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Why Is What Happens In Soaps Considered News?
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My dislike of soaps is well known and I rarely join into threads about them but isn't it a sad indictment of society that these shows amuse and addict so many supposedly "intelligent" people? So much so that the comings and goings are considered news? Are the lives of so many so empty that they must indulge in this depressing drivel?
My dislike of soaps is well known and I rarely join into threads about them but isn't it a sad indictment of society that these shows amuse and addict so many supposedly "intelligent" people? So much so that the comings and goings are considered news? Are the lives of so many so empty that they must indulge in this depressing drivel?
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Soaps have become a constant deluge of violence, misery and despair with hardly any humour that's why my wife and I stopped watching them a few years ago. Any trailer on TV advertising what's coming up on any soap confirms our decision was correct.
10:45 Mon 10th Jan 2022
Aren't soaps just the modern day equivalent of books by Shakespeare, Jane Austin, Catherine Cookson and the like? Would you call them drivel? Just because we choose to watch the progress of the characters rather than just read about them doesn't make them any less relevant and they often have storylines that reflect society.
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Lankeela, I don't think you could call any of the works of those authors soaps. They wrote clear self contained stories, perhaps the odd sequel. Perhaps characters returned for new stories but soaps lasting decades where every possible bad thing happens in an area about half a square mile? Where nothing good happens? No comparison.
You say you don't watch soaps, TTT, but claim to know a lot about them.
Good things do happen in Corrie (it's the only soap I watch). People recover from cancer, addictions, serious injury; they survive domestic violence, rape and other trauma; they find love in later life, have babies that are wanted, reach their goals and ambitions, win big money prizes, have a rollicking good laugh with their friends and family.
There is voluntary work, charitable causes, community and society.
Good things do happen in Corrie (it's the only soap I watch). People recover from cancer, addictions, serious injury; they survive domestic violence, rape and other trauma; they find love in later life, have babies that are wanted, reach their goals and ambitions, win big money prizes, have a rollicking good laugh with their friends and family.
There is voluntary work, charitable causes, community and society.
Barry 9.33
Which is why I only watch Corrie. Particularly for the humou.
/Good things do happen in Corrie (it's the only soap I watch). People recover from cancer, addictions, serious injury; they survive domestic violence, rape and other trauma; they find love in later life, have babies that are wanted, reach their goals and ambitions, win big money prizes, have a rollicking good laugh with their friends and family.
There is voluntary work, charitable causes, community and society./
Which is why I only watch Corrie. Particularly for the humou.
/Good things do happen in Corrie (it's the only soap I watch). People recover from cancer, addictions, serious injury; they survive domestic violence, rape and other trauma; they find love in later life, have babies that are wanted, reach their goals and ambitions, win big money prizes, have a rollicking good laugh with their friends and family.
There is voluntary work, charitable causes, community and society./
Lankeela, yes, Dickens is good - he wrote a lot of his books as serials at first and you had to buy the following edition of the mazine to find out what happened next. They were only gathered into book form later.
There was a story about hundreds of people gathering around a ship arriving in New York from London, desperately asking passengers if Little Nell was still alive.
There was a story about hundreds of people gathering around a ship arriving in New York from London, desperately asking passengers if Little Nell was still alive.
And if all the actors are rubbish, teapot, just look at the list I posted. Also, a lot of actors in soaps have gone on to bigger and better things. Some are rubbish, I agree, but there's a lot of talent too. If you don't watch soaps then don't assume. And don't be rude to those that do. I think a lot of TV is total rubbish, but don't thinking brain is superior to those who watch.
A handful have gone on to better things, because they found that corrie was wrecking their chances and future of working with good writers and other good actors. The rest just like the easy option of bad acting and a nice steady income. The latter who have been with corrie that long no one else wants them.
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