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Old 16-05-2016, 23:14
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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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Old 16-05-2016, 23:16
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EE certainly has. Tony Soprano refused to live in Albert Square as it was too rough.
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Old 16-05-2016, 23:22
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EE certainly has. Tony Soprano refused to live in Albert Square as it was too rough.
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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Old 16-05-2016, 23:24
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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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Old 16-05-2016, 23:25
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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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Old 16-05-2016, 23:26
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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.
I hope they all had a heart to heart with him over Peggy first.
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Old 16-05-2016, 23:29
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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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Old 16-05-2016, 23:31
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I hope they all had a heart to heart with him over Peggy first.
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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Old 16-05-2016, 23:46
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I hope they all had a heart to heart with him over Peggy first.
Off subject but it's nice to see you back
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Old 17-05-2016, 00:12
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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!
Well it's already been flambed.
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Old 17-05-2016, 00:12
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Off subject but it's nice to see you back
Ta m'dear. Good to see you too.
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Old 17-05-2016, 01:54
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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.
Don't include me in your alternative world where the legal system has no relevance.
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Old 17-05-2016, 02:45
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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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Old 17-05-2016, 11:59
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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
Not as bad as a murder, obviously, but at the moment on Neighbours 4 teens are involved in theft of money and so far retribution has not found them!
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Old 17-05-2016, 18:07
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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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Old 18-05-2016, 00:02
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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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Old 18-05-2016, 00:05
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They're holding too many compasses and following convoluted pathways
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Old 18-05-2016, 07:38
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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
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.
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Old 18-05-2016, 07:39
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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?
Are adulterers villains?
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Old 18-05-2016, 07:48
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Are adulterers villains?
When they start trying to kill people just to keep their affair secret, then yes
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Old 18-05-2016, 08:03
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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 KILLED Kal Nazir and Maddie Heath accidentally and indirectly but she is still accountable.

She planned and MURDERED Charlie Stubbs.

She has even impulsively, attempted to murder Carla Conner until she was interupted.
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Old 18-05-2016, 22:13
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Thanks for all those that took the time to give my thread a chance.
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Old 18-05-2016, 23:17
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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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Old 18-05-2016, 23:30
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A moral compass is useless without a moral framework.
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Old 18-05-2016, 23:35
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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.
Yes fair enough - she is responsible for Kal and Maddie's deaths but she did not technically murder them. She has only murdered Charlie Stubbs- but she has tried to ruin people's lives - Carla, Becky etc

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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