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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 99916" data-attributes="member: 8">When I watched the classic soaps at a young age we didn&#039;t actually call it soaps. I think we called every series just &quot;serie&quot;, and the quality was not defined by its genre (I guess that goes for every kind of entertainment, or even everything in life).But anyway, I think the 90s saw a change in the soap formula: the younger generation in the foreground and the older one in the background. So we didn&#039;t have the old feuds anymore, and most of these shows didn&#039;t have a sense of history.It was supposed to be hip and fresh, and new feuds were created right there and then.The main characters were rather common compared to the billionaires of the 80s soaps, but eventually a billionaire would show up and become part of that &quot;common&quot; world, so it often harked back to the classic prime time soap style.Or the main young characters became rich and powerful as the story progressed. They couldn&#039;t completely resist the glamour.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 99916, member: 8"] When I watched the classic soaps at a young age we didn't actually call it soaps. I think we called every series just "serie", and the quality was not defined by its genre (I guess that goes for every kind of entertainment, or even everything in life). But anyway, I think the 90s saw a change in the soap formula: the younger generation in the foreground and the older one in the background. So we didn't have the old feuds anymore, and most of these shows didn't have a sense of history. It was supposed to be hip and fresh, and new feuds were created right there and then. The main characters were rather common compared to the billionaires of the 80s soaps, but eventually a billionaire would show up and become part of that "common" world, so it often harked back to the classic prime time soap style. Or the main young characters became rich and powerful as the story progressed. They couldn't completely resist the glamour. [/QUOTE]

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