Ugh. Sounds like AMC had the right idea by wanting him to reprise his role as Scott Chandler. And then, like so many other decisions...AMC dropped the ball. Idoits. I think i could have actually gotten behind an Annie/Scott pairing if Forbes was playing Scott.

All in all - a classy interview by an even classier individual.

Great intrview. Never was a Nash/Forbes fan, but he shined in his final days at OLTL. Now I have a newfound respect for the actor thanks to this interview. He is another one who gets it.

It may have been written that Jared accidentally killed NAsh, but that's not what was shown on screen. Jared killed Nash.

Great interview by the way. Loved his comments about ATWT v. OLTL.

I agree Crystal-Lite!

Yes, this was one of my favorite interviews. Some really interesting comments, and he seemed very candid, which I appreciate.

Not a huge March fan, but loved the interview and the insight he gave about ATWT. Maybe if someone - anyone - was more passionate about the show, it would be a.) a better product and b.) not thisclose to the end. Tho, it sounds like, from the interview, if anyone tows the line, they are gone, ala Martha Byrne.

BTW (off topic, but worth noting to me)- your former comments about Beck's Lily being a Stepford wife continue to be right on the mark.

i give atwt's credit for not making luke and noah "too gay", like why to they have to fit a steriotype, what are they supposed to do dress up in a drag and go to the clubs at night, i can't believe the criticism from the gay community, why do they have to fit a steriotype? i mean i'm a tad bit feminine at times, but i love when i meet a butch guy and he just seems like one of the boys, there is room for everyone!!!

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I understand the criticism that there's kind of a lack of authenticity when it comes to Luke and Noah as gay characters. If Noah were more like, say, ATWT's Henry, I feel like it would seem more genuine.

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Originally posted by frozen_berry_coolaide:
i give atwt's credit for not making luke and noah "too gay", like why to they have to fit a steriotype, what are they supposed to do dress up in a drag and go to the clubs at night, i can't believe the criticism from the gay community, why do they have to fit a steriotype? i mean i'm a tad bit feminine at times, but i love when i meet a butch guy and he just seems like one of the boys, there is room for everyone!!!

It's not that they don't fit a stereotype. There's no need for them to be flamboyant, effeminate drag queens. But there's the sense that they are sanitized, sexless, in order to make them completely non-threatening to insecure straight viewers.

This is true for most, though not all, significant gay characters on TV. Unless they're written as comic relief or confidantes there to solve the problems of straight lead characters, gay men are typically masculinized (and lesbians feminized). This is not to say gender-conforming gays are in any way bad, only to say that straight viewers are considered more readily accepting of straight-acting gays.

I can't complain about ATWT in this case, since I haven't watched it regularly for about two years, but when people complain about gay characters not being gay enough, it's not specifically about preferred gender affectations. It's about sanitizing them into harmless gays who won't threaten or confront anyone else's sexuality, and that's a problem. The lack of affection for Nuke and Otalia are examples of this: they can be a gay couple, but Procter & Gamble didn't want to show them being physically affectionate, because they didn't want to risk offending viewers. That's homophobic.

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I recently read this interview on Michael Fairman's website. March was articulate, and he really went there with RC's writing, wow, but I'm glad he had good things to say about frank Valentini, and it seems like Valentini is the best ep in daytime, and the sexiest also.