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Would a slavery storyline work in a soap?
Imagine if a new fun loving family turned up and after about six months it was revealed they were keeping a slave?
It's a relevant topic in the UK at the moment and one that is currently been advertised. I like it as an idea. |
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That's not a bad idea. Sad that this still goes on.
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Imagine if a new fun loving family turned up and after about six months it was revealed they were keeping a slave?
It's a relevant topic in the UK at the moment and one that is currently been advertised. I like it as an idea. |
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Hmmmm, the Carters are fun loving and new.
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I can picture it now. Phelan and Anna enjoying a nice bit of lunch in the family home, the whole gang around them: Wheels, Fit Katy, Snivelling Sgt. Windass, Pregnant Faye, whilst their manservant Owen cries patiently outside, waiting to come back in and curl up in a ball by Phelans feet in front of the telly.
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Didn't we already have a slavery storyline with Ian and Jane in EE? Their whole marriage was centred around Jane being slave-driven by Ian
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I can picture it now. Phelan and Anna enjoying a nice bit of lunch in the family home, the whole gang around them: Wheels, Fit Katy, Snivelling Sgt. Windass, Pregnant Faye, whilst their manservant Owen cries patiently outside, waiting to come back in and curl up in a ball by Phelans feet in front of the telly.
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**volunteers to be ross barton's sex slave**
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In case any ITV scouts are reading, I'm putting myself forward for the role of Declan Macey's personal slave.
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Didn't we already have this with Jane Beale? She was Ian's slave for about 8 years.
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Didn't we already have a slavery storyline with Ian and Jane in EE? Their whole marriage was centred around Jane being slave-driven by Ian
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**volunteers to be ross barton's sex slave**
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In case any ITV scouts are reading, I'm putting myself forward for the role of Declan Macey's personal slave.
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I find this weird as I was JUST thinking about how you could do a slavery storyline and then I see this...
It's in the stars. |
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In case any ITV scouts are reading, I'm putting myself forward for the role of Declan Macey's personal slave.
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Didn't we already have this with Jane Beale? She was Ian's slave for about 8 years.
. Great minds, Joe. Great minds.Poor Jane did not even get any annual leave or any days off for that matter Even at home, she was forced to do all the housework while Ian put his feet up . That's slavery right there.
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I think it would be controversial and its probably the only storyline left that hasn't been properly done. It does go on and there's a huge TV ad campaign at the moment. Would have to be a new family really if it was to happen.
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Best idea for an innovative storyline I've heard in months. I've been watching the modern slavery adverts and that chavvy fat woman looks like one of my neighbours and I could definitely imagine her in EastEnders
Or perhaps Aleks enslaves a distant relative from Latvia who comes to stay.. |
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Yeah this story could work, they could even base it on my actual life if they like.
I'm a slave sadly, the missus orders me around left, right and centre. She even cuffs me on a somewhat all too regular basis. So I'd be more than happy to provide their template. Obviously they'd need to cast a really good looking bloke to play Uncle Q, and perhaps a dragon to play the missus I'm thinking. You'd want to keep it as real as possible wouldn't you. |
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Yeah this story could work, they could even base it on my actual life if they like.
I'm a slave sadly, the missus orders me around left, right and centre. She even cuffs me on a somewhat all too regular basis. So I'd be more than happy to provide their template. Obviously they'd need to cast a really good looking bloke to play Uncle Q, and perhaps a dragon to play the missus I'm thinking. You'd want to keep it as real as possible wouldn't you.
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You're getting slavery & sexual fantasy mixed up here mate
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I think if they were going to do it they'd have to be really brave and make it a well established, long-running character who has kept it secret for years. I could definitely see Emily Bishop keeping a poor little Romanian woman as a skivvy.
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I think if they were going to do it they'd have to be really brave and make it a well established, long-running character who has kept it secret for years. I could definitely see Emily Bishop keeping a poor little Romanian woman as a skivvy.
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Two or three years ago, Hollyoaks did a people-trafficking story.
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I actually thought Alek's secret in EE, before we found out that he had a family back home, was that he would be involved in people trafficking. I still think that's a story that would work really well for EE, something like enforced prostitution with Eastern European women brought in to the country and effectively imprisoned.
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It would have to be a fairly wealthy family though, wouldn't it? I think Emmerdale could do this sort of storyline well.
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Even at home, she was forced to do all the housework while Ian put his feet up