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Coronation Street - Suspension of Reality
Meldrewman
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I know there are many threads regarding Coronation Street - including detailed analysis of the episodes and characters - but I REALLY need to start and maintain this thread!
I'm a long-time fan - 49 years and counting! - and, although its recent quality has left me disappointed, can't see me ever abandoning Corry.
So, I must use this thread to record the increasing instances of poor production, lazy writing and lack of continuity - just to calm myself down :cool:
I'm a long-time fan - 49 years and counting! - and, although its recent quality has left me disappointed, can't see me ever abandoning Corry.
So, I must use this thread to record the increasing instances of poor production, lazy writing and lack of continuity - just to calm myself down :cool:
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The builder manages to remove half of Dev's roof while the shop is open - with no-one mentioning it to Dev, he not hearing anything or seeing a ladder propped against the front of the shop.
Gail borrows some gear from Bill who must be a 10/12 - because they were a perfect fit for her - and she also appears to have an instant command over a power sander!
We're not among those who think the soaps are real - just see no reason for a lack of reality in their production.
(I can remember a baddie from Brookside being beaten up for treating a favourite character badly!!!)
The toilets in the Rovers appear to lead directly into the Barlow's house, there just isn't room between the pub and the house to accommodate the toilets.
Most annoying/distracting for me, the Coronation Street valet parking service. There's never a car parked on the street, even at night, yet if the script calls for a character to get into their car they always walk out of their house and the car's parked right outside their house. Almost every family seem to have a car when needed, but where do they disappear to the rest of the time?! Rosie Webster doesn't seem to have even noticed that her pride and joy sports car has been missing for weeks, whereas it was always parked outside when it was part of her storyline. And where does Maria's sports car go, or the Webster's car, the Barlow's, the Peacock's (they have a car and van - sometimes).
Oldies but goodies!!!
I thought I'd start from the current week - or I'd be writing for hours :eek:
The car issue is a cracker! My only theory is that, just once (when the script dictated) there was a view through the Websters' garage to an ENORMOUS plot of land behind it - perhaps that's where the valet service is operated?
and now, watching last night's 2nd prog - why is Joe fitting kitchens when he can do work like that - sanded, multiple coats, showroom shine - all in a few hours on a busy, dusty street!
I think the reason they never park cars on the set regularly is because it'd make the set look tiny (as it's meant to be quite small in real life).
He's been making full use of the extra daylight at this time of year!;)
I agree though, it was a disintegrating wreck a fortnight ago and now it's ready for Cowes Boat week.:rolleyes:
Drama is ''an exciting series of events'' according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
... so, interesting that "Soaps" are now repackaged as "Continuing Dramas" at a time when their distance from the OED definition of drama is further than it's ever been!
I know he didnt go through with it at first but when he decided he would go, after Claires sex ban ultimatum, there he was getting done the next day!
First time I've watched Corrie in ages, and exactly the same two things occured to me
The answer is simply, its a tardis
It did occur to me last night whilst watching Corrie how Dev wasnt alerted sooner to the disappearing roof tiles, surely you make aright racket go up and down a ladder removing them
Also whilst we are on subject the shop years ago the door from the camera viewpoint was on the right and customers were served near the front window but this has since changed when they had a fire
That's not true! My hubbie had the snip earlier this year, we didn't have to have any counselling, and the wait was only 3 weeks. It would have been shorter, had my incredibly nosy husband not wanted to be awake during the procedure, passing up a date 10 days from the day he first approached our gp for the procedure under general anesthetic.:)
The phone number (not a mobile) on his van has not changed since the day he first appeared on the street. IIRC he was thrown out of his house, has lived like a squatter and then moved in with Gail. Are the new people at his old address forwarding on his calls?????
In real life she would more likely have said - "a lovely boy, he is our Amy's cousin." Or have the script writers forgotten that as well.
Ok they are not blood cousins, but Tracy is Ken's adopted daughter so legally they are cousins!.
Janice was going to be the next Florence Nightingale especially after that Josh bee sting incident, now she's suddenly returned to be a screaming Harpie that would happily dance on Tony's grave and showed no compassion at all! and is still gobby even after being caught out as being the lottery thief!
Where on Earth did that upstairs flat appear at The Rovers??
Because when Charlie Stubbs was keeping Shelley a prisoner, I could have sworn there were just bedrooms up there!
Why does every customer at Devs always have the correct money even without asking the price, and I haven't seen anyone use his cash machine in the shop. Joe asked Jason to lend him money until he could pop into town to a cashpoint!
Talking of which, it's a real enigma why Jimmy Harkishan still has a job acting as Dev...sorry did I say 'acting'. :rolleyes:
Ashley sold the Rovers to Steve but must have got a few bob for it, he owned the house outright so why could they not afford to stay there and I am sure someone like Fred would have other monies stashed away.
Also, I cannot understand why Claire was so estatically happy to move from a modern semi with a garden to a terraced house on the other side of the street. That storyline never rang true to me. :rolleyes::rolleyes:
While on the subject of money - Where did Steve get all of his from??????