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Soap realism presentation. Soap opera presentation checklist 1. At am on 09 Dec , Peter Bridgemont wrote: kids played outside without exaggerated fears of paedophiles, kidnappers, imaginations not stunted by screen games etc You almost had a good point until you brought up the 'videogames are mindless' line. Videogames have been scientifically proven to be just about the most mentally stimulating media form on the planet, certainly more so than watching television which is for the truly passive.
Quite frankly videogames are just about the only thing keeping kids' minds active these days, since the neutered education standards certainly aren't doing the job. I prefer films to tv shows but 50 years is commendable and I did catch sight of the tram crash on Monday which looked a fantastic stunt to rival anything Hollywood can do.
Soaps are not real and do not have realistic stories but does anybody argue otherwise? The writers take true ideas and go from there. From what my Mum tells me its the strong women of the street who have kept it going all these years - oh yes and Ken Barlow of course.
I would think its all the free advertising its getting from the BBC at the licence payers expence. This is a news website and corrie is not news! Life's rich pattern. I detest seeing that green table on the telly for hours at a time with blokes pushing balls about with long sticks. I'm not really interested in spending hours watching blokes blokes again kicking a ball about, nor horrid noisy cars rushing round circuits. Then there are little darts being thrown at a board.
But some people love to watch all of these activities and spend hours doing so. And it therefore follows that others are happy to watch Soaps. Take your pick. I believe it is successful because it appeals to certain personality types, vis-a-vis Myer-Briggs. It is characteristic that many other "successful t. So, in an industry that uses demographics and statistics; this tilts the "playing field". It is not by accident they are called "soap-operas".
They were designed as the vehicle, by which, to sell soaps in the advertising slots. Once you have your captive audience These days in N. America the advertising spots are for banks and insurance companies, etc. Ya' know? Stuff you do not need! But, you have that captive audience This is a news website - correct. The 50th Anniversary of one of the longest running TV shows ever, classes as a piece of "entertainment news" I'd say - whether it is of any interest to you or not.
Lighten up eh? Life is not meant to be lived in doors staring at some box, watching some show, poorly written and badly acted and displaying all the bad points about humanity and its ills. It also demonstrates that for too long, life in this country for a great many has been prohibitively expensive and the choice we have endured, only up until the last few years, was three to four channels, championing this and other bilge just like it.
Switch off the box and go live life. Coronation Street and its soap ilk are the killers of inspiration, ambition, hope and dreams. Revile them for the filth that they are. The sad people who watch it week, in week out. I'm afraid to say that Coronation Street, as with all soaps, has become obsessed with pleasing audiences with subject matter which is neither realistic or enjoyable, unless you have undergone a lobotomy. Coronation Street may have once been an important programme charting the social history of Northern England but it has long since lost that mantle, and has degraded itself by engaging in the cheap and shallow storylines that do not even reflect reality, let alone Northern England.
Television in Britain has been debased by the quality of storylines in all soap opera's and the advent of reality tv. Rather than filling the schedules with nonsense such as X-factor and Strictly Come Dancing, please can we go back to good drama, documentaries and films. It might be for the masses but for me soap operas are chewing gum for the brain.
Having said that, of the single episodes of the two main soaps I once tried to endure, I much prefered Coronation Street for its soft daft style than Eastenders that exudes hostility and aggression, veritably it is Grunt TV - just like our chav high streets it sponsored. Interesting; almost 70 million people living in Britain and only 18 mil watch Corrie.
Not exactly overwhelming but, a sight better than just below 3 mil watching Big Brother. I lost interest in all soaps as far back as the very late 90s. They've lost their appeal for me. Storylines are rather weak and uninteresting. I think Corrie's been on for too long now. What should we be watching that isn't "sad" then? Enlighten us, so we may all follow your wisdom A rather strange conclusion, I must say, coming from an ostensibly "clever" person.
I watch Coronation St because I can identify in many episodes characters portrayed who are almost like my own friends or members of my own family with the turmoils and the ups and downs of their everyday life are all there, and I'm certain those who write the plots have those in mind when creating Soaps. At pm on 09 Dec , pzero wrote: "My favourite bit of Cornation Street is the closing titles - this means I may then get the chance to watch something decent?
In which case there is plenty of "decent" viewing on the BBC i-player whole waiting for the "proper telly" to become available! As for what the women of Britain would talk about: probably how irritating their husbands are just like they used to. At pm on 09 Dec , scotty wrote: "wow brilliant topic! I don't watch Corrie myself so missed the excellent wedding story featuring the East Lanc's Railway. Try watching a documentary for a change.
AND as for this hypocrisy… At am on 09 Dec , Tio Terry wrote: I never watch it. At pm on 09 Dec , Toothpick Harry wrote: Saddo's will watch anything. At pm on 09 Dec , RonC wrote: Viewers with sad and shallow lives! Please tell us!! I think is a kind of voyeurism that compels people to watch soaps, dramas, or reality tv shows.
The people who watch this kind of tv show are the same type that peer out from behind the curtains in housing estates to see what their neighbours are up to, so they can gossip to their friends about them.
I have never been a fan of soaps or reality tv. I like action series and classic cult crime series like Coloumbo, Hawii, the Mike Hammer tv series of the 80's and so on, which a beginning a middle and a conclusion in a single episode or at most two episodes.
