Matt Di Angelo: I want to stay
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz-tv/hot-tv/421909/EastEnders-Deano-rapist-plot-set-keep-running-as-Matt-Di-Angelo-set-for-new-contract
Wow! I am very happy about this but I'm surprised that it's even an option with what Dean has done.
Wow! I am very happy about this but I'm surprised that it's even an option with what Dean has done.
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if he stays it will be a slap in the face to those who have been raped, I can't believe they will let him get away with this, if it is true, that's me done with EastEnders...
Have you read the article? As it's said, unfortunately it's true about many rapists not going to prison. I actually think Eastenders would and should keep Dean as it's realistic, unfortunately. As DTC said at the beginning - Eastenders has to get it's balls back.
Are we going to put up with this storyline for the rest of the year and next year etc because I can't see this storyline end until Dean leaves.
Do you think Dean will not be charged?
Well DTC said there will not be a trial so I imagine he won't be charged
My biggest concern here is that it'll bring down the characters around him, he's already sent my opinion of Shirley way down and I'm worried the same could happen to Denise and others close to him. If they keep him around he has to be a villain imo, they can't give him storylines where we're expected to root for him after this.
I think a breakdown or he becomes a villain. He either realises what he's done or he goes the other way and becomes a villain.
Personally I'd welcome a change from the 'bad guy gets their comeuppance' routine - sometimes bad guys get away with it.
Usually, I'd feel that a rapist can't stay.
However, putting aside my liking for Dean (NOT this storyline though), the way he's been written is not the same as any other rape storyline a soap has done. The way the writers have written him is in a way that the viewers still like *him* but hate what he's done. He's not being written as a hateful character, and that is the way that I think he can stay. He wasn't born evil - he's actually a nice person that has committed an awful crime. He NEEDS to realise that though before anything can be done with him in the future.....unless that turn him into a villain.
I hate that they made Dean a rapist, but I'm glad he could stay because of his potential pre-last year!!!
If I was a writer on Eastenders, this is what I'd do. Dean realises what he's done and then everything else comes out about how and why he is the way he is. If he isn't going to become a villain, some sort of "re-set" needs to happen.
I agree. Even without this storyline, Dean's involved in about 20 others! I also agree that Dean and Mick being brothers could become a wasted opportunity...unless Buster's return brings something with it.
But the actor is goodlooking so it's okay for him to stay.
Give me strength.
If they want to really expose this as an issue then having a 'happily ever after' ending may well undermine it because that isn't how it works out in most cases, sadly. I think it'll be a brave decision to have him get away with it and as a storyline it'll probably do more good if he does as it'll highlight the problem rather than pretending it doesn't exist.
No not at all but rape conviction rates are low. A storyline that highlights this is far more valuable in terms of the wider awareness of the issue than one where all the loose ends are neatly tied up in a 'happy ending' soapland conclusion.
BIB: No one has said that on this thread?
There is and will never be any such thing. They have made Dean a rapist for the sake of Mick and Linda having a storyline and Danny Dyer getting an award and unfortunately Dean the Rapist is now continuity. He should not be allowed to continue long-term.
Why not?
In fiction the bad guys don't always get their comeuppance. Why the need to ultimately sanitise everything because people can't cope with anything but a happy ending. This isn't Disney.
Like the mobs who protested against Nick Cotton's regular returns or to get Phil out, you mean?
Or is it their svelte, smouldering looks that keeps them at bay?