get use to the writers ruining what’s leftv8f Billy. I just hope they don’t deceide to have a Jack get Hilary pregnant. That wil bring the gross factor right up there with Sharon and Victor doing “the deed”

Dear JK:
It is not that I disagree with you but wen you type in call caps, I cease listening because I hear it as shouting.

Ditto again and again… especially with the music! Characters had a theme song for them. Glad I bought the CD of the show’s music from years ago!

hi Celia
Seems the writers are older/senior citizens and set in their way of writing- same ol’ ..
In the 80’s, the glory days, our same writers J&S were 35 years old and now 60 (age estimation)
So, new young writers are needed.. new writing ideals new presentation to modernize our soaps..
Pratt writing in the 80’s was a 35 year old writer (fresh) now 60? ..

“Fresh” – yes
“Young” – not only the young

Finding an appropriate balance in everything is difficult.

@Tani.
Hi, Tani,
I stand corrected. I will amend that. FRESH is the key. A good writer, who gives vivid, descriptive stories, where the words dance before us, will always deliver, regardless of age.
However, su does have a point. The mindset differs as we age; and what may attract those of us who are older, may not appeal to those of us who are younger.
At least, that’s what I was thinking. I have been watching soaps since I was very, very young. I wonder how many kids, other than my little nieces and my six-year-old son ( when they are home from school) even watch soaps.
As a matter of fact, how many people under 30 watch soaps? I don’t know. My sister is 17…. She is not interested; as I would think neither are any of her contemporaries.
The writing should reflect what goes on in everyday adolescent, teen, young adult life. Not what is portrayed on the soaps today; especially DOOL, where youth experiences more morbid drama than it has a right to.
I do like the balance you propose, Tani. That’s the trick!!

Question

Oops again….dexterous.

It kills me that no one sees her car. I would buy it that she parks it around the back in the garages (years past Katherine had a slew of them and a driver) and then see Phyllis come in the back door. Ridiculous.

PLUS… This mansion is supposed to be massive. Have an east wing and a west, etc. but it’s perfect for a single guy?

As for the weekend away… I agree. The living room? Seriously? The show is filmed in LA. Why not just have them meet in LA and we see them walk on the beach or have dinner together. All these wonderful location shoots we are accustomed to on B&B, why can’t they be used here?

I don’t see the age difference with Jack and Bethany as being a bad thing. It will add drama and even make her more a match for Jack because she won’t take the crap people would say.

I would even welcome her working at Jabot.