http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:10:29 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-233143 You have mentioned all the demerits but you didn't appreciate the good aspects of the play. 233143@blogcritics.org Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:10:29 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-25485 CC, I was never able to get into soap operas, though my mother, aunts, sisters, cousins, and a few friends liked them. I think it had something to do with the fact I love to read. In comparison to good novels, soap operas seem stilted and melodramatic. Question: If soap operas disappear, how will Procter & Gamble and its competitors sell soap? 25485@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:05:02 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-25479 It looks like NBC will be the main network this season to be putting out anything worth watching. 25479@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:51:24 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-25476 The daytime soap opera audience continues to dwindle, in response to Kim and Theory. The reasons are many, but the big ones are: 1. More cable channel options (true of all network TV) 2. Fewer stay-at-home moms, the mainstays of the audience. 3. The graying of the audience. 4. OJ. When the OJ trial was on for months and months, the nets covered it live and killed their daytime programming in the process. Many of these viewers just never came back. I see a real resurgence in the tawdry nighttime dramas like Dynasty and Melrose that used to rule in the 80s and early 90s. These shows can be produced quickly, and aim to esatblish ensemble casts, which cost a lot less than a few established stars. I think Skin and the OC, which are both pretty terrible (although I like Ron Silver, too), are gonna be hits. The daytime soaps will continue to gradually disappear, until may be just the MOST successful of them (Y&R, B&B, GH, may be AMC) remain, much like network daytime game shows are now —there's  really just one left, The Price is Right. I used to be in the business. 25476@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:44:38 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-25472 Exactly the juicy part of the premise. The straight-arrow DA is really the sleaze while the porn king is a loyal family man. 25472@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:30:22 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-25470 yeah, I enjoyed Ron Silver's acting. It's kind of disturbing how his character seemed more appealing than the DA's. 25470@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:26:41 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-25469 My favorite update of "Romeo and Juliet" remains "West Side Story," though it could be interesting to throw in a juicy legal issue like pornography. 25469@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:24:23 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-25448 Interesting. I can't disagree with many of your points about the show, but I really enjoyed the performances of Kevin Anderson (the DA) and Ron Silver (the porn king). And the actors playing their spouses were good, considering how little they were given to do. The love story is of no interest to me, though. But I will watch it, if only for the Roam-Goldman feud. 25448@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:32:07 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-25443 Thanks! Stay at home women does make more sense - but now I'm wondering who even watches soap operas. I did in junior high, high school and college and remember when Luke and Laura was a really huge thing on General Hospital, which shows my age. I also knew men who watched them as well as working women who taped them and watched them after work. But I don't know anyone who watches them now - does anyone? This has strayed from the original article, which was about a really bad program ... anyway, I appreciate the clarification. 25443@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:36:36 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-25436 I was not trying to say that all do, and I probably should have said stay at home women because I know most parents are busy with kiddies. However, it's not the go to work women who watch them because they're working, and it's not most guys because guys would rather be watching something else or doing nothing at all... or being shot, rather than watch that kind of programing. So that pretty much leaves us with stay at home woman as an audience. 25436@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:12:00 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/27/004646.php#comment-25435 I agree with your review of 'Skin' but I feel compelled to comment about your remark about stay-at-home Moms watching sopa opera fluff. I am a stay-at-home Mom because I think that is the best situation for my daughter. I do not, however, have the time to watch soap operas nor the interest. In the rare moments that I have some down time I am more likely to work on my PHP skills or play a computer game like Neverwinter Nights. I also know a number of stay-at-home Moms and not one of them watches soap operas. I simply feel that your comment perpetuates the myth that stay at home Moms do not really 'work' and that they hang out watching tv all day. I must admit, however, that stay-at-home Moms are probably watching Sesame Street, Barney and Teletubbies or at least hearing it in the background. 25435@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:00:52 EST