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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ome" data-source="post: 90764" data-attributes="member: 2">It's not as easy to say these days because Corrie doesn't write for the characters in the same way. At a push, I would opt for the 'sign of the times' spin on the character.The difference with today's Corrie is that it's missing characters who were always stuck in their way. I'd like to think if Hilda or Annie Walker were still around today, they would be very typical of characters 'stuck in their way' but even then I wonder how they would write for them.Ken shows signs of his earlier lifestyle and views on life, but it's not the same. The last characters that spring to mind who were still like that are Betty, Blanche,  Vera and Jack.There is an element of this in Roy Cropper, but it's not how it used to be.If I think about my grandma who is 94, she's still very old school and wouldn't survive on a show in current times, she would be seen as too offensive.Today it's more about Corrie trying to tell a story, but forever cautious of upsetting the viewers, a great example is with the Corrie bad guys, they have to give them an element of comedy and it often comes out more cartoonish.</blockquote>