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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 437394" data-attributes="member: 27">It&#039;s only my guess, but I think someone (either the producers or maybe AA himself) saw him struggling with the pace and the amount of material when he arrived and it was decided to cut their losses by reducing his airtime and writing him out earlier than they had planned.&nbsp; He was on a lot at first, but around the time Marco was kidnapped, they retconned his knowledge/involvement in Sidwell&#039;s work and he spent weeks offscreen at a time.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;It was unintentionally telling when the show commissioned their twice-yearly cast photos several months ago, where virtually all the new cast additions were photographed (even short-term re-hire Ryan Paevey) and Anchondo was notably absent.&nbsp; That leads me to believe he&#039;s already aware that &quot;Marco&quot; won&#039;t be sticking around long-term.&nbsp; Curiously, AA posted a bunch of vacation photos online featuring him with his new boyfriend, who apparently is an actor on Days.&nbsp; Those kinds of things are typically done by actors trying to publicize themselves and drum up positive fan feedback.&nbsp; It made me wonder if he&#039;s trying to go the PR route to save his job at GH....but from what you just said, perhaps he&#039;s trying to market himself to the casting agents at Days, where he could work with his new boyfriend.&nbsp; I have no opinion one way or the other about his acting--I typically don&#039;t notice the acting onscreen unless it&#039;s exceptionally good or exceptionally bad---but it is easy to spot when someone is being written into a corner.Suzanne, to me, is a throwback to the old days on soaps where there were lots of &#039;talk-to&#039; characters who served no real purpose other than to draw out the inner thoughts of the main characters.&nbsp; Every rich woman seemed to have a maid/housekeeper who was her closest confidante (Kay and Esther on Y&amp;R; Iris and Vivien on AW; Tracy and Alice on GH, etc.).&nbsp; Every soap hospital had a gossipy nurse with no social life.&nbsp; Every rich businessman had the busybody secretary who carried a torch for the boss.&nbsp; All these characters did was provide additional &quot;color&quot; to the show, making it feel more like a real town/place.&nbsp; Unfortunately these tertiary characters were the first to disappear as budgets were cut.&nbsp; The rich characters&#039; maids, butlers, nannies, etc. mostly moved &quot;into the next room&quot; and characters had to cope without a secretary or bodyguard.&nbsp; It&#039;s likely that the show opted to create Suzanne as a sort of &quot;repository&quot; for scenes and dialogue that were originally written for Diane prior to Carolyn Hennessy&#039;s broken leg saga, but obviously they&#039;ve expanded her and given her a point of view.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think the show will do much more with her but it&#039;s nice to have someone on hand who exists outside the main circle of characters who can point out foolishness when she sees it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 437394, member: 27"] It's only my guess, but I think someone (either the producers or maybe AA himself) saw him struggling with the pace and the amount of material when he arrived and it was decided to cut their losses by reducing his airtime and writing him out earlier than they had planned. He was on a lot at first, but around the time Marco was kidnapped, they retconned his knowledge/involvement in Sidwell's work and he spent weeks offscreen at a time. It was unintentionally telling when the show commissioned their twice-yearly cast photos several months ago, where virtually all the new cast additions were photographed (even short-term re-hire Ryan Paevey) and Anchondo was notably absent. That leads me to believe he's already aware that "Marco" won't be sticking around long-term. Curiously, AA posted a bunch of vacation photos online featuring him with his new boyfriend, who apparently is an actor on [I]Days. [/I]Those kinds of things are typically done by actors trying to publicize themselves and drum up positive fan feedback. It made me wonder if he's trying to go the PR route to save his job at GH....but from what you just said, perhaps he's trying to market himself to the casting agents at Days, where he could work with his new boyfriend. I have no opinion one way or the other about his acting--I typically don't notice the acting onscreen unless it's exceptionally good or[I] exceptionally bad[/I]---but it is easy to spot when someone is being written into a corner. Suzanne, to me, is a throwback to the old days on soaps where there were lots of 'talk-to' characters who served no real purpose other than to draw out the inner thoughts of the main characters. Every rich woman seemed to have a maid/housekeeper who was her closest confidante (Kay and Esther on Y&R; Iris and Vivien on AW; Tracy and Alice on GH, etc.). Every soap hospital had a gossipy nurse with no social life. Every rich businessman had the busybody secretary who carried a torch for the boss. All these characters did was provide additional "color" to the show, making it feel more like a real town/place. Unfortunately these tertiary characters were the first to disappear as budgets were cut. The rich characters' maids, butlers, nannies, etc. mostly moved "into the next room" and characters had to cope without a secretary or bodyguard. It's likely that the show opted to create Suzanne as a sort of "repository" for scenes and dialogue that were originally written for Diane prior to Carolyn Hennessy's broken leg saga, but obviously they've expanded her and given her a point of view. I don't think the show will do much more with her but it's nice to have someone on hand who exists outside the main circle of characters who can point out foolishness when she sees it. [/QUOTE]

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