[Acrylic-bob]

I did not watch last nights amateur dramatics. I am getting a bit fed up with Soaps, Coronation Street in particular. They and the people in them take themselves far too seriously for it to be enjoyable. When I watch a soap I want a laugh, a bit of salacious gossip and a bit of a bitch fest. I don't want some half-arsed attempt at gritty social realism. Soaps are "bad taste". and the only thing that makes bad taste palatable is going "over the top" with it. A prime example in the field was the American series "Dynasty", which was so far "over the top" it became ART!

What soap isn't about, is real people living real lives. God knows we get enough of that everyday of the week. What happened to the studied nastiness of Ena Sharples or the fragile pretensions of Annie Walker?

And don't get me started on Eastenders or we will be here all day.