AW: Jacqueline Courtney rants to Soap Opera Weekly
Peter J
years, or that it's more compelling than most soap storylines today.
A few weeks ago, Paul Rauch attacked Jacquie Courtney and George Reinholt (he
did not mention their names, but he didn't have to -- it was very obvious who
he was referring to) as being guilty of outrageously bad behavior at Another
World. Then he said he fired them and the show expanded to an hour, and the
audience forgot about them immediately.
She wrote a letter to Weekly which was printed in the latest edition. It's good
stuff (she wasn't willing to destroy her character's integrity, if she was so
forgettable why were they never able to successfuly recast her, she never had
any problem with any writers or producers but Paul Rauch and Harding Lemay,
etc.)
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Seth J. Bookey
>I don't know what puzzles me more -- that this feud has been raging for 30
>years, or that it's more compelling than most soap storylines today.
>A few weeks ago, Paul Rauch attacked Jacquie Courtney and George Reinholt (he
>did not mention their names, but he didn't have to -- it was very obvious who
>he was referring to) as being guilty of outrageously bad behavior at Another
>World. Then he said he fired them and the show expanded to an hour, and the
>audience forgot about them immediately.
Isn't that evil man dead yet? I will never forgive him for mistreating
Ellen Holly (Carla, OLTL). Is he even involved in soaps anymore? Why is he
even allowed to attack anyone in print anymore, much less stir the AW cast
feud pot?
>She wrote a letter to Weekly which was printed in the latest edition. It's good
>stuff (she wasn't willing to destroy her character's integrity, if she was so
>forgettable why were they never able to successfuly recast her, she never had
>any problem with any writers or producers but Paul Rauch and Harding Lemay,
>etc.)
k
I read Lemay's book two years ago and it seems that Lemay's bigger issue
was with George R. than it was with Jacqueline Courtenay. Someone out
there in ratsa will correct me, but when they grafted GR and JC onto the
OLTL cast, as Tony and Pat, I am under the impression that the problems
Lemay mentioned about GR were evident over at OLTL and his role of Tony
Lord was recast at least twice. Pat, as played by JC, though, was on the
show even after Tony left. My general impression is that she was not all
that bad, and that George was an egomaniac.
--Seth
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Peter J
>
>Isn't that evil man dead yet? I will never forgive him for mistreating
>Ellen Holly (Carla, OLTL). Is he even involved in soaps anymore? Why is he
>even allowed to attack anyone in print anymore, much less stir the AW cast
>feud pot?
Carolyn Hinsey interviewed him in her "Dueling Voices" feature, or whatever
it's called (at least he's better than that idiot who kept saying that GH's
NuEmily is the best soap recast of all time).
>
>I read Lemay's book two years ago and it seems that Lemay's bigger issue
>was with George R. than it was with Jacqueline Courtenay. Someone out
>there in ratsa will correct me, but when they grafted GR and JC onto the
>OLTL cast, as Tony and Pat, I am under the impression that the problems
>Lemay mentioned about GR were evident over at OLTL and his role of Tony
>Lord was recast at least twice. Pat, as played by JC, though, was on the
>show even after Tony left. My general impression is that she was not all
>that bad, and that George was an egomaniac.
He had no problems with Courtney's behavior, but he thought she was a terrible
actress and he cut short some juicy storylines because he felt she was not up
to the material. He seemed to have open contempt for her and was thrilled to
recast her, even if he did admit that the recast was not as popular as
Courtney.
Frank Miller
"Peter J" <peter...@aol.comnospam> wrote:
> I don't know what puzzles me more -- that this feud has been raging for 30
> years, or that it's more compelling than most soap storylines today.
>
> A few weeks ago, Paul Rauch attacked Jacquie Courtney and George Reinholt (he
> did not mention their names, but he didn't have to -- it was very obvious who
> he was referring to) as being guilty of outrageously bad behavior at Another
> World. Then he said he fired them and the show expanded to an hour, and the
> audience forgot about them immediately.
>
> She wrote a letter to Weekly which was printed in the latest edition. It's
> good
> stuff (she wasn't willing to destroy her character's integrity, if she was so
> forgettable why were they never able to successfuly recast her, she never had
> any problem with any writers or producers but Paul Rauch and Harding Lemay,
> etc.)
I never understood what storyline it was that she thought would damage her
character's integrity. According to Harding Lemay's book, it was having her
adopt Sally (with the implication that she didn't want to mother a child of
her age). If that's the case, she doesn't come off very well. The story
made perfect sense to me at the time given that a) Alice couldn't have
children and b) the fight to keep the child happened after Steven's death,
when Alice would logically be trying to hold on to anything she could.
Where there another storyline she objected to?
Peter J
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>
>I never understood what storyline it was that she thought would damage her
>character's integrity. According to Harding Lemay's book, it was having her
>adopt Sally (with the implication that she didn't want to mother a child of
>her age).
She said the storyline she objected to was Alice falling in love with Steve's
brother, Willis.
Rthrquiet
>Was there another storyline she objected to?
Actually, I think Lemay does discuss this, though it's been a while since I
read the book: Courtney objected to having Alice fall for Willis after Steve
died. Steve's brother was to "take over Steve's company and his widow,"
according to Lemay, which Courtney felt made Alice "continue to look weak and
foolish." (The Courtney quote is from a magazine article at the time. My
immediate reaction to Courtney's comment, even in those more innocent times,
was "Isn't that who Alice is? When has she been anything other than wimpy and
easily manipulated?")
I guess the show abandoned the proposed storyline at some point after Courtney
left. I wonder if it had to do with the actor switch from John Fitzpatrick to
Leon Russom as Willis. I don't remember Willis getting the company or pursuing
Alice romantically.
Michael
Frank Miller
20041001001408...@mb-m25.aol.com, "Rthrquiet"
<rthr...@aol.comatose> wrote:
He had an interest in her, but I don't think it got very far since he also
became involved with Angie at about that time. I think he plotted against
the Alice-Ray relationship partly because they stood in the way of his
taking over Frame Construction (and in a way he was right; Ray ran the
company into the ground), partly because he couldn't accept her being
interested in another man so soon and partly because he wanted her himself,
but, as I recall, the latter issue was played rather subtly. But I also
recall a few scenes of Alice's feeling drawn to him, which played not as
weakness, but just an attempt to find something of Steve in his brother.