If you've seen YouTube comments (prior to the incursion of Google+) then you have some frame of reference as to what nonsense Twitter fan backlash is like. If there is a reasoning, which there isn't, it is thus: Fans speculate the REAL reason Cote left is because of friction amongst the cast, absent any supporting evidence to prove this theory. Because Pauley is the other female in the cast, and because she is responsive on Twitter, much of their anger has been unleashed her direction (because, in the eyes of these sorts of people, it is easy to assume two women can't get along). Weatherly, Carrol, and Dietzen (sp?) are all on Twitter, but not nearly as active, and because Ziva and Tony had such on-screen chemistry, they assume he isn't the problem (clearly they never watched Moonlighting for an example of on-screen chemistry conflicting with off-screen anger).
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:32 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Kevin... > For those of us who have trouble navigating and wading through the > confusing jumble of twitter posts, reposts and featured posts (or whatever > they are called), could you summarize what gripe fans are having with > Pauley and the rest? Are they saying that if the rest of the cast had taken > a pay cut, Cote would still be on the show? Or that they all should have > gone on strike in solidarity? > > I liked Cote, but frankly when they decided to stop making her a foreign > agent on loan I think her character lost a lot of its appeal on the show, > and they were in danger of going full Moonlighting. I don't hate the new > girl (to my eye she actually looks like a younger, blonder version of > Cote), but I would not have minded if they filled her chair with a rotating > babe of the week for a few more months. > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I've met Pauley Perrette twice, both times in church, and interacted with >> her a bit on Twitter. Mostly I find myself RTing (retweeting, for the >> non-Twitter inclined) her posts because I think she is an amazing person, >> full of life and that sort of upbeat energy normally reserved for >> cheerleaders and marketing executives. But ever since Cote left NCIS, she >> and the rest of the cast (and every fan-maintained Twitter and social media >> outlet) have been slammed with negative fan reaction. Opinions are fine, >> but people have been cruel in ascribing blame and attacking remaining cast >> members. Today Pauley had enough. I believe CBS pays her to promote things >> like the Grammys on her Twitter, but today she said goodbye to social media >> as something to do for fun, because for her it clearly isn't fun anymore. >> From my admittedly limited experience, Pauley is -- if possible -- kinder >> and more genial than her character Abby, so for her to reach a breaking >> point is really saying something. >> >> https://twitter.com/PauleyP/status/411161951394209792 >> >> https://twitter.com/PauleyP/status/411159135355281408 >> >> https://twitter.com/PauleyP/status/411143209297797120 >> >> Diane Neal, one of NCIS's regular ensemble weighed in as well. >> >> https://twitter.com/DianeNeal/status/411148126230421504 >> >> https://twitter.com/DianeNeal/status/411148762808328192 >> >> I haven't been critical of Cote's decision to leave, but the teenage girl >> they appear to have chosen to replace her exemplifies why network TV is on >> the decline. Nevertheless, such decisions are hardly something one could >> blame or credit the other cast members with. People, myself included, like >> that people on TV shows are making themselves more accessible on social >> media, but apparently we still have to find that line which fans ought not >> cross when it comes to the way they voice their opinions. There is probably >> a lesson to be learned in this somewhere for fans, showrunners, and talent >> alike, but I'm not sure what it is yet. All I know is angry fans >> misdirected their anger, and it hurt someone that didn't seem to have >> anything to do with their reasons for being angry. >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... 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