Dee is NOT amused!
Last week on GENERAL HOSPITAL, there was a storyline with Jason and Sam where they were investigating into a case of two characters with the names of "Drake Black" and "Deidre Evans". Turns out Queen Dee posted on her Facebook page that she thought the soap's references were "immature and disrespectful". Do you agree? Or does Miss Hall need to buy herself a sense of humor? Discuss amongst yourselves...
This is a difficult one. First of all, I do not get what the point was of them doing this at all. Since D. Hall was upset by this, I will give her the benefit of the doubt on this one because maybe she knows inside information as to why they would do this, that we do not know.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they were made offers by GH and refused them?? So this is just a spite thing?? IDK but it is a little trashy on GH's part. Given Dee's "financial woes" I am sure there will be some kind of trademark lawsuit to follow LOL !
ReplyDeleteSeems to me a bit distasteful of GH, but I wonder why D. Hall is so worked up about it that she felt nessasary to comment on this. After all it's not like they used HER name. Those are fictional charachters and unless days has monopoly on those names, anyone could use them, even in bad taste. Ms Hall should really try and move on from Days. She was a queen for three decades and she is no more. That is quite unfortunate for her, but life does go on. Soaps industry is at it's lowest now, the rating are low and shows will do anything to get viewers. GH went about it not in a very nice way, but that is the instustry. It is really too bad if Miss Hall can't deal with that...
ReplyDeleteWell, if Dee is pissed then so am I.
ReplyDeleteI think it was rude and disrepectful yes. I'm not a Deidre or Marlena fan, but I have to agree with her here. These are two very popular actors from a rival soap who were treated with disrepect after years of giving their time and talent, to then just have another soap sort of poke fun at them. If they are going to use their names like that then why not ask them to actually portray them. GH is just as low as Days when it comes to vet respect
ReplyDeleteTheir names. Who cares?
ReplyDeleteAt first hearing about this, I thought it was a thoughtful shout out to them. Most people on the boards thought so also. I don't watch GH so I have no idea if this is par for the course for them. But, now hearing that Dee was not amused by it.. I have to wonder if there was something more behind it like the poster said above.
ReplyDeleteIt just seems to me that Deidre is making a mountain out of a molehill. Maybe if there is some backstory behind it, there would be more sense, but I didn't think GH was really being immature and disrespectful. It was just one of those silly shout-outs, I thought.
ReplyDeleteI seriously doubt it was meant to be favorable. ABC tends to bash DAYS. Personally I think Dee actually believed that some other soap would snap her up. And ABC, especially GH, has dropped unceremoniously its vets. I know back in the 90s that many in the soap world bashed DAYS for its silly Satan plot, and JERk's writing. And there was that big war between GH and DAY. GH hiring Mary Beth, Wally, rehiring Lynn, Matt, Stephen and Billy Warlock. And Corday got into it with GH accusing them of buying SODs and stuffing the votes. They did but DAYS had done that in the past as well. And again, Matt's character's mother was a real piece of work, and her name was Marlena. That definitely was meant to be a slam at DAYS' serial killer storyline.
ReplyDeleteI saw the show. I'm a former Days watcher and I didn't even notice the reference until someone pointed it out later me. I didn't think it was a big deal, but maybe there's some inside joke that I'm missing.
ReplyDeleteI think it is funny as all get out! GO GH !
ReplyDeleteWere these characters serial killers or possessed by the devil?
ReplyDeleteConsidering some of the dialogue Ms. Hall has had to repeat this is very inoffensive.
This sounds like something "Thank God James Reilly is BACK" would have written as tribute.
I vote that she needs to buy herself a sense of humor.
I think it would be much more insulting for an actor on the other soaps (except PASS, since that was always crap) to have his/her name and character name used on PASS II, I mean DULL, I mean DAYS.
ReplyDeleteUnless there is a backstory we don't know, I think Deidre is taking this way too seriously. Soaps do this kind of thing all the time - remember when Days made the Passions joke (Diva's tee hee)? I seriously doubt Days was trying to be disrespectful (considering JERk was writing both shows at the time - I think). And in this case, I seriously doubt the GH writers were trying to be disrespectful.
ReplyDeleteAs for immature, these are the people who write GH, someone let me know when they do something - anything - mature.
Sounds like Dee's turning into a crotchty old woman.
ReplyDeleteThe type who won't let kids get a stray ball they've tossed in her yard.
I'm in agreement with the earlier sentiment....Deidre needs to get a sense of humor. Wow, aren't there more things to worry about, like where is her next acting job??!!
ReplyDeleteDeidre is a washed up has been. I am so glad that she isn't on Days anymore. The message boards have been a lot more peaceful without her bat shit crazy fans on them talking about how much they want to go down on her. I don't care if she was offended by GH wanting to use that name. I find it rather amusing myself.
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