I've just been reading about Kylie Minogue being mentioned in Neighbours (in which she used to appear, of course), which got me thinking of other instances in soap where they have sort of opened a 'wormhole' between the real world and their soap-world, which could lead to a character discovering their own existence as a character in a soap opera, such as an allusion to popular-culture which may bring a character back to discovering their own life is a 'soap', if you catch my drift. If Kylie Minogue exists in Neighbours-world, for instance, wouldn't the residents of the show be aware of her beginnings as a soap actress, on a soap which runs in an uncanny parallel to their own lives?
Some instances I can recall off the top of my head:
During Southend week last year, several references were made to Spandau Ballet by Heather, with Fatboy and Whitney questioning who Spandau Ballet were. If Spandau Ballet exist in Walford-World, wouldn't people have recognised the remarkable resemblance between Steve Owen and the band's bass player, Martin Kemp? What if Whitney and Fatboy had googled Spandau Ballet and decided to check up on the members later exploits? Wouldn't they have been quite shocked to discover his work in a soap opera called 'Eastenders', which bared an uncanny resemblance to their own lives?
I saw an episode of Coronation Street a while back when Tracy Barlow had just got out of prison. She described prison as 'nothing like Bad Girls', or something along those lines. If Tracy Barlow and other Coronation Street residents had watched Bad Girls back in the day, wouldn't they have recognised Frankie Baldwin, Cilla Battersby-Brown and Frank Foster as characters from the show?!
There is also the obvious reference Dot made in Eastenders about Coronation Street's anniversary, and the two shows have shared several actors and actresses over the years. Surely Dot has noticed the uncanny resemblance between Stella and Walford's very own Cindy Beale?
Can anybody think of any other instances of this that have taken place?
Some instances I can recall off the top of my head:
During Southend week last year, several references were made to Spandau Ballet by Heather, with Fatboy and Whitney questioning who Spandau Ballet were. If Spandau Ballet exist in Walford-World, wouldn't people have recognised the remarkable resemblance between Steve Owen and the band's bass player, Martin Kemp? What if Whitney and Fatboy had googled Spandau Ballet and decided to check up on the members later exploits? Wouldn't they have been quite shocked to discover his work in a soap opera called 'Eastenders', which bared an uncanny resemblance to their own lives?
I saw an episode of Coronation Street a while back when Tracy Barlow had just got out of prison. She described prison as 'nothing like Bad Girls', or something along those lines. If Tracy Barlow and other Coronation Street residents had watched Bad Girls back in the day, wouldn't they have recognised Frankie Baldwin, Cilla Battersby-Brown and Frank Foster as characters from the show?!
There is also the obvious reference Dot made in Eastenders about Coronation Street's anniversary, and the two shows have shared several actors and actresses over the years. Surely Dot has noticed the uncanny resemblance between Stella and Walford's very own Cindy Beale?
Can anybody think of any other instances of this that have taken place?
