There are many things that puzzle me about soap operas
Firstly, I watch TV as an escape from exactly the kinds of mundane, everyday events that they cover. Presumably, their fans don't feel that need?

Secondly, I am told that soaps fulfill a human need that evolved when we lived in small groups or tribes: in today's fragmented and isolating world, soap characters feel like tribe members. Which is another puzzle: if that was MY tribe, I think I'd feel it was time to see what was on the other side of the mountains!

But the biggest puzzle to me is this: surely, the enjoyment of any kind of drama is to see how the story unfolds. Hopefully, the writers have spent time and effort in crafting a finely-honed narrative, so that events are revealed in ways which generate surprise, suspense, intrigue and in fact most of the major emotions. That, I would say, is the whole point. So why the blistering left-handed fuck do soap fans seem so keen to know what's going to happen ahead of time?? They frantically text/fb each other with every tiny morsel of information, and even spend money on magazines which are specifically created to tell them what is coming up in future episodes -- thus destroying any value and enjoyment that the narrative might have held.

Utterly baffling.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 26 Apr 2013, 16:05, 1 reply)

agreed

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 26 Apr 2013, 16:22, closed)