Stating the Obvious
I just read Carolyn Hinsey's It's Only My Opinion column in SOD. Here's what she had to say, "There is some really bad acting going on among the younger set right now. A few actors on DAYS and AMC are so green, I can literally see them reviewing their stage direction in scenes. 'Turn around, hand on hip, say line.' This is not the way to save our genre. Being pretty doesn't matter if an actor can't believably lie in a hospital bed. We don't have the luxury of allowing 'actors' to learn their craft on-screen anymore. Tick-tock, people."
Big fat "duh!" on that one. Haven't we all been saying that for years? Which actors in particular do you think she's bashing?
Big fat "duh!" on that one. Haven't we all been saying that for years? Which actors in particular do you think she's bashing?
The hospital comment has to be Nadia. She can't even do that well. I think she probably means Mia with the hands on hips comment. I mean the girl never changes her tone of voice or expression no matter what she is saying or what type of scene she is doing. She is not acting but just reading the lines.
ReplyDeleteMia, Will, Melanie, and Chloe all act like stick figures. They need an acting tutor ASAP.
ReplyDeleteWhoever she is referring to is simply following Tomlin's philosophy. Wasn't it quoted in May's SOD (by SN) that the producer told one of 'Days' actors that he didn't care so much for the acting and that the audience would understand enough about the story by simply hearing the words? I say bring on the hand puppets. That'll really help with the budget woes, all while the acting skills remain the same, seeing how we already have Mia, Will, and Chloe.
ReplyDeleteWell, how long has Nadia been "acting," over ten years? Maybe Tomlin inherited JERk's dolls.
ReplyDeleteI am not convinced by the actor who play Will but in the same time i saw him on Cold Case ( in a episode opposite to Donna Mills) and he was pretty good so maybe it is the directing..i don't know..
ReplyDeleteI thought Nadia's best acting in ten years was in that hospital bed. My source tells me that Taylor is totally "one note." Also the source tells me that Molly works very hard and is very eager to learn. Molly's definitely not phoning it in. I'm glad the writing for her improved. No one wants to see a teenaged shrieking shrew.
ReplyDeleteThe kid playing Will is pretty dull.
I have read interviews from actors who are now vets and started out the 80s or before and they all said that they learned from the established, experienced actors when they first started on soaps. That is the problem, there are none now on DAYS, and the younger characters are all acting together. Also, I am sure I read that back pre-90s that the newer actors were expected to take acting lessons, and that this was no longer the case. I think that since Langan and JERk, it has been more about looks than substance. And Tomlin is of the same cloth as those two. I think that is also the problem with the writing and producing. In the past writers and producers worked their way up through the ranks, a new HW from outside may come on but the break down and script writers were all long time DAYS people. They are the ones who write the set ups and dialogue and they know the show and characters, thus less chance of continuity errors. And then prior to that actors had input in their roles, they do not now.
ReplyDeleteHonestly I've been watching DOOL since I was at my Grandmother's knee. At five I remember watching Hope skate and Bo fall in love with her...I was hooked. Steve and Kayla, Marlena and John, Jack and Jennifer there have been some fantasic stories and wonderful actors..This has been the first time in 30 odd years that I've not wanted to tune in...the writing has become slow paced (even for summer) very little to compel me to sit and watch an entire episode...Safe story lines suck the big mysteries Are dragged on and on til in the end you really could care less what happens tomorrow...Even great actors come off as stiff when the material they are given is little better then used toliet paper... There has been some bright moments Ari and the miscarrage..Ali and baby grace dying but brigh moments once every 3=6 months does not make a soap.... Who wants to watch something that has about as much drama as our own couch potatoe lives? I want to at lest be able to say "Hey can you believe this happened this week.." so far nada
ReplyDeleteBravo to Carolyn Hinsey. I tune out when I see attractive people who can't act on my shows. I'd rather see anyone who can act. They don't have to look like models. Just be believable.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many bad young actors on DAYS, Hinsey could be talking about any or all of them.
ReplyDeleteNadia Bjorlin. She can't even do "coma" well & she's experienced. Shelley is another one who has a limited range, but at least she does have some range.
ReplyDeleteThe actors who play Will and Mia are young, so I'm giving them a pass, although the guy who plays Chad is pretty good.
I know who she can't be refering to and that's Molly Burnett.
ReplyDeleteShe can hold her own against the pro's.
OTOH, Chloe, Stephanie, Will, Mia and Kinzy are pretty bad
Well that's not any shocker I think she was just stating the obvious anyone can see Days has decided they perfer young and pretty over acting talents and I think they are making a fatal mistake. Of course any soap needs young but they have so many and it is obvious they hired them for their looks and not acting ability. I will give Molly Burnette credit in that when she first came on I would have put her in this category but not only has her character been written better but you can see her improving in her acting abilities so I am taking that she is eager to learn as the truth so I give her full credit for not just accepting herself as a hair model actress and ready to put in the work to improve she has shown more improvement in her time on Days than Nadia has in 10 years. Wake up Days!
ReplyDeleteI must say it is not just the younger ones. Shawn C. has no excuse for acting right now. (the little I have seen.)It reminds me of bad porn acting! When he first statred his acting was much better. Jay is a good actor but he started years ago. Nadia was much better, in years past, so I think it has something to do with G.T Some of the best actrtesses in Days past did not use beauty as an excuse and acted their heart out. Case in Point,many years ago when I was about 5 Deidre did a crying scene and as she was crying her nose ran a little bit, which does happen in real life. Also, Mary Beth Evans puts everything into her acting and never used her beauty as an excuse. G.T. is insulting the intelligence of younger people(many of them are tuning into you tube to watch the older stuff. I can think of several periods when Days had some interesting storylines for teens and adults. It is possible.(not with GT though)
ReplyDeleteNadia is very beautiful, but as an actress she's only mediocre on a good day. Most of the time she's like a robot with her delivery. Just awful.
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