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Have soaps lost their moral compass?
With murderers, frequent affairs and the justice system failing to bring many criminals to a just consequence, have soaps lost their way due to having to grab ratings.
Has it always been this way? Have villians always got away with so many bad deeds. Any examples of this from your soaps and their characters? |
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EE certainly has. Tony Soprano refused to live in Albert Square as it was too rough.
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EE certainly has. Tony Soprano refused to live in Albert Square as it was too rough.
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I've lost count of how many criminals, who have got away with major crimes, are living in Albert Square. It helps that the police are either incompetent or crooked.
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They still make sure that we know at every possible opportunity that alcohol and cheating and both at the same time are bad.
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Hannibal Lecter, John Doe, Keyser Soze and Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene took one look at the Philth wheezing and stumbling around and moved to somewhere less intimidating - the slums of Caracas.
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No, they haven't. Secrets always come out in soaps and the truth will always prevail. Characters knowing the truth is ultimately what fans want to see and a confession is what let's a soap keep its moral compass - and a moral compass is something quite different to a legal comeuppance.
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I hope they all had a heart to heart with him over Peggy first.
Although Hannibal will certainly not be consuming that bloody rotten liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti!
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I hope they all had a heart to heart with him over Peggy first.
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They should eat him.
Although Hannibal will certainly not be consuming that bloody rotten liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti! ![]()
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No, they haven't. Secrets always come out in soaps and the truth will always prevail. Characters knowing the truth is ultimately what fans want to see and a confession is what let's a soap keep its moral compass - and a moral compass is something quite different to a legal comeuppance.
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Corrie - Tracy Barlow, despite having murdered 3 people , is allowed to walk free and has a boyfriend, a business, a good home and a doting daughter
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Corrie - Tracy Barlow, despite having murdered 3 people , is allowed to walk free and has a boyfriend, a business, a good home and a doting daughter
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Is there a thing as a legal compapss and a moral compass? What is the difference with that in soap terms?
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Any takers?
I know yesterday was an exciting but sad time for many fans so I have bumped the thread again. |
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They're holding too many compasses and following convoluted pathways
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Corrie - Tracy Barlow, despite having murdered 3 people , is allowed to walk free and has a boyfriend, a business, a good home and a doting daughter
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With murderers, frequent affairs and the justice system failing to bring many criminals to a just consequence, have soaps lost their way due to having to grab ratings.
Has it always been this way? Have villians always got away with so many bad deeds. Any examples of this from your soaps and their characters? |
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Are adulterers villains?
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But she's not happy, is she? The Soap Gods find many different ways to punish characters. And, technically, she didn't murder three people.
She planned and MURDERED Charlie Stubbs. She has even impulsively, attempted to murder Carla Conner until she was interupted. |
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Thanks for all those that took the time to give my thread a chance.
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Emmerdale is certainly a village you would certainly not want to visit what with all the crime.
How many people has Cain Dingle kidnapped and tortured? There was Aaron's Dad Gordon and Rakesh. Who else? Then there is families like the Bartons, Sugdens, Whites and Dingles committing crimes and getting away it sometimes. Robert Sugden got away with his part in Katie's death. |
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A moral compass is useless without a moral framework.
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But she's not happy, is she? The Soap Gods find many different ways to punish characters. And, technically, she didn't murder three people.
As for whether she is happy- I would say you are right- she's not entirely- she is widely disliked across the street, acknowledged as having started the Victoria court fire, plus she has her own health issues with her kidney problems etc |
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