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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 198933" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>I hesitate to bring this up, but one of the tropes (is that the right word?) of daytime soaps is that if you have a female character who lacks focus or simply isn't well-liked, the writers would often have that character victimized in some drastic way (typically raped, but kidnapped/stalked/attacked in some way) to "re-set" the character. This ws often employed if writing the character/actress out is not an option. The belief is that by having this violent act occur against her, she will gain sympathy from the viewers, and the viewers will more readily accept her new storyline direction (career/romance/etc.) that the writers dream up. I'm not sure writers would be as quick to use this plot device in this Me-Too era, but they could write a more sanitized version that accomplishes the same goal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 198933, member: 27"] I hesitate to bring this up, but one of the tropes (is that the right word?) of daytime soaps is that if you have a female character who lacks focus or simply isn't well-liked, the writers would often have that character victimized in some drastic way (typically raped, but kidnapped/stalked/attacked in some way) to "re-set" the character. This ws often employed if writing the character/actress out is not an option. The belief is that by having this violent act occur against her, she will gain sympathy from the viewers, and the viewers will more readily accept her new storyline direction (career/romance/etc.) that the writers dream up. I'm not sure writers would be as quick to use this plot device in this Me-Too era, but they could write a more sanitized version that accomplishes the same goal. [/QUOTE]
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