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Subject: Sorry, but when you're 89 and can't remember a line, it's time to go. Bless Anna Lee, but it often took her 3 hours to get 1 simple line right because she just couldn't remember things. James Mitchell would hold up production too much.
Response Posted by: Danny
Date Posted: Mon Nov 9 1:04:34 2009
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Subject: Who cares! Anna Lee was only working a day or two a week, at the most. The way she was treated at the end was cruel & unnecessary! I'm also talking about more than Anna Lee's situation here. I'm talking about Ruth Warrick (Phoebe), who was NOT infirmed IRL when TPTB put Phoebe in the wheelchair, from which she never 'recovered'. Ms Warrick went from playing a strong, independent thinking character to playing a woman who got little or no respect & who was, toward the end, not much more than an after thought. While RW may have been infirm toward the end of her life, TPTB wasted lots of time when she wasn't, putting Phoebe so far on the backburner that by the end there was a whole segment of the audience who didn't know much about Phoebe at all! I grew up on soaps when, whevever possible, actors were kept on despite RL situations--like recovering from surgeries, amputations & treatments for illnesses. My point is that NOW Mr. Mitchell may not be able to work, but that wasn't always the case & it wasn't the reason Palmer went so far onto the backburner! eom
Response Posted by: Rosebud1
Date Posted: Mon Nov 9 10:05:17 2009
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