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Wasn't "soap opera" invented for this exact purpose: long-running entertainment for housewives who are doing chores and can't give their full attention to the n
by pavlov 6y ago
Wasn't "soap opera" invented for this exact purpose: long-running entertainment for housewives who are doing chores and can't give their full attention to the narrative.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoI have never watched one fully, but I think you need to be paying attention because there aren't visual cues that the plot is changing and the sets are always the same and there's no audience laugh/gasp track to clue you in that something dramatic happened.
- pjc50 6y agoThat, and to sell soap. (I think the first one was sponsored by Pears? Anyway, there's a joke about someone introducing an American to the long-running British soap Coronation Street and them saying "no spoilers, I'd like to watch it from the beginning")
- kwhitefoot 6y agoLOL. That's more than a decade long full time job!
- smnrchrds 6y agoIt says exactly this in the article.
- pavlov 6y agoAh, you see, I am of course waiting for the paper edition to actually read the article. (Or more precisely, to keep it in a stack on the shelf for months, then throw away.)
- tachyonbeam 6y agoAmbient article.