There is a post over at the SoapCentral board, a poll actually, asking who you would like to see Tamara return to GENERAL HOSPITAL as. So far Carly is winning, though the anti-Tamara forces are winning…slightly. It also seems any positive thread about Tamara is deleted in support to LW and her verison of Carly. If you have an account there, please go to the link I’ll supply and vote for our girl for as long as the post remains up. If you want to post something positive about Tamara, please do. Be courteous and explain why Tamara is needed back on the show. It can only help.
ETA: 08/10/2011 – Well, it appears the thread was again deleted. As I said anything in any way positive toward Tamara on SoapCentral seems to find itself deleted. Bank on it, if another appears, it too will be deleted.
WHO WOULD YOU PREFER TAMARA BRAUN PORTRAY – SPECIFIES AN INVALID LINK DUE TO ADMINISTRATOR DELETION
I voted and commented. Tamara will be back soon!
CR:
Thanks for supporting our girl. And that ‘back soon’….. Do you have some inside information you’d be willing to share?
Dianne
If Tamara goes back to GH, she should be a new person. Laura is Carly now, and has gained herself the rights to the role over anyone else.
Tamara won’t be back as Carly. Laura Wright has certified herself as Carly, especially under 2013. There’s no Tamara returning as Carly.
I don’t see Tamara returning to GH in any incarnation.
It’s too bad your comments are always being deleted. Surely someone wants to undermine Tamara’s reputation, though I don’t understand why–she seems like a very lovely person. Anyhoo…to the comment about Tamara shouldn’t return as Carly: I don’t feel Laura Wright has done much of anything to really flesh out the character like Tamara did. There’s no depth anymore, no real thought behind her approach to such a complicated young woman. She just seems to grimace and stomp, pout and shriek her way through her lines. Tamara at least did her best to give Carly some shades other than a mixed-up trampy gold digger hellbent on getting into trouble with anyone who crossed her. Carly became a woman with layers and reasons for her actions–albeit not always sensible, but you knew why she did what she did. I wouldn’t miss Laura Wright as -‘sort of Carly but not quite’. Bring on Tamara anyday. 🙂
Deb:
I really don’t think it has anything to do with undermining Tamara’s reputation, rather, I think it has more to do with maintaining Laura Wright’s status. There are a few sites out there that provide spoilers and other things that favour Wright to Tamara. It all has to do with who kisses which butt the best.
As for what you said about Tamara fleshing out the character more, I couldn’t have said it better myself. I agree with what you said about Wright’s inability to really understand that she’s playing Carly without Tamara’s four years of growth. There are a whole host of colourful monikkers Wright has acquired from various message boards due to her ‘acting choices’. Tamara gave Carly heart and a human/humane side that has been missing since Wright took over from Jennifer Bransford. Jennifer had the right mix of vulnerability and grace to being Carly into a different space than Wright’s one-note characterization. There is nothing recognizable about Carly and the only way I believe Garin Wolf is going to bring back the real Carly is to bring back Tamara….but then I’m partial.
Dianne