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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Eyes of Laurie Marr" data-source="post: 443245" data-attributes="member: 175">The best soaps reveal an essential truth about what makes great drama generally: the centrality of clearly defined relationships that drive the action. In that respect, Dallas (from its inception to commendably far in its run ) was peerless.Despite the renaissance in so called ‘long form’ storytelling on streaming platforms, I don’t always find compelling relationships at the heart of the drama. Too often they become a product of plotting rather than its engine.</blockquote>