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Old 28-10-2016, 14:40
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https://twitter.com/ellenthomasuk

If you have look at her twitter she re-tweeted several tweets that criticises the new producer and what his doing with the show.

Feelings runing high at EE it seems!
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Old 28-10-2016, 14:44
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"To be honest #EastEnders really needs dominic back as executive producer. The show is seriously stuggling without him." https://twitter.com/xitsnoreen/statu...00098102353929

Can't believe she RTed that one! I think it's safe to say Claudette won't be back

Strangely enough, however, she has RTed a couple of things praising the new approach. So who knows what she really thinks.
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Old 28-10-2016, 14:44
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Something tells me someone had a quiet word with her about her comments saying she could choose when she came back (which is blatantly false) and she ain't happy!
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Old 28-10-2016, 14:48
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I'd be surprise if she comes back! she might be out of contract and not actually tweeting it herself but doesn't look very good.

I wonder how well like SOC really is, not much it seems.
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Old 28-10-2016, 15:08
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I think its rather telling that quite a few people have come out with criticism for the new producer and maybe all really isn't well amongst the cast.

Too many axings is certain to upset some of the cast, the general way the show is heading right now with lots of rather mundane stuff and seeing what ED, CS and HO are doing right now its bound to show up how bad EE is.

Then there is the fact that he hasn't even cast any new characters, no interviews done, why would anyone want to invest time in a show that on paper is in as bad shape as it is compared to the other soaps!
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Old 28-10-2016, 15:26
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I think its rather telling that quite a few people have come out with criticism for the new producer and maybe all really isn't well amongst the cast.

Too many axings is certain to upset some of the cast, the general way the show is heading right now with lots of rather mundane stuff and seeing what ED, CS and HO are doing right now its bound to show up how bad EE is.

Then there is the fact that he hasn't even cast any new characters, no interviews done, why would anyone want to invest time in a show that on paper is in as bad shape as it is compared to the other soaps!
i so agree with all you have said, but people seem to bloody love the rubbishness of it all at the minute, im sorry even if this is all slow burn stuff, its not very entertaining,

take kim, this "comedy" story with her driving is ridicules, first we find out that she has no respect for donna or disabled people coz she stole her badge, but then she didnt have a licence, which everyone was so shocked about, well vincent must not have been that shocked coz with out a licence he couldnt have insured her to drive his car, so he has been letting her race round london with his daughter with no insurance,

then she has more than once trotted off in the car since, crashing into dot, who shoul have sued, phoned the police, kim would have been charged with a number of offences, but no everyone just laughs it off, good old kim, eh? she should be in prison with mcbealironside,
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Old 28-10-2016, 15:28
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I must be bored. I went and had a look and wow. There was the odd re-tweet praising the show...but the rest.
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Old 28-10-2016, 15:29
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It's no wonder some of the cast are frustrated. We've just had 3 of the worst producers in Eastenders history, and this new guy seems to be trying to make everything as dull as possible.
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Old 28-10-2016, 15:32
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in all honesty, im pretty down on soc, but the truth is theres alot of people making these decisions, but please if your reading, call a crisis meeting and sort it out, before its to late,
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Old 28-10-2016, 15:34
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Well, that's Claudette gone for good then. Look out for her offscreen death in a few months.

I agree the show is drama free at the minute. It's watchable but it's hardly must see tv.
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Old 28-10-2016, 15:46
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Ok I have not watched his work yet so cannot judge. But from reading and hearing people's comments, it does seem to me that it is the calm before the storm. Given his previous work on The Archers, it could be one hell of storm too! Trouble is you need an audience to be around to watch the storm.

Barbara Windsor sticking her nose in is one thing but Ellen Thomas is retweeting some very heavy criticism there.

What is the general feeling on the rest of Social Media?
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Old 28-10-2016, 15:46
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It's hard to tell. It seems she disagrees with the way the show's going but then she also retweeted "Loving #EastEnders proving you don't need the flash, bang, wallop to create empathic storylines. Back to basics. ☺"

So maybe she just doesn't know how Twitter works and is retweeting anything with an EE mention? haha.
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Old 28-10-2016, 15:51
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It's hard to tell. It seems she disagrees with the way the show's going but then she also retweeted "Loving #EastEnders proving you don't need the flash, bang, wallop to create empathic storylines. Back to basics. ☺"

