ARTICLE: Jason Thompson on the "big decision" execs are facing at Y&R

[Holly99]

https://www.soapcentral.com/yr/news/...c_decision.php

[Jupiter Jane]

I can't believe I didn't know Jason Thompson was Canadian - Yeah!

[sneekee1]

He has a Canadian goose tattoed on his forearm.

[Rubythroat1]

Best kept secret !

[Rubythroat1]

My good friend in Edmonton, goes to one of JT's
bars after work!

[Smithey]

I am hoping that during this quarantine that TPTB are looking at ways they can improve the show, that when they return, they will have revamped the scripts and will have a quality vision of the future of the show.

[lindaalleman]

Please just stop the sex and violence. lean towards the old days, happy times. Lily and Cane rejoin or like Lily and Billy. Never liked Cane.

[YoungandBold91]

Sex and violence are a part of the soap world. Victoria don't need a man. She's got Daddy and Newman Enterprises.? They'll always be her 1st priority, always.

[sneekee1]

Please just stop the sex and violence. lean towards the old days, happy times. Lily and Cane rejoin or like Lily and Billy. Never liked Cane.

Lily is boring without Cane. I really miss Neil. They can't recast Neil...that wouldn't be right. But they could recast Malcolm and have him return to GC. Phyllis needs a friend Vicky needs a man.

[Annabelle575]

For some reason when I bring up this article my entire screen is dark blue, can't read it. What is Jason referring to here? Please help----Thanks.

[TunerEyes]

Same here. Tried on my phone and on my ipad. Just blue background and nard to read bullet point text, not the article.

[CouchCruisin']

Annabelle575 This is just a portion in Jason's words. Mods, please delete if against the board rules and I apologize in advance...

"They just kind of let us know that they were going to keep us in the loop," Thompson says of how the show has handled communicating with the actors since suspending production in March. "[Deciding when we will come back] is a bigger decision: Sony is involved, CBS is involved, of course our stage is involved, so there's a lot of people. We get updates at least about once a week, kind of letting us know where we're at and if we should expect anything, but they have no idea when we may be back."

[Annabelle575]

Thank you CouchCruisin', I appreciate that. Too bad they still don't know WHEN they will be back. Well, things are a little dicey in California right now. Hopefully it will be soon that everything is opened up.

[Zoie1]

Please just stop the sex and violence. lean towards the old days, happy times. Lily and Cane rejoin or like Lily and Billy. Never liked Cane.

I remember lots of sex and violence in the old days, LOTS of sex and many murders, mystery's and psycho's stalking, scaring and stealing the sperm and eggs of the residents of GC. I loved those old days, today's story lines are tame in comparison. Cane needs to stay OFF screen, his exit was one of the best things the current production team did. Lily is practically floating around without all that dead weight on her shoulders.

[Smithey]

Yes, the "old days" had plenty of sex and violence, but the writing was dependent on the characters, not the plot of the week. I don't care who the characters are on screen. If the writing is good, most won't care either.

[taramartin]

IMO, sex in the old days was the product of undeniable love - usually it was not just an attraction - there was a build up of emotions.

[Zoie1]

I seem to remember a lot of sex that was just 'sex' and not built up on romance. Sheila drugging Scott comes to mind...

[Rubythroat1]

Oh you can hear his accent every once in a while.

They just can’t come back if they can’t touch each other. You just can’t run a soap opera that way. You can’t run most of these shows that way, nighttime, daytime, movies. You can’t work 6 feet apart that’s just not gonna fly.

Sex, mystery, love stories that’s the meat and potatoes of soap operas I haven’t watched this show that long but when I was little I used to watch the P&G shows there’s a lot more of that then, in my opinion. You have to have conflict to have interest on these soaps. There really isn’t enough conflict on the show. And there sure isn’t enough fun in my opinion. I’m hoping they go with the chemistry when they come back that would actually ratchet up the fun. Here’s hoping!

Accent? As far as I know, Alberta does not have an accent unless you are Native Canadian or of the close-knit Ukrainian community. Jason Thompson sounds very much like myself
and I live in Toronto area. He comes from Edmonton. That old joke about "hoose and aboot" is really just a joke. Except maybe in Newfoundland.

[stopthefall]

Yes he has a Canadian accent and it does come out every once in a while.

[jasmine33]

Re: JT's accent comment:

I'm in the Toronto area....there is an accent in the 'down east' provinces, NB, NS, PEI, NF (which is stronger and no joke re aboot, etc)....which is similar to Maine, Boston, and your eastern seaboard. Except for Quebec (French accent) all the other provinces speak about the same. Having said that, I can pick out a Queens accent, a NYC accent, a Texan accent, a southern accent.....could go on. There are MANY dialect accents in the US which are obvious to everyone. So, no, Billy just speaks like y'all...LOL.

[Rubythroat1]

By y,all, you mean Canuck?

[janesBydiction]

The show is in a very bizarre place at the moment. I think they're handling things well from a PR standpoint. Cute videos from the cast, along with great classic reruns.

I truly don't think they will be filming until July at the earliest.