SOAP OPERA · I. INTRODUCTION 1. Origin/History The soap opera form first developed on American radio in the 1920s‚ and expanded into television starting in the 1940s‚ and is normally shown during the daytime‚ hence the alternative name‚ daytime serial. The first concerted effort to air continuing drama occurred in 1946 with the serial Faraway Hill. The term "soap opera" originated from the fact that when these serial dramas were aired on daytime radio‚ the commercials aired during the shows
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Soap Operas In our life soap operas are very popular. Many people find them enjoyable and realistic‚ but some people don’t think so. There are as much opinions about soap operas as people. I can’t say that soap operas are good or bad. I think that there are some advantages and disadvantages and now I will discuss them. On the one hand‚ soap operas can help us have a good spare time‚ because usually they are very interesting and true-to-life. Another good thing is that soap operas can wake our feelings
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Thai Soap Operas always in favor In some houses‚ family fight for TV remote control and what to watch: Drama‚ Fantasy‚ Comedy‚ or Romance? For many decades‚ prime-time soap operas‚ or Lakorn Nam Nao‚ have remained so popular. From generation to generation‚ Thai people have a very great loyalty to their soaps and their favorite characters. From the greatest-hooked Raeng Ngao‚ the audience becomes addicted to see the battle of wife and mistress. The saga of wife and mistress‚ love
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In a small town in Boston‚ America‚ there are those relationships that can’t be understood. Samantha and Richard have been married for 20-year. They have had two beautiful daughters‚ Alice and Laura. Richard always wonders if Alice really is his daughter because he doesn’t feel there is any connect between him and Alice. Beside‚ he really likes her so he decided to hire a spy to find out about Alice’s DNA. Coincidently‚ the spy Richard hired is Mark – Laura’s husband. But Mark has also made a promising
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Life is not always all about drama‚ and who killed who. These things‚ however‚ are perceptions of reality that people get from different sources‚ like television shows‚ films‚ and music. As we all know‚ not all of these perceptions are always true. Sometimes‚ when people watch soap opera’s they see it as how their life is going to turn out in a couple of years‚ when really soap opera’s are only on television to keep one entertained. In fact‚ most of the things that are in movies and on television
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of this‚ TV has become a very important mass media around the world. Unfortunately‚ this resource isn’t used in a way that people could get the best possible benefits from it. The purpose of this essay is to persuade the reader that people shouldn’t watch very much television because the content of many TV programs is not educational‚ it makes people waste time that could be used in better activities‚ and it negatively affects people’s mental development. The first reason why people shouldn’t
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heard of and people having affairs or getting divorced would have been very slim. Television brought many different and innovative programs‚ soap operas which have become the most popular over the years. These soap operas deal with a variety of different issues‚ but it was in the middle and late 1990’s when this programs started to disturb me. They started to deal with issues such as teenage pregnancy‚ affairs‚ divorce and homosexuality which I found offensive and very disturbing to watch and not only
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Anna Shvets Jennifer Katman Tuesday Thursday T.V Class April 26‚2010 T.V Soap Opera Analysis In the T.V series of “Will and Grace”‚ there is one gay male character named Will‚ one male character named Jack who acts feminine‚ a straight female character named Grace and heterosexual female named Karen which is Graces’ friend. Will and Grace who live together are both looking for love‚ but will never find it with each other because Will is gay and Grace is straight
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Soap operas - pros and cons Many people watch soap operas because they find them enjoyable and realistic. Other points of view are quite the opposite. Some people believe that such sort of films can be very dangerous and unhealthy for one�s personality because they demonstrate false life values. I suppose that soap operas are low-quality products of film industry. They take advantage of bad human desires and intentions. To my mind‚ soap operas humiliate life values and reduce human self-appreciation
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portrayed as fictional or realistic based shows. Some reality and entertainment shows were listed as fictional because for some reason‚ the audience did not perceive the show as realistic. Some individuals included shows that were not necessarily reality based in their definition of reality programming because they perceived the shows as unrealistic like soap operas. Therefore‚ when studying reality television it is important to examine the subcategories within this genre.
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