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Old 14-04-2015, 08:51
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 09:00
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 09:21
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 09:27
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I agree with both of you. Deidre just seems to have been totally forgotten
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Old 14-04-2015, 09:27
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 09:28
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Liz was always big buddies with Deirdre, you'd think she would mention her.
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Old 14-04-2015, 09:34
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 09:42
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 09:55
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 09:56
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 09:57
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 09:58
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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!
I totally agree with you ..I was thinking the same thing myself....I can understand the family wanting complete privacy especially regards the funeral and I think we all respected them for it..........But Deirdre belonged to the public..we all loved her..I think it's now time we had an ending....why wait until summer...
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Old 14-04-2015, 10:01
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 10:03
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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?
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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Old 14-04-2015, 10:15
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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.
it's only in the last few weeks that what we are seeing on screen was after Anne Kirkbrides death.
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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Old 14-04-2015, 11:08
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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?
I think you're probably right about that, as surely out of respect for the loss of Anne Kirkbride, they wouldn't write a storyline where Ken is chasing another woman already?
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Old 14-04-2015, 11:50
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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.
Exactly, the family's wishes are paramount - they're the people who matter. I read over the weekend that a dignified exit episode has now been agreed with the family, there will be very little publicity about it for obvious reasons.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....nalise-9028364
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Old 14-04-2015, 12:17
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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'm not sure I agree that the first part of this post is accurate.

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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Old 14-04-2015, 12:20
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 12:21
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 12:47
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 13:18
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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.
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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Old 14-04-2015, 13:32
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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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Old 14-04-2015, 13:33
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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.
Anne only died three months or ago, that's no time for the death of a loved one. So I can understand why they'd object. Viewers have lost a fictional character, Anne's family and friends have lost a real person.
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Old 14-04-2015, 13:39
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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.
Anne Kirkbride's family were very closely connected to her, far more so than TV employees.
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