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Old 12-04-2004, 13:37
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The soaps are begining to copy each other more and more.

Whens theres a death in one soap it will only be a matter of time before the other soaps have one... sometime round about the same time.

The soaps are also copying the characters for example..

Emmerdale got Kane Dingle and Corrie's got Bob the Builder (Chalie) not only do they look the simual with scruffy greasy hair and bad boy atitude.. also all the woman find them god's gift.

Emmerdale's got a mother and daughter behind the bar and so have corrie.
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Old 12-04-2004, 17:30
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Originally Posted by Nick Grant
The soaps are begining to copy each other more and more.

Whens theres a death in one soap it will only be a matter of time before the other soaps have one... sometime round about the same time.

The soaps are also copying the characters for example..

Emmerdale got Kane Dingle and Corrie's got Bob the Builder (Chalie) not only do they look the simual with scruffy greasy hair and bad boy atitude.. also all the woman find them god's gift.

Emmerdale's got a mother and daughter behind the bar and so have corrie.
Well as soaps are supposed to be about real people going through real issues there are only certain storylines they can do. The same storylines have been used for years - people having affairs, people committing crimes, people having children, people losing their jobs etc. If they take it too far out of 'normal' stories, it gets silly like all these 'gangsters' running around in EastEnders right now.
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Old 12-04-2004, 18:18
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"if hey take it too far out of 'normal' stories, it gets silly like all these 'gangsters' running around in EastEnders right now."

Yeh exactly, give me the mundane any time, if the only other choice is Phil/Andy/Dennis running round with guns! EE's obsession with gangsters is pathetic.

But I agree there is a spooky resemblance between Kane and Charlie. Can't see what is supposed to be attractive about either of them, either in looks or character.
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