tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post3743982768893198204..comments2024-03-28T14:22:54.579+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: My problem with Carla ConnorGlenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-67882513555254455492023-11-28T06:54:40.666+00:002023-11-28T06:54:40.666+00:00So so annoying with Carla why oh why dos she hav...So so annoying with Carla why oh why dos she have to write or type on the common nearly every scene , so annoying bad acting needing a prop, especially as she has been carla for yearsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-54329726825467256282016-01-11T19:21:10.868+00:002016-01-11T19:21:10.868+00:00I too will not miss Carla. I like that she's ...I too will not miss Carla. I like that she's a softer version now, due to her experiences with Hayley and now Roy. But in early days, she was just a horrible person.<br /><br />I have only watched Corrie regularly for the last couple of years, and watched infrequently in the past. So I've only just gone back to watch the early material with Carla. And she was a horrible shrew of a Shellsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-56833490667881183812016-01-07T08:43:30.934+00:002016-01-07T08:43:30.934+00:00Carla King is the type of character because of the...Carla King is the type of character because of the actress you tune in for. .it's rare. ,numbers will spike on her return..even old. .let Gail and eileen take a sabbatical..numbers will rise on their return. .let Kylie Erin of again. .give David a three month break. .DANG...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-80033397746662492972016-01-07T04:20:21.466+00:002016-01-07T04:20:21.466+00:00For me, Roy and Carla's connection is through ...For me, Roy and Carla's connection is through Hayley. They relate/make allowances based on that connection. It is an odd relationship the characters "want" to work at. That's how I see the actors playing it. Rachalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-15274918855629575492016-01-07T04:16:26.078+00:002016-01-07T04:16:26.078+00:00When I first saw Carla walk into the Rovers, my re...When I first saw Carla walk into the Rovers, my reaction was - they have to be kidding! This impossibly glamorous woman from that Football soap I might have chanced upon a couple of times (only because a friend of mine was in it for a bit) could not possibly exist on the cobbles. What were they thinking? But she settled in, and for a long while I bought into her being there, but could not warm toCobblestonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636002429906543635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-46303111295460764332016-01-07T03:57:13.714+00:002016-01-07T03:57:13.714+00:00Really, Pearl? Your former partner's sibling i...Really, Pearl? Your former partner's sibling is hardly the same thing as a blood cousin (leaving aside the fact that in Carla's case, they were both the same thing!) We've moved on a bit from Leviticus, which regards in-laws as equivalent to blood relations. And again, selling your own baby is the equivalent to forcing a partner to choose between you and his kid by another woman? NoCobblestonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636002429906543635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-12127312696051610112016-01-06T23:49:54.126+00:002016-01-06T23:49:54.126+00:00Alison King is one of the best assets Coronation S...Alison King is one of the best assets Coronation St. has...oh of course she gets the bad boys, and car crashes, and yes she was an alcoholic for a few months then a gambler for a few months...that has to do with the awful writing on Coronation St. NOT Alison King...she'll play whatever lame piece of script that they can dish out. So not sure why people are jumping on Carla...what about Eileenbluegardeniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12636260447183679834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-47316790912930038962016-01-06T23:10:05.483+00:002016-01-06T23:10:05.483+00:00I agree with your writeup.
It has always niggled a...I agree with your writeup.<br />It has always niggled at me - the alcholic thing. I thought that if you were a true alcoholic you could not drink at all. Yet she swigs back glass after glass of the red.<br />And why oh why does she have so many supporters even after all of the things she has done which were motivated by pure selfishness. <br />Recently she seemed momentarily disgusted at the Newfy Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943033475080497912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-78682628690237077032016-01-06T19:13:41.948+00:002016-01-06T19:13:41.948+00:00The strangeness in Roy and Carla's friendship ...The strangeness in Roy and Carla's friendship rings true for me because she started out as Hayley's friend, not his. I think after Hayley died they both felt a need to look out for each other, because each knew how much the other person meant to Hayley. It's feeling more natural as time goes on, which is how a true friendship that started that way would work.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008737723977626982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-28837519507297662582016-01-06T17:09:46.693+00:002016-01-06T17:09:46.693+00:00The only reason the writers have been able to thro...The only reason the writers have been able to throw so many disasters at Carla is because Ali King is such a wonderful actress. In my mind, any lack of credibility to do with Carla is because of the writers (or the producer) who never would have been able to get away with such a ridiculous string of events were it not for the skill of Alison King. I don't blame her for wanting to take a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-23472884710217489802016-01-06T16:48:35.174+00:002016-01-06T16:48:35.174+00:00It doesn't matter what the writers throw at Ca...It doesn't matter what the writers throw at Carla. Even if she cheats, gambles, gets drunk, almost dies a thousand times - at the end of it all, she will still manage to be fabulous.