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(classic) films or novels that could be used for a new prime time soap opera?
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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 400065" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>Similarly, <em>Tales of the City</em> got the miniseries treatment and it was well done. If they had insisted on making it a continuing drama, a decision would have to have been made concerning time progression--namely, would they actually allow time to progress, or would they continue to keep the characters in the "bubble" of the mid-late 1970s? Because if they chose the latter, things would not be so cheery and magical in about five years because, to quote a favorite author of mine, "Then everyone started dying". But if "time stood still" for the characters, that would present another set of problems for the writers. As it was, the miniseries played a lot like a soap opera, what with all the shocking twists and secrets slowly being revealed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 400065, member: 27"] Similarly, [I]Tales of the City[/I] got the miniseries treatment and it was well done. If they had insisted on making it a continuing drama, a decision would have to have been made concerning time progression--namely, would they actually allow time to progress, or would they continue to keep the characters in the "bubble" of the mid-late 1970s? Because if they chose the latter, things would not be so cheery and magical in about five years because, to quote a favorite author of mine, "Then everyone started dying". But if "time stood still" for the characters, that would present another set of problems for the writers. As it was, the miniseries played a lot like a soap opera, what with all the shocking twists and secrets slowly being revealed. [/QUOTE]
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