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Old 18-05-2016, 02:45
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I wanted to but I just couldn't force it.. It doesn't sit well with me when an iconic character is killed for the sake of sensationalism, just so the producer can go out with a bang. Yes its understandable given the context but that context should never have been placed upon an institution like Peggy. It left a bad taste in the mouth that was reminiscent of Harolds plight in Corrie.
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Old 18-05-2016, 03:05
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I felt no emotion whatsoever it was just like any other episode.
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Old 18-05-2016, 03:16
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The One Show beforehand made it worse. It showed how much they'd already given themselves a pat on the back for it. The show needs a massive shake up. At least it was Barbara's choice to leave but none of it really came together for a proper send off. I will say that I think Barbara Windsor's acting was some of the best I've seen from her - maybe it was real emotion.

Peggy is nowhere near top of my list of EastEnders characters but there's no denying her impact on the show. To end with such a whimper is a shame. Pam St Clement was fantastic but all it served to prove was that she should never have been killed off.
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Old 18-05-2016, 03:52
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The One Show beforehand made it worse. It showed how much they'd already given themselves a pat on the back for it
Exactly, so they expect u to cry & if u don't ur not human. The social media crowd are the worse, for example.. 'OMG I'm crying my eyes out at EE!!!!!! '. Err newsflash, it isn't real love, it's a piece of fiction. I'm at the point where the more I'm expected to cry the less likely I am.

Depression obviously makes it even more less likely as it's hard for me to feel emotion but regardless.. All I see these days is a cynical ploy for ratings. When u mature in life u become more desensitized to what isn't real. I cry when my mums in hospital of course & sometimes if something triggers my insecurities. Because that's real & this is not.
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Old 18-05-2016, 23:20
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The social media crowd are the worse, for example.. 'OMG I'm crying my eyes out at EE!!!!!! '. Err newsflash, it isn't real love, it's a piece of fiction.
"Oh em gee, am welling up here! Kiss kiss." is something I find myself sarcastically saying out loud during supposedly moving soap scenes!
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Old 18-05-2016, 23:38
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I didn't cry. Soaps just aren't written the way they were used to, so almost everything just feels mechanical.

They clearly tried to make things lighter to make her exit less depressing. The scenes with Pat were humerous so they didn't mesh well with the sad, raw emotion people would be feeling if their watching a terminally ill person about to commit suicide.
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Old 19-05-2016, 00:00
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Nor me - i think thursday's episode will be more emotional.
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Old 19-05-2016, 00:06
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I was more emotional that Lindsey died in Hollyoaks and she was a serial killer! Lol
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Old 19-05-2016, 00:16
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I wasn't moved either, and I love a good cry at a film, TV programme, song, or whatever.
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Old 19-05-2016, 00:43
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I never cried but then Peggy's never been a character I've been emotionally invested in.

Her death episode was so badly written aswell.
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Old 19-05-2016, 06:30
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I didn't cry, then again I haven't and wouldn't cry over the death of any fictional character, why would anyone it just doesn't make sense.
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Old 19-05-2016, 07:14
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I didn't cry, then again I haven't and wouldn't cry over the death of any fictional character, why would anyone it just doesn't make sense.
ye, if your a kid I can understand but not a grown adult!. When you mature you see things for what they are. I suppose you could argue if that's the case then what is the purpose of an emotional scene in a story. To be honest I'm not entirely sure because everyone reacts different. I just find it a bit strange when grown adults are in floods of tears at a piece of fiction that isn't real .
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Old 19-05-2016, 07:35
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ye, if your a kid I can understand but not a grown adult!. When you mature you see things for what they are. I suppose you could argue if that's the case then what is the purpose of an emotional scene in a story. To be honest I'm not entirely sure because everyone reacts different. I just find it a bit strange when grown adults are in floods of tears at a piece of fiction that isn't real .
I do find that some people are a bit flippant with their emotions the way they go on about loving or hating people or things rather than say they like or dislike something or someone and all this talk of 'investing' something, what exactly are they 'investing'?
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Old 19-05-2016, 08:10
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I did shed a tear but not for peggy

I put myself in Phil and Grant's shoes

What if that was my mother who was going through the same thing Peggy was? It just makes you think really. Imagine if i left my home and my mother had overdosed. And then to come back and find her dead the next morning which Phil does tonight. It just makes you think.
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Old 19-05-2016, 08:47
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ye, if your a kid I can understand but not a grown adult!. When you mature you see things for what they are. I suppose you could argue if that's the case then what is the purpose of an emotional scene in a story. To be honest I'm not entirely sure because everyone reacts different. I just find it a bit strange when grown adults are in floods of tears at a piece of fiction that isn't real .
Well, as someone that cries very easily, and did cry at Peggy's death, I suppose I'm a 'bit strange' but I can live with that. I'd rather be too sensitive than someone who finds displays of human emotion weird and uncomfortable.
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Old 19-05-2016, 09:23
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I do find that some people are a bit flippant with their emotions the way they go on about loving or hating people or things rather than say they like or dislike something or someone and all this talk of 'investing' something, what exactly are they 'investing'?
i think your confusing what people cry for.