<br />Largely because she is still a survivor, a dear friend to Roy, she's fierce but vulnerable. She's witty and she's desirable.<br /><br />Queen Carla rules. <br /><br />TCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-15648743741201061532016-01-06T15:59:53.973+00:002016-01-06T15:59:53.973+00:00This is not the first time they have over-worked a...This is not the first time they have over-worked a character to the point of fatigue. Most recently it was Tracy. Stella was over worked to the point it irritated the viewers and led to her departure. Gail was shoved down our throat for years. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-78436449206734427152016-01-06T15:07:06.721+00:002016-01-06T15:07:06.721+00:00Carla Connor - and her numerous, repetitive, unint...Carla Connor - and her numerous, repetitive, uninteresting, flip flopping and farfetched storylines - is the character who most embodies the problems with Corrie's writers/producers. Kristinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-68183999464112634802016-01-06T14:32:56.108+00:002016-01-06T14:32:56.108+00:00Becky and Roy worked, two oddballs who both recogn...Becky and Roy worked, two oddballs who both recognized something special in the other. Loved Roy's line about Becky: "helped her become the person she was meant to be." Carla and Roy lack authenticity. Carla the character doesn't see men as friends but as lovers and sources of income. Roy the character would be intimidated and disgusted. They would not realistically bond.<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-71560569655425616042016-01-06T14:27:16.157+00:002016-01-06T14:27:16.157+00:00Never had a lot of time for the character. I'...Never had a lot of time for the character. I've found her unpleasant and mean in breaking up relationships. She's for the most part been selfish in all aspects and areas. They tried to to soften her with the unlikely relationship and bring her close to Hayley and now Roy but as Flaming Nora says, for me this seems forced for me too. This hard lined 'get stiching' we've got Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-67464108189681310042016-01-06T14:09:17.431+00:002016-01-06T14:09:17.431+00:00I still remember the Carla who tried her damnedest...I still remember the Carla who tried her damnedest to seduce Liam right after he and Maria suffered the heartbreak of losing a full term baby. Probably the most devastating form of loss of an unborn child because it comes entirely without warning.<br /><br />For me, that still says it all about Carla. That, and the fact that she went away to LA without denouncing Tony Gordon. Cowardly and selfishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-60490574066217594852016-01-06T12:25:46.773+00:002016-01-06T12:25:46.773+00:00I like Carla but it does get a bit tedious when sh...I like Carla but it does get a bit tedious when she's been thrown into one crisis after another and yet keeps coming back for more. Terrible choices in men, booze, gambling, physical peril (fires, crashes, rape, accidents), emotional gut wrenchers (on trial/arrested for murder twice, discovery of a long lost father, death of a mother that was apparently an addict, husband who was unfaithful Tvorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414660140541680599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-56008991176449971642016-01-06T11:59:06.644+00:002016-01-06T11:59:06.644+00:00Sorry if this shows up twice. Having trouble uploa...Sorry if this shows up twice. Having trouble uploading comments.<br /><br />I didn't take to Carla to begin with because there was no substance to her. Alison King has done a brilliant job with her character which, in other hands, would have been a 2D cardboard cut out. Now the character is bearable but still doesn't have many layers. I would like Carla to have had a baby and watch her Humpty Dumptynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-88564394517577875522016-01-06T11:57:23.287+00:002016-01-06T11:57:23.287+00:00I didn't take to Carla to begin with because t...I didn't take to Carla to begin with because there was no substance to her. Alison King has done a brilliant job with her character which, in other hands, would have been a 2D cardboard cut out. Now the character is bearable but still doesn't have many layers. I would like Carla to have had a baby and watch her struggle with the responsibilities of motherhood and business owner. All we&#Humpty Dumptynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-34181083942103857482016-01-06T11:05:32.802+00:002016-01-06T11:05:32.802+00:00I didn't take to Carla to begin with because t...I didn't take to Carla to begin with because there was no substance to her. Alison King has done a brilliant job with her character which, in other hands, would have been a 2D cardboard cut out. Now the character is bearable but still doesn't have many layers. I would have liked Carla to have had a baby and watch her struggle with the responsibilities of motherhood and business owner. AllHumpty Dumptynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-87656478085737747482016-01-06T10:42:47.030+00:002016-01-06T10:42:47.030+00:00I agree with you about Carla . I can hardly watch ...I agree with you about Carla . I can hardly watch her right now and I honestly don't give a hoot as to what happens to her. The relationship with Roy doesn't work for me at all. I cannot vote for her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-41878875586364276162016-01-06T10:27:06.247+00:002016-01-06T10:27:06.247+00:00I have grown to love Carla but I don't love th...I have grown to love Carla but I don't love the way she is written at times. TPTB have certainly piled too much misery on her. <br />Having said that, I do adore the unlikely friendship between Carla and Roy - for me it's one of the few things the writers have got absolutely right in the last two years. The actors are superb together, and, well, you will never see me complaining about it.L.Gnoreply@blogger.com