Welcome back everyone. This week I will talk about how actors and actresses get written in and out of soap operas on a regular basis. It is something that people who are watching the shows regularly maybe don’t really notice quite as much as those who pick up the show every now and then and watch an episode.
Personally, the switch of characters doesn’t really bother me, it is something that in a way just reflects real life. People have to move away and relocate for a variety of different reasons, although we secretly know that the real reason for writing characters out is that the actors and actresses don’t want to work for the certain show anymore. For example, in The Young and the Restless, the character of Katherine Chancellor’s granddaughter Mackenzie Browning (Mac), is one character who has been written out of the show for quite some time.
She has been overseas in Darfur, Africa working with a relief organization. Mac is one of the characters who has had many actresses and many writings in and out of the show. Since she became a character on the show in February of 1999, she has had 5 different actresses. Ashley Bashioum was the first (February 1999 to February 15, 2002; April 20, 2004 to March 10, 2005), Nicole Tarantini was a temporary replacement in 2001 for a short period of time, Kelly Kruger was from February 19, 2002 to July 1, 2003, the next Mac was Rachel Kimsey from March 25, 2005-May 17, 2006. Finally, the newest Mac will be Clementine Ford, she will start on April 1 of this year.
There are many examples on many different shows of characters who leave and come back to the shows. The show Days of our Lives is well known for people dying and then coming back. So they don’t actually die, they somehow every time escape death, and eventually are returned to the show. One guy who has died and come back to life about a million times is Stefano Dimera, he is often related to on the show as the “Phoenix” .
Some people may argue and say that characters should keep and stay to the same and others say it is a good thing to get different people in there. Personally, I could really care less either way.
I was just making this comment the other day. I was over at one of my friends houses and she was watching Days of our Lives....and Stefano came on in one of the scenes, I haden't watched the show in quite some time, since I was in high school, almost 10 years. And Stefano had died many times back then. I did however get into Passions and I agree with you on the theme song it is very singable...I was mad when this soap was put on Dish's 101....and even more mad when I switched to Dish to watch it an then it was removed all together.
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