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Classic Night Time Drama
TV shows that pretended not to be soaps (but actually were)
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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 410557" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>There was a conversation here some time back about which movies/TV shows would be classified as "camp". It was mostly inconclusive. How can you classify something with a definition that's unclear? The same applies to "soap opera". The literal definition is a drama designed to sell soap advertisements, but that hasn't been relevant in six decades. On the more liberal interpretation of the term is any serialized, ongoing (melo)drama with an ensemble cast. Everything from SEX IN THE CITY to GAME OF THRONES fits that definition. And then there's what most people think of as a soap opera, i.e, the DALLAS/KNOTS/DYNASTY ilk, dramas that are perceived as being campy and frivolous and over-the-top even if that perception is at least half false.</p><p></p><p>So soap opera is like porn -- can't define it, but you know it when you see it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 410557, member: 5079"] There was a conversation here some time back about which movies/TV shows would be classified as "camp". It was mostly inconclusive. How can you classify something with a definition that's unclear? The same applies to "soap opera". The literal definition is a drama designed to sell soap advertisements, but that hasn't been relevant in six decades. On the more liberal interpretation of the term is any serialized, ongoing (melo)drama with an ensemble cast. Everything from SEX IN THE CITY to GAME OF THRONES fits that definition. And then there's what most people think of as a soap opera, i.e, the DALLAS/KNOTS/DYNASTY ilk, dramas that are perceived as being campy and frivolous and over-the-top even if that perception is at least half false. So soap opera is like porn -- can't define it, but you know it when you see it. [/QUOTE]
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