The Agony of Defeat: The Deserved Humiliation of Craptini and GH

The stink of the loser progressed into the stench of death last night. Rotting flesh could be smelled emanating from that pavilion in LA as GH was humiliated and betrayed by their own. Really, all it was was an acknowledgement of underhanded tricks, lack of talent, and pettiness. They deserved it. The Emmys, such as they are, handed Craptini what they deserve. Nothing but a slap in the face.

GH was effectively shut out in almost every category and, even in the categories it won- Supporting and Younger Actress- the humiliation outweighed the victory. It’s becoming more and more clear with each passing day that the “wunderkind” are not only passé but an embarrassment to an industry that gets little respect as it is. They’re the bottom of the barrel when the bottom was already reached to many. Their antics will no longer be lauded or rewarded. Now, they’re not just losers, but dead losers. In Hollywood, it’s not about who you were, it’s about who you are. And these two are nothing, it seems.

Media awards have a long and storied history. To be concise, they tend to have been created to establish credibility in arenas where little was to be had. The first case was that of the Pulitzer Prize, the now well respected award for excellence in journalism. This was established by Joseph Pulitzer to try to give his rags some semblance of credibility as he and Hearst painted the world yellow. The idea here is to show that your medium is not all crap but an artform that has moments of brilliance. Those moments are evaluated and judged and then promoted to the world as a great achievement. By doing so, you promote your medium but you also promote your entity. You get publicity as being “worthy” and the public will then buy your product as it is ‘the best’.

The Academy Awards had the same evolution amid the scandals of the teens and twenties. The threats of censorship from the government motivated the awards to “class the joint up”, so to some extent. But they are, more than anything, a way to promote their products to the public. The Emmys the same. Television was “nothing but auditions”, as the real Addison said, so they, too, got awards for excellence, showing that they had some.

The Daytime Emmys are an odd breed though. I was never sure why they had to have their own awards but I guess it meant they weren’t even good enough for regular Emmys. They were Emmy-lites, I guess.  The ugly cousin of the ugly girlfriend of the cheerleader, the Oscar.  And, at this point, they’re almost a joke even to the fans. I know I haven’t watched in years, or cared, and I didn’t last night. But I read the recaps as I watched Mad Men and RHONJ. Even Andy Cohen’s schlock took precedence over that crap.

You see, it’s the job of the actors to be honored and pleased but it’s also their job to promote their shows. And last night, even with the pathetic showing GH got, they didn’t get that. Instead, they got spit in their face. Julie Berman, who left the show and won best supporting, thanked her husband and co-star, Geary, made a reference to her “great ride” or something, on GH, and left. Nothing more.  And the scene she submitted was written by the former HW, I understand. That’s gotta hurt, Nimnuts.  She thought your stuff sucked.

And the Academy, such as it is, agreed.

The ultimate humiliation, though, was when lil Ms. Thang won her award.

Hello, Dr. Hotness!! Also an employee of PP. But I digress....

Now, as I’ve said, Alderson may not be Streep, but I’ve watched the kid grow up and I don’t want to rip on her much. It feels sleezy, even for me. Yet when she won, she did thank Craptini……….as her OLTL family. And KDP and Howarth and ES and RS and her agent and her real family. And her boyfriend. Ironically, her boyfriend was the only person NOT from the OLTL she mentioned, besides her parents and agent. Not a word about GH. In fact, if you didn’t know better, you’d think she won for OLTL. Not GH. That name never came up.

It reminded me of a moment from the past. Her onscreen father was at the Emmys, back when I watched, and he was being interviewed about his role on ATWT. I was shocked he was speaking but I fell off the couch when, out of nowhere, he started waxing poetic about OLTL and how he had a lot of friends there and worked there for a decade and blah blah blah. That came out of nowhere and that’s when I knew he would head back at some point. It was a shout out to the crowd- “I’m a team player, Guys, and I want to come back”. He hijacked ATWT’s moment and gave it away.

Maybe he’s taught his onscreen kids more than we know. But, I digress…

Bad, bad speech, Ms. Thang. That was a big boo-boo, unless you meant to do it.  It was a Howarth move, Girl. But, let’s assume she was just “in the moment”. That was taking your foot and surgically implanting it into your mouth. You know what you did? You took GH’s one moment for promotion and gave it to OLTL. You told the world how great OLTL was and didn’t let GH have anything. Know why? Because last night, GH didn’t exist. Not to her, not the audience, and not the industry. It’s dead.

How interesting that I hear all the GH clips featured the OLTL actors, even FL as Tea. Funny, I thought these guys were producing and promoting GH. Guess not. Guess they forgot that they worked on GH, as well as Alderson. That’s pathetic. It’s an embarrassment and I’m glad their peers handed them their asses on a plate. You come with the guy who brought you, Douchebags, not the one who couldn’t make it to the party and showed up last minute.

I’m not sure if this was simply a case of GH being so bad that they didn’t deserve an award. This could be said for many who have them, so I’m skeptical. I think it’s political. I think no one in that world really wants PP to fail because if they do, they’re all doomed. All soaps are living on borrowed time and many have acknowledged it. Class act, award-winning, King of the Universe Peter Bergman said it. They’re all hoping this venture works because it’s good for them all. 

I think this industry had a moment to tell those two twats that their behavior was deplorable and their time was up. Even their actors didn’t help them- even the one they’ve coddled throughout. They can’t be seen as “saviors” anymore when they degrade and demean their own show while attempting to annihilate another. They were treated as what they are- a pair of bitter men who are not helping an industry in trouble. They’re hurting it. And they had their asses handed to them in public last night.

Interesting that Alderson did thank them….for their work on OLTL. GH? Not so much. Even she knows the deal. Prediction? Lil Ms. Thang joins her TV parents and family soon on OLTL. Mark my words. She did them right last night. Ironic, huh, that Craptini did more to promote OLTL than GH. It was all over the place and PP took full advantage with advertising, I hear. 

Typical. Those twats can’t even pull off sabotage without screwing up. Don’t worry, Boys, I hear Walmart has a great training program. And your little darling made her intentions quite clear last night. Even she’s supporting PP and I’ll bet she turns up in Llanview soon.

Oh, and side note- shout out to Doug Davidson. He's spectacular. If this crap meant anything, he'd have won. And he did.  Saving grace. Gives you a little hope that this "Academy" knows what it's doing when it counts.