A Moment For Dru

OK. I know there's world peace, presidential candidates, Jena 6, West Virginia 6, and mine worker safety to worry about. I know we've all lost real-live relatives, friends, and family members. And all that is valid.

But it's Friday. And I want to have a moment for Dru.

As in Drucilla Winters, one of my favorite Young and Restless characters as played by Victoria Rowell.

Dru fell off that cliff six months ago, in a hastily written going-away for a character who'd been on the show for 15-plus years, brought on mainly because the actress asked to be released from her contract early. One can only surmise that artistic integrity is one reason, since Y&R has quickly gone down-hill since all the Bill Bell-trained writers and producers were let go/left the staff when a new Executive Producer and Head Writer brought in her regime.

(Side note... many of the Bill Bell-trained writers and producers now work for Bold and The Beautiful which ROCKS right now!)

Found this cool site, Serial Drama, which kinda shares the same opinion of Y&R lately. They did their own A Moment For Dru entry, which you should check out. And they have a long list of Y&R columns here...

You can also hear similar analysis at the Daytime Confidential podcast.

But this isn't just about what's not right with Y&R. It's about the fabulousness of Drucilla, and how empty the show feels without the character AND the actress who portrayed her.

So, start your weekend off with some great Dru moments... from YouTube of course:
Dru and her mom Lily Bell (Why she ran away as a teen)
Dru and Neil argue ("When was your last mistake, 1972?")
Dru catches Neil and Carmen
Dru and Carmen ("Project Stay Away From My Husband")
Dru and Carmen catfight

Aah. If only... we could get Dru and the original actress back. If only... Y&R could get back to the high quality show it once was. Maybe I'd get my daily viewing habit back.

But that's a fantasy for just a moment. In the meantime, you can read Victoria Rowell's memoir, The Women Who Raised Me.
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