So maybe she just doesn't know how Twitter works and is retweeting anything with an EE mention? haha.
You could be right. There again she might of just put that in as a token gesture of support? Whatever her reasoning the negatives outnumber the positive ones. When I clicked on the link I was expecting just yo see one retweet. I was surprised by the number she had retweeted.
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Old 28-10-2016, 16:05
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It's hard to tell. It seems she disagrees with the way the show's going but then she also retweeted "Loving #EastEnders proving you don't need the flash, bang, wallop to create empathic storylines. Back to basics. ☺"

So maybe she just doesn't know how Twitter works and is retweeting anything with an EE mention? haha.
She's been using Twitter since Dec 2012 so she must know how it works. I think Ellen is being mischievous
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Old 28-10-2016, 16:07
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I agree with her, but the show doesn't need DTC back. He was good up until the 30th, then lost the plot!
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Old 28-10-2016, 19:13
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I love Ellen, at least she's honest!
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Old 28-10-2016, 19:18
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I love Ellen, at least she's honest!
Yet Barbara Windsor was totally crucified on here

None of them come out of this looking good to be honest.
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Old 28-10-2016, 19:30
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Yet Barbara Windsor was totally crucified on here

None of them come out of this looking good to be honest.
Babs is absolutely detested by most users on here, so that answers that one.

I agree with both of them.
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Old 28-10-2016, 19:32
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I agree with her, but the show doesn't need DTC back. He was good up until the 30th, then lost the plot!
I kind of feel he was in a difficult position. The 30th was always going to be a difficult beast as the expectation was always going to be there, whoever was in charge was always going to struggle as the aftermath was impossible to plan when you've got live episodes involved.

I think his main failing was not planning beyond that in all that much detail. He brought in some great characters but didn't really know what to do with them long term. I think he thought he could always turn to the Carters if he was struggling with material but I think cast departures made that difficult.

You're also only as good as your Story Producer and I don't think Alex Lamb was as good for him as DTC himself was for Santer.
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Old 28-10-2016, 19:43
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I kind of feel he was in a difficult position. The 30th was always going to be a difficult beast as the expectation was always going to be there, whoever was in charge was always going to struggle as the aftermath was impossible to plan when you've got live episodes involved.

I think his main failing was not planning beyond that in all that much detail. He brought in some great characters but didn't really know what to do with them long term. I think he thought he could always turn to the Carters if he was struggling with material but I think cast departures made that difficult.

You're also only as good as your Story Producer and I don't think Alex Lamb was as good for him as DTC himself was for Santer.
It's hard to sum up DTC's reign really. I don't think it was ever outstanding, and December 2013-February 2015 had so many flaws, but the cast was genuinely strong with some great stoetlines.

After the 30th, not a lot was going for it. The first half of 2016 was refreshing, with some new storylines coming along, but it's rather mundane at the moment.

I'd agree it was down to poor planning and introducing way too many characters whilst not knowing what to do with them.
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Old 28-10-2016, 19:44
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"To be honest #EastEnders really needs dominic back as executive producer. The show is seriously stuggling without him." https://twitter.com/xitsnoreen/statu...00098102353929

Can't believe she RTed that one! I think it's safe to say Claudette won't be back

Strangely enough, however, she has RTed a couple of things praising the new approach. So who knows what she really thinks.
Egos can't take being booted. Under bad management and unprofessionalism of DTC, actors clearly got inflated egos like they're of super importance and bigger than the show. Hence the hissy fits when something doesn't go their way.
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Old 28-10-2016, 19:55
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The cast shouldn't publicly be bashing creative decisions that aren't part of their job. Reeks of unprofessionalism.
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Old 28-10-2016, 20:01
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The BBC are notorious for black listing actors who slag off EastEnders, just ask Louise Jameson, so Ellen might now find herself ousted from future BBC dramas, especially as the BBC's top casting director is now solely in charge of all EE castings. There is something to be said for professionalism.

Julia Smith had a rule in place which said if any cast member slagged the show off to the press their character would be killed off. Almost all EPs respected this up until Diederick Santer. This is why Den Watts body was found in the early 90s to end any chance of the character coming back due to Leslie slating the show in the press, the same happened with Pete Beale when Peter Dean did a tell all story on the show and like I said above Rosa DiMarco was killed when Louise Jameson slated the show non stop for a while. There are several more examples including Hannah Waterman whose character was killed thanks to her dad Pete Waterman constantly saying in interviews his daughter was too good for the show, I think the only exception to the rule was Patsy Palmer although I believe she did apologise. So I wouldn't be surprised if Claudette is now killed off screen as Sean O'Conner seems to come from that old school producer mindset.
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:05
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Not good if the cast aint happy
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:27
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The entire are like a family so if some new guy comes in swinging the axe at everyone it's bound to be frustrating.
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