Orison said:
I'm starting to think you and I share a brain. I've been spending the whole morning reading your posts and posting about agreeing with them all.
I noted in the episode thread that he's getting as much screen time as Lindsay this season, with the difference that there's a reason for Lindsay almost fading in the background while I can't find one for Danny.
Woohoo, lol. Hopefully in sharing a brain, you don't take after my keen ability to think faster than the good old fingers can type. :lol:
But yeah, at least Anna has her pregnancy as an excuse. Carmine's just....absent. TPTB shove him in the spotlight the previous seasons and then toss him in the bin this one. Makes me wonder if it's because TPTB flounders at balancing their characters and screen time (so naturally when focusing on others, Dannny will drop off the face of the earth), if Carmine fell from his throne as the writers' golden child, or if something's happening in Carmine's personal life and he's just not cared to share it. Heck, might not even be any of the options, lol.
But I wonder on how much say Carmine has had this season with Danny. In the interviews I've read, he always seemed pretty vocal about what he liked and didn't like, and so I'm curious as to what his opinion is. Does he like the direction his character has taken? I can't help but feel it's a tad suspicious that Carmine's suddenly trying to get healthy and working out at the YMCA...when in the following season, he's running around in tight shirts (or no shirt) and polishing his beefcake crown. Maybe the TPTB gave him a bit of a warning....
Ah well, random spectulations.
Edit: And on another random and superficial note, I never realized how
broad Carmine's torso/chest/shoulders were. I'm not really sure how to describe it, but considering that I've never seen any of his other shirtless works -- I wasn't expecting him to look quite like that. With only the lovely screencaps you ladies put to make a comparison...his other shirtless scenes make him look so scrawny. You can tell he put on some bulk and I can't help but want to giggle and say, "Aww, you're such a beefcake."
I'm not sure if that made any sense, but figured I would just add it in.