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herbertina

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soap opera taboos

« on: June 28, 2010, 03:57:18 PM »

I was for a while part of the posters on a soap opera forum, I would weave the most wonderful storylines, but went too far when I took the previews listed in my weekly television magazine and also on the previews on that very soap opera website I made the storyline so real it turned out to be that way.

One of the psoters took exception to me being a "Spoiler" and told me off in no uncertain terms and as I hadn't a clue I had over stepped the mark I was rightly upset and said so, I also went too far when I pointed out I wasn't giving away trade secrets or top secret documents but revealing the next weeks episodes of this soap.

Guess what they have booted me off the forum.


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tilly

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2010, 06:56:29 PM »

;Dwell you are better off it then, their loss is our gain


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Phoenix

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2010, 10:15:29 PM »

Guess that was an occassion, when you actually 'placed your heart and soul' into the theme.


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herbertina

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2010, 07:42:17 AM »

I remember years ago during a coffee break at work, my friend and I were discussing the latest from one of the soaps shown the night before, another lady rather "frightfully posh you know" claimed never to watch those sort of things, get this, they were just for Sun readers, now sometime later one of the soaps I think Eastenders had a big story going on anyway there we are discussing it and talking about the characters when frightfully posh pops her two penny worth into the conversation with fact that showed she wasn't just by chance watching but was a big soap buff.

I may only watch one of the soaps regularly but find i could actually catch the odd episode of the others and find nothing changes same old stories just revamped.


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Rie

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2010, 08:51:23 AM »

My favourite soaps are Corrie and Eastenders, goodness knows why they are so sad. Spoilers are in the tele mags all the time, if people don't want to read them they don't have to, you can always mark the subject spoiler if in doubt,silly to get booted off for that, I can think of worse things.


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herbertina

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2010, 06:42:44 PM »

I know one thing that is to admit you were a member I must have been mad Huh


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herbertina

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2010, 06:21:45 AM »

I have just been on that forum website, they have removed the nasty posting telling me I was a cracked record and should be thrown away, and they have someone else doing a spoiler, did I laugh, err yes.


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herbertina

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2010, 07:24:01 AM »

tell me how many people here remember the what I would call the old Corrie, Ena Sharples, Minnie Caldwell, and Martha Longhurst, they tried that in Emmerdale with Pearl, Betty and Edna and I think if they had kept it up it would have worked well but some of these scriptwriters live on another planet,
an interview once with the new producer of one of the soaps said they were always looking to encourage new viewers younger ones, late teens early 20s that's why we get so many younger characters, it's all to do with ratings and that is sad, forget enjoyment, escapism, rating are the driving force behind the soaps these days. Cry


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tilly

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2010, 11:14:50 AM »

yes i remember Ena ,and Minnie Caudwell she was my favorite , you remember her lodger Sonny Jim,
I watched Emmerdale when Annie sugden was init , When they took her out of it they destroyed what it started out as , A Farming Family their lifestyle and what it was like in rural Britain, .
When it started haveing disaters like the plane crash and the like all those younger actors taking over the story lines, it ruined it for me
Eastenders, is so depressing nothing changes there..


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macushla

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2010, 12:40:34 AM »

I really dont watch the soaps,they have become extreme,but I did watch them when they first began.No comparison nowadays to how they started off ........sadly.


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herbertina

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2010, 01:24:22 PM »

Yes I am crying Cry

Serves me right really because I went back into that soap opera forum and put a posting, you should have seen the spiteful and nasty comments that it generated I cannot believe that people can be so paranoid about a soap opera someone else on there dropped a clanger and gave away trade secrets.
You are all so sweet to newbies and helpful, that lot boy it would be laughable if it wasn't so sad sad that people have so little in their lives but a soap opera. Roll Eyes

that's to all of you thank youxx


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dalerite

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Re: soap opera taboos

« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2010, 09:26:46 AM »

I agree Herb, it is sad but it seems that these are the proggs that get the highest ratings. Where are we going.


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