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CS - no mention of Deirdre
I'm baffled by the writers inability to write as though the character of Deirdre still exists.
I know people say about 'respect' and ' feelings' regarding the actress, but this is a soap - a work of fiction- and we are supposed to be watching a story where a wife and mother was finding things tough and went to stay with a friend. surely there would have been some passing mention of her in the last 6 months, and now it's been revealed that the character of Deirdre's exit is scheduled to be shown this summer, that will take it to nigh on 9 months. I can't understand why they are almost writing for ken as though he has been widowed- his character still has a wife who is alive and well and staying with a friend, so why does no one even ask him about her?! It's ridiculous and unrealistic. look at how many in depth chats has he had lately with Audrey. .. surely in the real world Audrey would occasionally say, "how's Deirdre doing? will she be back soon? I bet you're missing her" etc etc. and before anyone says it's be too hard for the actors - it's acting. It would have been more of a tribute to Deirdre's character to keep her spirit alive in the street all the time she was MEANT to have been alive with occasional references to phone calls etc, instead of treating her as though she is already dead ... that to me is the ultimate snub because it's as though she's already been forgotten about! |
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I totally agree with you.
I asked the same question a week back. Didn't get much response.
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Yes, I thought last night when Ken was going to his subtitled film there could have been some wisecrack from Tracy about how he was only asking her because he couldn't drag Deirdre along.
It does seem odd. And surely if they did throw in the odd reference it would make however the story turns out (whether that's in Deirdre's death or some other departure) a bit more effective and more of a "twist" (even though we know she's destined to be written out). |
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I agree with both of you. Deidre just seems to have been totally forgotten
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im sure blanche got mentioned a few times after maggie jones passing.
in eastenders jim got mentioned after john bardon passed |
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Liz was always big buddies with Deirdre, you'd think she would mention her.
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in real life, it was lovely bill and anne, had that storyline in the caravan, being pffset must have given them time to catch up, little did they no it would be there last real storyline
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I don't get why Ken can't leave to be with her - that at least would be more realistic in the short term. He could come back and say they'd had a lovely month in Canada and she'd gone back to Bev's to get her stuff before coming home or something, then they could get the bad news. Anything to make it look like her last months wer with her family not shipped off to a forgotten friend!
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*phew*
I'm so glad I'm not the only person who thinks this... I was a bit worried I'd get shot down for being disrespectful for even bringing it up. I agree with what someone said about treating her and mentioning her as though she's still alive will have much more impact on the barlows as a family when her inevitable death does occur. this may sound harsh, but as it has been written so far, I feel like the barlows could just shrug and say oh well no loss, we've not missed her for nearly a year. which is not how it should feel! |
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There will be no mention of her until Anne Kirkbride's family give the go-ahead. The circumstances of her exit will be decided by them too.
The family's wishes are put before those of a few picky viewers. |
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She did get a brief mention last night, if you could call it that, when Tracey was complaining to Tony about still having to live with her Mum and Dad. Also, they couldn't make it any more obvious that Ken is going to end up with Audrey now, could they?
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I'm baffled by the writers inability to write as though the character of Deirdre still exists.
I know people say about 'respect' and ' feelings' regarding the actress, but this is a soap - a work of fiction- and we are supposed to be watching a story where a wife and mother was finding things tough and went to stay with a friend. surely there would have been some passing mention of her in the last 6 months, and now it's been revealed that the character of Deirdre's exit is scheduled to be shown this summer, that will take it to nigh on 9 months. I can't understand why they are almost writing for ken as though he has been widowed- his character still has a wife who is alive and well and staying with a friend, so why does no one even ask him about her?! It's ridiculous and unrealistic. look at how many in depth chats has he had lately with Audrey. .. surely in the real world Audrey would occasionally say, "how's Deirdre doing? will she be back soon? I bet you're missing her" etc etc. and before anyone says it's be too hard for the actors - it's acting. It would have been more of a tribute to Deirdre's character to keep her spirit alive in the street all the time she was MEANT to have been alive with occasional references to phone calls etc, instead of treating her as though she is already dead ... that to me is the ultimate snub because it's as though she's already been forgotten about! |
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Is she definitely going to be killed off? I know it's kind of the norm in soap that when an actor dies their character does too, but I wonder whether they might take the unusual step of doing something else eg. having her decide to leave Ken... Then again I suppose that might be out of character.
The ultimate twist (if they could keep it secret) would be if Deirdre decided to make a new life abroad, say, and Ken joined her, with Bill Roache leaving the show (if he decided that Anne's death represented a watershed and he didn't feel like he could carry on in it). That would turn Anne's sad death into a happy ending for Deirdre. Doubt that'll happen though. |
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She did get a brief mention last night, if you could call it that, when Tracey was complaining to Tony about still having to live with her Mum and Dad. Also, they couldn't make it any more obvious that Ken is going to end up with Audrey now, could they?
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There will be no mention of her until Anne Kirkbride's family give the go-ahead. The circumstances of her exit will be decided by them too.
The family's wishes are put before those of a few picky viewers. Even for months before that she had no mention. I'm pretty certain her family wouldn't be offended by the name of a character being mentioned in the context of an onscreen family. its nothing to do with picky viewers or respect for her family. its to do with believable story telling. |
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It seems a bit that way, but bearing in mind how far in advance the stories are conceived does this mean that they originally planned for Deirdre to be all suspicious of them (rightly or wrongly), when she came back?
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There will be no mention of her until Anne Kirkbride's family give the go-ahead. The circumstances of her exit will be decided by them too.
The family's wishes are put before those of a few picky viewers. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....nalise-9028364 |
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There will be no mention of her until Anne Kirkbride's family give the go-ahead. The circumstances of her exit will be decided by them too.
The family's wishes are put before those of a few picky viewers. I totally understand how her family must be consulted regarding her exit storyline or any storyline leading up to that. But mentioning a characters name to keep up the pretence of her still being in existence somewhere seems paramount to maintaining credibility, and something I can't even imagine her family objecting to. I'm not suggesting whole scenes revolving around deirdres whereabouts. just a passing comment "just been on the phone with your mum, she's staying with bev a bit longer but sends her love." |
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Where is Deirdre? I've been wondering the same thing. I know she (Anne Kirkbride) was ill and was taking time off sick but had she been written out before she passed away?
I don't watch Corrie that often but I've been trying to think back as to whether it was was explained whether she to go and visit a sick relative or visit someone to explain her absence - in the way Ken suddenly "went to Canada", or is the presumption that she still in Weatherfield? Sad and awkward times I guess, trying to create a sensitive storyline. Similar in a way to Stan Ogden (Bernard Yeouns), who also passed away quite suddenly I believe, |
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I do hope Dierdre gets a good send off, but im not confident with the current producer.
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Corrie hasnt been the same since deirdre has gone. Maybe the writers had to adjust and have the Platts and Tracie in every scene ! ARghh
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There will be no mention of her until Anne Kirkbride's family give the go-ahead. The circumstances of her exit will be decided by them too.
The family's wishes are put before those of a few picky viewers. |
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Sorry, but when producers, writers etc start listening to families and people not even connected to actors and storylines over what should be used, it's when we get frustrated.
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Mentioning the character of Deirdre in passing for the sake of continuity is hardly a big deal, why on earth would the family object to that.
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Sorry, but when producers, writers etc start listening to families and people not even connected to actors and storylines over what should be used, it's when we get frustrated.
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