Pity they don't show their likes on BBC anymore. I'm not proud - I'll happily admit to being a fan of Corrie and I'll be there tonight in front of the telly to watch the live episode. If people on here think I'm a simple-minded, vacuous saddo without a brain or a life You all stick to your high-minded pursuits, I'll stick to Corrie and watching England beat seven bells out of Australia to retain The Ashes.
Of course it's drivel, and has no intellectual content. I watch it when I happen to be in and not doing anything important, because it's relaxing and it makes me laugh even without the priceless Blanche. We all need a bit of fun and light entertainment sometimes. The apparent competition between Corrie and Eastenders to produce a mad wedding scene is hilarious.
And when it seemed that every possible mad wedding scene had already been done, along came Leanne and Peter's - disrupted by explosion and carnage. Then Tony and Maria start dating despite the fact that she once tried to run him over with her car. Now the longest-running scripted television program, the series documents the working-class residents of Weatherfield, a town modelled after a Manchester suburb, whose lives unfold in a very specific location, coloured with the cadences of unpolished British speech.
It would be difficult to name a show more quintessentially British. So why do 1. Apparently, Elton—who would later return home to host Cross Country Checkup —knew Corrie had tremendous potential after Agnes was transfixed by the pilot.
Within three months of its premiere in late , the show secured first place in the ratings, pulling in a 75 percent audience share. By the middle of the decade, it had reached a high of The show was a proven revenue generator, and for executives at CBC it must have been easy to imagine that it would find a similarly receptive audience here.
Thirteen years later, CBC elected to elevate those weekday episodes to prime time, where periodic pre-emptions for events like the NHL playoffs and elections have resulted in a ten-month lag behind the British broadcasts. In its current prime-time slot, and despite increased competition from specialty channels, the show routinely commands a 10 percent audience share. The audience is also surprisingly tech savvy—the show was streamed online more than six million times over nine recent months.
Watching Corrie is like being a kid again However, over the past couple of years although I continue to watch I am very disappointed with the storylines and some of the characters. The stories now lack continuity.
Mistakes in timelines are often made. Character's like Stella, Gloria, Karl are completely unlikable. So is Rob and Ryan. The coupling of Sophie and her girlfriend [can't remember her name] is extremely false and unrealistic.
While I applaud the sometimes controversial subject matter [homosexuality, surrogate births and domestic violence] the writing is somewhat infantile and ridiculous. I do not like what they did to Sunita's character, nor what they have always done to Dev's character.
We see Steve who is a Corrie treasure and by far underused who is supposed to be with Michele.. They have made Gayle into a wimpy, whiney, despicable character that no one likes. This most recent storyline with Eileen and Paul is nonsense. Why is Eileen always left? So, I am not happy with Corrie St. But I continue to watch hoping against hope that they will get new producers, writers and directors.
I began watching in the 70s and loved the programme. I am probably looking back with specs of a slightly rosy hue, but I can certainly clearly recall looking forward eagerly to the next episode. The rot set in when the number of episodes increased. Nowadays the programmes seem to be thrown together in a great hurry, which they probably are. British TV just can't seem to do 5 episodes a week and ultimately I think Corrie will go the way of Crossroads.
I no longer watch, but due to my residual affection, I read this blog to keep up with what's going on. I would tune in for interesting stories about Rita, or maybe Audrey and will probably watch Haley's departure. But when I don't know who half the characters are any longer, I guess that will be the end of my interest. Graeme, I agree with Llifon, this is a great post! It's generated interesting comments and personal stories.
It's also been fascinating to hear other people talk about how they come to this site even if they're not watching the show. As an aspiring scriptwriter, I personally love to watch episodes then come here to read feedback.
People come up with the best alternative storylines! Is it to catch up on missed episodes? To extend the pleasure of being in the Corrie world? To play armchair producer?
To be part of a community? To make their opinion heard? None of the above? All of the above? You all run a great site and I'd be interested to hear what people have to say about why they return regularly-- Thanks : P. No, I'm not a marketer, just a fan! Why do I watch? Roy Cropper. Jason Grimshaw. Gail McIntyre. Rita Tanner. Ken and Deirdre. Tyrone Dobbs. These characters are like old friends. They are consistent, reliable and welcome guests when I'm eating dinner.
I care about their stories, I like to see them interact with others. Yeah, Ken needs a purpose and Gail needs a job or the mental health issues normal for someone who's longterm unemployed. Jason, once a lump of clay, has turned into a delightful young success. I watch Corrie because I know that on any given night, I'll be able to have a little catch up with one of them. And I can either ignore Stella and the rest, or have a good rant with y'all the next day.
Like others, I watch Corrie less faithfully than I did even three years ago. The storylines are not realistic. The show used to be about ordinary people with ordinary lives, with enough, but not too much, drama, humour and tenderness that I identified and loved them as if they were family and neighbours - almost all of them, that is!
Increasingly, because some storylines are nonsense, drawn-out and ridiculous and it's a shame the writers and powers that be are slowly undermining an institution with a focus on Hollywood muck. Bring back Corrie as it was! Alanna, I so agree with you, I've been watching from day one and I have to say corrie has strayed from the original format and has become a shadow of its former self.
I too looked forward to every episode as if I were meeting friends for awhile and couldn't wait to see what happened next. Sadly, the silly story lines, character changes and over exposure of certain cast members have left me deflated.
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