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Old 12-12-2010, 17:00   #101
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Re: Coronation Street tram crash

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Originally Posted by gynn View Post
One of the great things about Soaps is everyone's complete amnesia regarding past events when it suits the current storyline. Characters can do the most dastardly things to each other, and rather than carrying a grudge about it foerever (as you and I would), weeks later it is completely forgotten.

A hilarious example was on Eastenders a few months ago, when Max and his wife Tanya were sharing an intimate moment. A few weeks previously, she'd left him for dead, buried alive in the woods......

I think its called dramatic licence.
A bit like Accyweb .. on one debate we are sending 'hatchet through the head' smilies... next debate 'throwing kisses' smilies...
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