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<blockquote data-quote="Emelee" data-source="post: 99903" data-attributes="member: 73">I&#039;ve sometimes wondered &quot;what is a soap opera - really?&quot; and there doesn&#039;t seem to be a clear answer. A continuing story fits for most TV series, doesn&#039;t it? Even those stand alone episode series like Criminal Minds have the same characters, and their issues and family lives etc continues with every episode. Must a soap have 2 rival families? A business? A mansion? Cause it it needs that, then we have series like Game of Thrones that fits the bill. I think it&#039;s the same with a &quot;soap opera&quot; as it is with the Swedish nickname for lower quality comedy movies from the 1920s - 1940s = &quot;Pilsnerfilm&quot;. A term that translates to &quot;Pilsner Movie&quot; (Beer Movie). It&#039;s a negative term, naturally. As is the term &quot;soap opera&quot;, as it has that connotation with bad production, overacting and absurd plotlines. In such case, Game of Thrones is anything but a soap opera, even though it has most other qualities of a soap.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emelee, post: 99903, member: 73"] I've sometimes wondered "what is a soap opera - really?" and there doesn't seem to be a clear answer. A continuing story fits for most TV series, doesn't it? Even those stand alone episode series like Criminal Minds have the same characters, and their issues and family lives etc continues with every episode. Must a soap have 2 rival families? A business? A mansion? Cause it it needs that, then we have series like Game of Thrones that fits the bill. I think it's the same with a "soap opera" as it is with the Swedish nickname for lower quality comedy movies from the 1920s - 1940s = "Pilsnerfilm". A term that translates to "Pilsner Movie" (Beer Movie). It's a negative term, naturally. As is the term "soap opera", as it has that connotation with bad production, overacting and absurd plotlines. In such case, Game of Thrones is anything but a soap opera, even though it has most other qualities of a soap. [/QUOTE]

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