As much as this reporter would love to "knock the
socks off" of the GCN's readers (as Y&R head writer
Maria Arena Bell boasted she'd accomplish this
summer thanks to the steamy summer storylines she's
said to have concocted with in-coming Emmy winning
scribe Hogan Sheffer), yours truly is well aware
that news of supposed murderer David Chow's (Vincent
Irizarry) imminent departure from Genoa City isn't
exactly earth-shattering.
Irizarry's soon-to-be swan song was announced on the
actor's MySpace page. A final airdate for the soap
hopping veteran of Guiding Light, the long defunct
Santa Barbara and All My Children hasn't been
announced but a Y&R spokesgeek revealed Mr. Chow
will become increasingly "unstable."
In other words, it's a "same old shit, different
day" type of situation. The unstable adjective could
just as accurately describe nearly everyone in town.
Of course, the difference between Mr.Chow and the
rest of the "clucked up" and corrupt GC populace is
that David isn't considered a sacred cow. It's fine
and dandy for the heavily painted, self-absorbed and
60+ sleaze queen Gloria Bardwell to break the law
more often than most dogs lick their privates but
Mrs. Bardwell is special. Fascinating. Wordly.
Glamorous. Not only can we forgive her for anything,
we adore her so much we demand that she sashay in
front of our TV screens every day. Is it any wonder
the ratings have soared to record heights?
Whoopsie-daisy, sorry for the bitter little rant
ladies and germs. Getting back to David, I think the
problem with the character is that he's been all
over the place in a relatively short time. A former
campaign manager, lover of an eventual murder
victim, the louse who gaslighted Dru Winters, a
two-time widower whose wives died mysteriously and
of course a compulsive
gambler/once-and-possibly-future henchman. It's just
too much. His lack of romantic chemistry with wife
Nikki certainly wouldn't have inspired the scribes
to redeem him. The revolving-door of writing and
producing regimes did him no favors either.
Still, as useless as Mr. Chow is, I'd gladly and
indefinitely extend his Genoa City stay in exchange
for David eliminating (like the accomplished
assassin he's supposed to be) the likes of Devon,
Aunt Tyra, Singing Cousin It, Cane, Lily, Chloe, JT,
Jana, Sabrina and who knows how many others.