For me Pegg/Barbara is my childhood. She's been in Eastenders since i started watching. Some of my favourite memories of the show i associate with the character.

I cried because its the end of an era. The end of EastEnders as it exists in my living memory. Theres no way back for Peggy now.

Its really not that hard to grasp. Im going to Miss Peggys character a hell of a lot
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Old 19-05-2016, 09:29
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I do find that some people are a bit flippant with their emotions the way they go on about loving or hating people or things rather than say they like or dislike something or someone and all this talk of 'investing' something, what exactly are they 'investing'?
The Mitchell's have been on screen for 26 years and Bab's has played Peggy more or less since 1994. In that time she has been the center of many of their most iconic moments. For an entire generation Peggy is the symbol of EastEnders. If fans are invested in her journey then that means the writers did a good job. The whole purpose of a drama piece whether it be on TV, film or a play is to make you care, so if fans are upset and are emotional over the death of a character they have known for three decades I don't see what the harm is.

I just have to ask if you find it weird that people invest in characters I just have to wonder why you are here discussing them also.. wouldn't that indicate you to are invested? If you spend all day talking about EE on a fan site I would say you are.
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Old 19-05-2016, 10:16
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I had tears in my eyes but more happy tears as Peggy managed to go as she wanted to and not in a death bed as she had said.

I found it a highly emotional episode. Her last walk to the Vic and her conversation with Sharon and seeing Pat again made me smile.

I think tonight's episode will be harder to watch as the aftermath is Peggy leaving Phil and everyone on their own
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Old 19-05-2016, 10:26
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The Mitchell's have been on screen for 26 years and Bab's has played Peggy more or less since 1994. In that time she has been the center of many of their most iconic moments. For an entire generation Peggy is the symbol of EastEnders. If fans are invested in her journey then that means the writers did a good job. The whole purpose of a drama piece whether it be on TV, film or a play is to make you care, so if fans are upset and are emotional over the death of a character they have known for three decades I don't see what the harm is.

I just have to ask if you find it weird that people invest in characters I just have to wonder why you are here discussing them also.. wouldn't that indicate you to are invested? If you spend all day talking about EE on a fan site I would say you are.
I don't see it as 'investing' I just sit down to relax and watch a TV programme nothing more nothing less, as for being on here discussing it that is just to pass some time when maybe I could equally be doing something else, oh and I do wish I could be on here all day but sadly things that pay the bills have a habit of getting in the way of doing that.
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Old 19-05-2016, 10:38
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Exactly, so they expect u to cry & if u don't ur not human. The social media crowd are the worse, for example.. 'OMG I'm crying my eyes out at EE!!!!!! '. Err newsflash, it isn't real love, it's a piece of fiction. I'm at the point where the more I'm expected to cry the less likely I am. Depression obviously makes it even more less likely as it's hard for me to feel emotion but regardless.. All I see these days is a cynical ploy for ratings. When u mature in life u become more desensitized to what isn't real. I cry when my mums in hospital of course & sometimes if something triggers my insecurities. Because that's real & this is not.
So people can't say you're a bad person for not crying but it's ok for you to slag them off if they do?

How about some people find things sad, others don't. Each to their own.
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Old 19-05-2016, 10:39
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I wanted to but I just couldn't force it.. It doesn't sit well with me when an iconic character is killed for the sake of sensationalism, just so the producer can go out with a bang. Yes its understandable given the context but that context should never have been placed upon an institution like Peggy. It left a bad taste in the mouth that was reminiscent of Harolds plight in Corrie.
I'm guessing you missed the part where Barbara windier actually asked for.peggy to be killed off? And also how the character in corrie was called HAYLEY.
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Old 19-05-2016, 10:43
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I do find that some people are a bit flippant with their emotions the way they go on about loving or hating people or things rather than say they like or dislike something or someone and all this talk of 'investing' something, what exactly are they 'investing'?
It's the sensationalised world we live in these days.
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Old 19-05-2016, 10:45
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I don't see it as 'investing' I just sit down to relax and watch a TV programme nothing more nothing less, as for being on here discussing it that is just to pass some time when maybe I could equally be doing something else, oh and I do wish I could be on here all day but sadly things that pay the bills have a habit of getting in the way of doing that.
But what is the point of just sitting down to watch a TV show if you don't invest in what is happening within it?

You may as well just sit and watch the test card if that is the case.
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Old 19-05-2016, 10:49
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It's the sensationalised world we live in these days.
People have been moved and invested within drama since god knows when. Shakespeare captivated the world with his talents for centuries.
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Old 19-05-2016, 10:50
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But what is the point of just sitting down to watch a TV show if you don't invest in what is happening within it?

You may as well just sit and watch the test card if that is the case.
You are right, the test card will probably more entertaining, but it still wouldn't make me cry.
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