Ok, not just Coronation Street but also East Enders and no doubt other soaps.
I don't watch them. Occasionally I see trailers or bits of an episode before another programme when I switch on a bit early.
But is the current Coronation Street a smidgen more violent than in the days of Ena Sharples and Dennis Tanner ?
Or is it just me ?
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 08 May 2012 by Quad 33
Soaps used to be called drama serials and in those distant times they supposedly reflected realistically the society they inhabited - which is the same reasoning for today's "gritty" storylines. However, Corrie and the like, have always depicted a "cartoon version" of real society, the story lines are trying to interest the viewers in what is fictionally over the wall in the yard. Violence always makes good story lines and there have been a multitude of murders both past and present in Coronation Street and again a "cartoon" version of reality shouldn't bother us too much. The real concern about violence in soap is the acceptance of low level violence of the female characters. Corrie traditionally depicted women as strong role models to be admired (even if we sometimes found some of their actions difficult to understand) now we have to endure the meanest stereotypes which has my partner howling her feminist credentials at the TV in frustration!!
Regards Graham
Posted on: 08 May 2012 by Steve J
Don't knock the soaps, they give me more listening time whilst SWMBO watches them!
Even better when the MIL is visiting as she seems to watch them all.
