Corrie's 'love square' storyline RUINED
Addisonian
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By the inclusion of the awful Tracey Barlow into the storyline. Kate Ford's acting is as bad as ever.
And just as the storyline was getting really good.
What a shame.
And just as the storyline was getting really good.
What a shame.
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If only she knew that Carla loved Peter
Did not Carla say that she couldn't help falling in love with him at the beginning of their chat? Or did Trace have selective hearing?
And OP, it's still totally salvageable. Because Alison, Jane and Chris have enough chemistry/tension/amazingness about them to counter act Tracey and even Nick..
Yep. she definitely heard that, but has conveniently forgotten that bit.
just spat out my virtual tea just brewed in another corrie thread:D
The OP seems rather overdramatic saying it's "ruined" hardly, Tracy only has a small part in the storyline
This is true. Its a soap after all, they would have been found out sooner or later.
Haha that's quality!
Completely agree, I don't think that the inclusion of Tracy has ruined the story at all, if anything it has propelled it forward and will lead to even more drama. I like that Tracy (for once) has shown genuine concern for her stepbrother and has decided not to spill the beans. I quite enjoyed her scenes last night and I think she came into her own.
True but the scene with the Barlows where she announced it was just cringeworthy.
Ditto her scene with Nick - sure, the acting could be better, but despite that there was a lot of meaty character work in there: Nick admitting that Leanne is in love with Peter (something he has been desperate to deny up till now); Nick accusing Tracy of being jealous of the family unit that Leanne, Peter and Simon have built (true of Nick himself as well as of Tracy, jealousy of their family unit was part of what drove him to pursue Leanne so strongly); Nick so obviously being only too happy for Tracy to tell Peter everything despite not having the guts to do it himself (because it gives him hope that their marriage might fall apart after all, which is what he's been trying to achieve all along); and Tracy admitting that she is torn between her desire to do the right thing by her brother and her desire to use this newfound information for maximum effect.
I enjoyed her confrontation with Leanne, as well, which raised a lot of important points and allowed Leanne to express a lot of the guilt and regret she's been carrying around for months now.
Ford's acting might not be up to the standards of some of the other players in this storyline (I really wish it were, as Tracy could and should be a much stronger character than she is) but her inclusion in this storyline is working well for me, so far.
I dunno, I'm not in the group of folk who seem to love to slag Kate Ford off, I thought she was great last time but something along the line isn't right this time, maybe she's just overshadowed by Jane Danson and Alison King but I just think she's lost her superbitch side, she used to think she was invincible but was likeable enough as a bitch to carry it off. This time she's just pathetic.