![]() So, while I don't quite understand the appeal of soaps, I'll testify to their power to attract people of all stripes, regardless of whether they are "lowbrow" or not. The VCR is used exclusively to record AMC he's even managed to get several of his five wives (only one currently, don't worry) hooked on the show. If I had a nickel for every time he asked me to hook up his VCR, or check to see if he did it correctly.well, I'd have a few bucks anyway. The whole disease-of-the-week, coma-inducing accidents, bed-swapping, etc, is referenced, ridiculed, and mocked often enough to qualify as "pop."Īnd, FWIW, my father, who is a retired Air Force colonel, physician, and businessman, has been watching - faithfully - "All My Children" since 's probably his one true TV passion. And re: "proper" MeFi FPP - why the hell not? I'd certainly say that soap operas STEREOTYPES qualify as "pop culture," if not the actual soaps themselves. I caught him on the Ally episodes, and he was quite good. Posted by t r a c y at 8:30 PM on August 6, 2002ĭon't care for soaps, never have, but this actor seemed pretty cool. texts possess many similarities with soap operas, is it also the case that soap fans share. ![]() even passions has it's share, including juliet mills who plays tabitha. They are set apart from the mainstream by virtue of initial. if you bother to do any research on any soap you'll find quite a few broadway/theatre performers, some of whom are even tony winners etc. The best thing about soaps is they keep a lot of theatre actor's bills paid. ![]() a show that's not categorically a soap, really off-beat with supernatural storylines, yet slotted in the daytime. I always took it more in the vain of " dark shadows". i'm guessing at the outset they realized they'd fail up against established daytime programming and looked for a way to get noticed. the writers are clearly scripting comedy and camp and the actors are allowed to run wild with it. ![]() they kept scrapbooks and attended soap convention things) are. both of which former roomates were addicted to. Soap Stars - Where are they now - Discuss The Soaps - Soap Opera Network Community. No way is it meant to be serious the way days of our lives or the young and the restless (gag, and double gag. There is no way that those outlandish stories are presented without someone's tongue in cheek I think it may be a covert comedy experiment. I'm not at all convinced that Passions is a soap opera.
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