O LORDY MAMA, Sop-eh, Sall-eh,Ros-eh

[gratedenini]

Eeeee lad. What a squad. Here is Soap Lands youngest sexual discoverant beavering away in bed with her Church compatraite.. and firstly doesn`t hear the front door open and bang shut... then doesn`t hear her mother bawling at the bottom of the stairs... SO000-FEH..and is ultimately cuaght in the act by SAL-EH.. who kicks em out to join exiled ROS-EH in "I Haven`t Had Sex Since The Electric Went Off In The Cab Office" Eileens house, which now houses about 7 retrebates.Kev and his bairn will be in there next...... but... thats nowt compared to what was about to happen at 8.55pm.

Who would have thought it? ... after a bottle of Cava and a Chinky-Boos... SALL-EH gets LIP off Tyrobot.

And I tell yer--it was the most uncomfortable and unreal screen kiss since Bella Lugosi had hold of Rita Wayworth in Dracula circa 1929.

Its was cringe cringe... and I shreiked in embarrasment. Ugh.

Conversely.. over in the Happy Happy land of our Pearly Kings & Queens.. this baby death story line is very very uncomfortable and ridiculous.

In years gone by--soaps have grasped social nettles such as homosexuality,drugs,murder--you name it... and even though a lot of the storylines could be pulled apart.. this latest one is awful.

Who, watching this in real life could possibly relate to this... its obviously shocking. Terrible... and I was even getting upset about it.

Death of a baby. Nah. The scriptwriters are not bringing any thing out in the open with this stupid twist.

Cot Death on its own.... well, you could relate to... but even then... I`m not sure if programs like this are the best vehichle to bring attention to it.

Esp amongst a squad of murderers, two-timers,druggies,thieves,nutters,convicts.

I`m gonna start watching Emmerdale, to get mesell some fresh air, on that farm and that.... eeee lad.

Opinions?

den

[thetime]

get a pete postlethwaite dvd then.

[ampersand]

eastenders is horrificly bad. i've overlooked my folks watching it and the scenes with the moody cow are awful. she's getting paid to stay silent and look a bit glum and worried. who actually enjoys watching that?

[bunique]

Have stopped watching stenders as I knew this storyline was coming up over new year - not sure when/if I'll go back to it. Corrie is always good for a laugh but missed the second episode tonight - sounds like a catch-up is needed!

[gratedenini]

eastenders is horrificly bad. i've overlooked my folks watching it and the scenes with the moody cow are awful. she's getting paid to stay silent and look a bit glum and worried. who actually enjoys watching that?

[rabid]

You're all missing Nigel Pargetter's blood curdling scream as he fell to his death! Gripping stuff.

[t8yman]

Den, you have gone down in my estimations I'm afraid. There is no excuse for watching soaps. No excuse. We dont watch them, and never have - and consequently neither do the kids.

the new opiate of the masses.

[bunique]

Den, you have gone down in my estimations I'm afraid. There is no excuse for watching soaps. No excuse. We dont watch them, and never have - and consequently neither do the kids.

the new opiate of the masses.

[t8yman]

Google "marx" and "opiate of the masses"

[gratedenini]

Den, you have gone down in my estimations I'm afraid. There is no excuse for watching soaps. No excuse. We dont watch them, and never have - and consequently neither do the kids.

the new opiate of the masses.

[t8yman]

wow, people dont know marx "religion is the opiate of the masses" as well as I expected them to.

fear not denny boy, all hope is not gone.

[gratedenini]

wow, people dont know marx "religion is the opiate of the masses" as well as I expected them to.

fear not denny boy, all hope is not gone.

[rachbon]

the eastenders storyline is awful. if they wanted to do cot death, fair enough, it does happen in real life. but the baby swapping thing is just ridiculous.

eastenders always make too many bad things happen to the same characters. ronnie has had one baby taken away from her, found her again years later then she died, had a miscarriage and then a baby died.. what are the chances?

Den, you have gone down in my estimations I'm afraid. There is no excuse for watching soaps. No excuse. We dont watch them, and never have - and consequently neither do the kids.

the new opiate of the masses.

[ampersand]

Correr, for a lot of years--well it wasn`t too far away from mirroring the soceity of the time..and therefore was very plausable.

[rabid]

the eastenders storyline is awful. if they wanted to do cot death, fair enough, it does happen in real life. but the baby swapping thing is just ridiculous.

eastenders always make too many bad things happen to the same characters. ronnie has had one baby taken away from her, found her again years later then she died, had a miscarriage and then a baby died.. what are the chances?

[ampersand]

all soaps are more boring than real life

if rapes murders bombs etc is what you're expecting from real life, i think you need help...

[Ed209]

Den, you have gone down in my estimations I'm afraid. There is no excuse for watching soaps. No excuse. We dont watch them, and never have - and consequently neither do the kids.

the new opiate of the masses.

[The Nal]

you're right... I worded it badly

what I meant was if rapes, bombs etc is what makes life exciting...(you need help..... not that I suspect you do...)

[ampersand]

you're right... I worded it badly

what I meant was if rapes, bombs etc is what makes life exciting...(you need help..... not that I suspect you do...)

[gratedenini]

who cares about real life. who these days only associates with people in their own streets and employees? and have little to no contact with friends who move.

if it mirrored society, it would be boring. my street has had no rapes, murders, tram crashes, explosions, multiple affairs (that i know of) in the 10 years i've been here.

[rabid]

Not sure exactly what yer meaning here Amps-but what I was saying was that the storylines before might have been mundane compared to now--but they were all mostly plausable.

You probably dont remember the Alan Bradley /Rita story.. at the time--wife beating? Discussed in public.. yer kiddin. And in that sense the soaps did begin to bring such issues to the fore.

But now--its just going too far. The difference seems therefore is that you see it purely from an entertainment pov.

Hey, I mean--fair enough--it is.. there is some real funny scenes etc--but I`m talking about the now-ridiculous plots that are on all the soaps..cos they have nowt else to plunder.

The Pearlies have always been darker than Correr but heck..whats gonna be next?

[gratedenini]

I'm telling you man if you want gritty reality, The Archers wins every time.

[rabid]

Ok.Ok. What time is it on etc. I will give it a listen.... just for you.

And give me a precis so that I`m not going in blind.

den

[ampersand]

but they (the writers and the fans) 'justify'(?) it by saying it is like real life.

If it was supposed to be fantasy, it doesn't have much of an imagination, and it's not like real life... so what is it..?

crap is what it is ('stenders in particular)

[gratedenini]

but they (the writers and the fans) 'justify'(?) it by saying it is like real life.

If it was supposed to be fantasy, it doesn't have much of an imagination, and it's not like real life... so what is it..?

crap is what it is ('stenders in particular)