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The Use Of Current Issues In Soap Operas
I am a self confessed soap addict. I watch four out of the six UK soap operas, and have done for a number of years. I love them. I love the continuity with the characters, and I love the storylines.
TRASH TV?
A lot of people choose not to watch the soaps. They tend to look down on them, and think that they’re ‘trash’ TV, believing that they aggrandise and profit from serious problems, creating sensationalised storylines.
There is something of a conception that only common and uneducated people watch them. They are considered a ‘guilty pleasure’, and a number of people look down on those who do watch them.
Personally, I believe that soaps get a bit of a hard rap.
ACCESSIBLE
The thing is that the soaps are accessible to a wide range of people, whether young, or old, or from different backgrounds and cultures. They appeal to such a broad range of people, and deal with hugely relevant topics.
There are times when the storylines in soaps are light, and that is nice to have. These times balance out those storylines which can become far, far darker.
