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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 90772" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>That's interesting to know. Thanks. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I know what you mean. Corrie seems to have somehow become more representative of society. It's far more diverse than it would be in real life. But at the same time there are some glaring omissions. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sadly, I suspect that's come through experience. Viewers <em>would</em> get offended and complain in droves. Some don't seem to be able to differentiate between a character expressing a controversial opinion in context and a series promoting that attitude and in these days where the shows all have sponsors I can understand why they'd be cautious. But I wish they would take some more risks. </p><p></p><p>I remember being shocked and horrified when Mo Butcher casually used a racist epithet to refer to Carmel on <em>EastEnders</em>. The character's language and attitude offended me, but the writing didn't. I was probably barely (if even) a teenager then, but I could tell the difference. It wasn't shown to be an attractive outlook and it showed the hypocrisy of the character (who, if I remember correctly, had just had a pleasant exchange with Carmel). If it got people talking or thinking about casual racism then that's great (even though it didn't air in the context of an "issue"). </p><p></p><p>I don't believe the correct way to address - and change - sometimes controversial attitudes is to pretend they don't exist and insisting on them being removed from our TV screens and literature. But that's what usually happens today. The only way stuff gets looked at is if it's an "issue" with all the publicity of everyone involved telling the audience why they're including it (the recent grooming storyline is a prime example). But there are far more subtle ways and that's where the set in their ways characters were worth their weight in gold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 90772, member: 23"] That's interesting to know. Thanks. I know what you mean. Corrie seems to have somehow become more representative of society. It's far more diverse than it would be in real life. But at the same time there are some glaring omissions. Sadly, I suspect that's come through experience. Viewers [I]would[/I] get offended and complain in droves. Some don't seem to be able to differentiate between a character expressing a controversial opinion in context and a series promoting that attitude and in these days where the shows all have sponsors I can understand why they'd be cautious. But I wish they would take some more risks. I remember being shocked and horrified when Mo Butcher casually used a racist epithet to refer to Carmel on [I]EastEnders[/I]. The character's language and attitude offended me, but the writing didn't. I was probably barely (if even) a teenager then, but I could tell the difference. It wasn't shown to be an attractive outlook and it showed the hypocrisy of the character (who, if I remember correctly, had just had a pleasant exchange with Carmel). If it got people talking or thinking about casual racism then that's great (even though it didn't air in the context of an "issue"). I don't believe the correct way to address - and change - sometimes controversial attitudes is to pretend they don't exist and insisting on them being removed from our TV screens and literature. But that's what usually happens today. The only way stuff gets looked at is if it's an "issue" with all the publicity of everyone involved telling the audience why they're including it (the recent grooming storyline is a prime example). But there are far more subtle ways and that's where the set in their ways characters were worth their weight in gold. [/QUOTE]
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