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phoenixtrr	Love and Hate	Lead	[-]
Posts: 103 (09/05/09 13:51:19) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have read on one of the other topics that there are some characters who are loved and some are actually hated. Doesn't that mean that the actor has done such a good job playing the part that now you can say you love or hate their character?
Jonathan Randall		#1	[-]
Posts: 365 (09/05/09 16:39:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That depends. I hate Alan Spaulding and its cuz Ron Raines has done such a fabulous job with him. I also feel sympathy for him b/c Ron Raines does such a fantastic job with him. I disklike Mallett, but it has nothing to do with Robert Bogue. I just dont like Mallett. I never liked Harley, but it had nothing to do with Beth Ehlers.
testadoda	love/hate	#2	[-]
Posts: 247 (09/05/09 18:39:56) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My way of thinking is, We love /hate the act. The things the characters have done..I don't hate Ron R or Kim Z. but they certainly have done things I now do not like either of the characters. I guess maybe we could hate the writers. They wrote the words. I have watched soaps for a long time, and having met some of the actors ,you have to hate the characters acts. I never met a soap actor I didn't like the character could have been another thing. JMO
soapfan		#3	[-]
Posts: 196 (09/06/09 04:44:44) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I used to detest seeing Beth. I am a survivor of Domestic Violence and the way they wrote the character always bugged me. Once I met the real Beth she is one of my favorite people. Its a credit to the writers or a detraction from the writers. The actors do what they are given and all of the GL cast does a wonderful job. In fact Beth was worried she didnt give enough to the scenes this week and said on twitter she was chicken to watch the shows. I have met a few actors that left me feeling a bit cool, but most of the GL ones are very warm sincere people in real life. I took my mom to one of Ron's concerts and after I took her to meet him. First thing she said to him was, "hate your day job, love your night one." He is nothing like Alan and I have always found him to be a very humorous intellegent person.
ImShellyC		#4	[-]
Posts: 9077 (09/08/09 05:36:37) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I agree with JR. Some characters I love to hate because of the way the actors portray them...Roger Thorpe, Alan Spaulding, Edmund Winslow, Brent and many others over the years. But there are characters I have despised, most recently Grady. A lot of it had to do with the writing because they turned GL into the Grady show for weeks. This character had no redeeming qualities and was simply a thug. He was the kind of character who kills someone on the show and then should be killed off quickly or sent to jail, IMO. I don't think a different actor would have helped; this was just not a character I wanted to see on my screen long term. I have never been happier to see someone go over a cliff.

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