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    Soap Operas

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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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    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 Opera

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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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    Thai Soap Operas

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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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    Soap Operas and Reality

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    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 are only there to keep one entertained‚ they aren’t supposed to give you a taste of real life. There is a big difference between reality and the reality on soap operas. There is always a lot of drama in soap opera’s. Someone is always sleeping

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    All In The Timing The plays of David Ives are certainly clever and comic. There is no doubt that Ives gives us inventive scenarios that smartly use language and test our knowledge before we chuckle. But what does it all mean‚ anyway? What do we gain from the techniques he uses in the one-act plays of All in the Timing? Are they meaningful works‚ or simply highfalutin vignettes? To answer these questions‚ let’s consider three of his plays: “Words‚ Words‚ Words‚” “Variations on the Death of Trotsky

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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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    T.V Soap Opera Analysis

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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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    Sure Thing By David Ives

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    “Sure thing” is a one act play written by by David Ives in a collection of six acts “All in the timing”. All in the timing has been written by the American playwright between 1987 and 1993. The play consist in a small talk dialogue between a man who will use every approach and a woman who will try all kind of different answers. David Ives choose to focus on the wordplay and the existentialist perspectives on life and meaning. The play lenght length brief and it last only 15 minutes. The story take

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    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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