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Not tosh, my opinion. Anyway, the function soaps provide is to fill tabloids with speculative fluff, sex scandal and sensationalism rather than real news. When the chips and ratings are down, they desperately resort to old and tired tricks by bringing an old face (regardless of whether they've moved on in their careers) back. Doing this is a handicap to their careers. Take Ross Kemp for example. Hard man of Albert Square, and following this he was typecast straight-jacketedly into other 'hard man' roles. There's no variety there at all and it sounds the death-knell for him to be cast as anything different. It is very hard to break away from the soap guise.
I'm not going to apologise for having a perhaps radical opinion different to yours, or that I do not fit the mainstream example or profile of a television viewer. I wouldn't say 'blinkered', merely that I know which sorts of programme I enjoy best. I have well-established television routines I see no reason to change, least of all because of peer pressure to do so. There is no reason to panic because you see a schedule devoid of populist programming.
You've missed my point entirely. I wasn't making any direct reference to my disabilitIES (I have more than one). I was merely exemplifying another of the reasons I will not watch anything issue-led in a soap opera setting. Non-disabled actors in soaps do not have the life experiences or depth of understanding about the particular disability or disease to play the part adequately. It's hard enough for disabled actors to get work and I abhor any mentality or decision which makes that more difficult than it should be. Incidentally, why must I always be shot down, criticised and ostracised because I mention my disabilities? In other forums, I can mention it quite freely without fear of being attacked. In other forums, aspects of my disabilities are seen as very positive virtues, so why not here?
Yes it would, thanks for asking..... must have the following inh it: Which brand is best? The History of Soap and saponification in general. The science of soap, how does it clean: is it all to do with electrolysis of free-floating potassium ions? What is the chemical composition of the 'ultimate' cleanser?
Sorry, the nearest you'll get me to see a soap on the box is to stick a large bar of Imperial Leather to the screen. Why must I be the victim of reproach, intolerance, admonishment, abuse, rebuke and persecution because I do not affect the televisual viewing profile of the mainstream just for the sake of societal normality, TV Forum members and think like those of neurotypical mindsets?
You might like to consider the words of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice called William O. Douglas:
"I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters and people who protest."
In my own words: Normal is a word invented by those people who are too scared to be different.
Katherine
Founding member
tvmercia posted:
you are very misguided indeed, not because you dislike soaps, but because you fail to see the function they perform.
Not tosh, my opinion. Anyway, the function soaps provide is to fill tabloids with speculative fluff, sex scandal and sensationalism rather than real news. When the chips and ratings are down, they desperately resort to old and tired tricks by bringing an old face (regardless of whether they've moved on in their careers) back. Doing this is a handicap to their careers. Take Ross Kemp for example. Hard man of Albert Square, and following this he was typecast straight-jacketedly into other 'hard man' roles. There's no variety there at all and it sounds the death-knell for him to be cast as anything different. It is very hard to break away from the soap guise.
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its childish and narrow-minded of you to only see the world from your more than slightly blinkered point of view.
I'm not going to apologise for having a perhaps radical opinion different to yours, or that I do not fit the mainstream example or profile of a television viewer. I wouldn't say 'blinkered', merely that I know which sorts of programme I enjoy best. I have well-established television routines I see no reason to change, least of all because of peer pressure to do so. There is no reason to panic because you see a schedule devoid of populist programming.
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come join the real world katherine. and please - no more about disability, its tiresome.
You've missed my point entirely. I wasn't making any direct reference to my disabilitIES (I have more than one). I was merely exemplifying another of the reasons I will not watch anything issue-led in a soap opera setting. Non-disabled actors in soaps do not have the life experiences or depth of understanding about the particular disability or disease to play the part adequately. It's hard enough for disabled actors to get work and I abhor any mentality or decision which makes that more difficult than it should be. Incidentally, why must I always be shot down, criticised and ostracised because I mention my disabilities? In other forums, I can mention it quite freely without fear of being attacked. In other forums, aspects of my disabilities are seen as very positive virtues, so why not here?
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Katherine, how about a documentary about a soap ? Would that fulfill your televisual appetite ?
Yes it would, thanks for asking..... must have the following inh it: Which brand is best? The History of Soap and saponification in general. The science of soap, how does it clean: is it all to do with electrolysis of free-floating potassium ions? What is the chemical composition of the 'ultimate' cleanser?
Sorry, the nearest you'll get me to see a soap on the box is to stick a large bar of Imperial Leather to the screen. Why must I be the victim of reproach, intolerance, admonishment, abuse, rebuke and persecution because I do not affect the televisual viewing profile of the mainstream just for the sake of societal normality, TV Forum members and think like those of neurotypical mindsets?
You might like to consider the words of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice called William O. Douglas:
"I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters and people who protest."
In my own words: Normal is a word invented by those people who are too scared to be different.