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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 15022" data-attributes="member: 27">With such a huge cast, you would think the writers would spread around the material a bit more*.&nbsp; I can tolerate Laura Wright, but Maurice Benard drives me up the wall with his mumbling and stumbling through his lines.&nbsp; It is fairly evident that ABC pressures them to keep Sonny/Carly in the forefront, in much the same way they are forcing the show to &quot;make nuJason happen&quot; even as Billy Miller seems to be absolutely miserable playing Jason.&nbsp; The over-exposure of Jason/Carly/Sonny in the 2000s is the stuff of legends, and I fear they&#039;re trying to go back to that nightmare.I do give them some credit for making Tracy a player in Port Charles again, and I&#039;ve seen more of Monica in the past three months than I saw her in the last three years!&nbsp; I&#039;m also liking their efforts to establish Laura as a player in PC again rather than just being a hand-holder for her kids.* Granted, most of the cast is on recurring and this limits their story possibilities, but there are financial advantages to giving more material to cheaper, recurring characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 15022, member: 27"] With such a huge cast, you would think the writers would spread around the material a bit more*. I can tolerate Laura Wright, but Maurice Benard drives me up the wall with his mumbling and stumbling through his lines. It is fairly evident that ABC pressures them to keep Sonny/Carly in the forefront, in much the same way they are forcing the show to "make nuJason happen" even as Billy Miller seems to be absolutely miserable playing Jason. The over-exposure of Jason/Carly/Sonny in the 2000s is the stuff of legends, and I fear they're trying to go back to that nightmare. I do give them some credit for making Tracy a player in Port Charles again, and I've seen more of Monica in the past three months than I saw her in the last three years! I'm also liking their efforts to establish Laura as a player in PC again rather than just being a hand-holder for her kids. * Granted, most of the cast is on recurring and this limits their story possibilities, but there are financial advantages to giving more material to cheaper, recurring characters. [/QUOTE]

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