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| Pine Valley |
All My Children taught me the lesson of community. In this fast-paced, disposable world, we often have no idea who our neighbors are, let alone the head of the local hospital. But in Pine Valley, albeit a fictional town, as with most other soap locales, there is a sense of community. When tragedy strikes, as it most certainly will in a soap town, all the inhabitants bond together to get through it. Holidays are certainly always family events but in Pine Valley they were also community events with everyone coming together in celebration.
I learned about ectopic pregnancy through the character Brooke English off of AMC. I learned about DID (dissociative identity disorder) through ES/Viki and BW/Jess respectively off of OLTL. I learned about AIDS through the characters Stone and Robin off of GH. With a soap its more detailed and not done too quick like it is on primetime. Not knocking primetime but with a soap you can take your time to really understand what is going on.
ReplyDeleteI learned about the power of love from AMC, OLTL, and GH. When the odds are more than stacked against you, do you just tuck tail and walk away or do you find a way to fight with everything you have for everything that could be yours? That's why Bianca Montgomery fought to be reunited with her daughter. That's why Rex Balsom fought for his son during Shane's brush with Leukemia, and during the bullying storyline. And that's what made Sonny forgive Kate for what "Connie" did with John Zacchara. With love, anything is possible and nothing is impossible. Ranging from 2 people getting together for the long haul, to being compassionate and strong for someone else, to supporting someone through the hardest times of their lives.
ReplyDeletei learned so much from these shows. when i watched the bullying story line it really hit home for me as i was bullied ALOT growing up. i learned that no matter how bad things get theres always a happy ending. i saw first hand what it must feel like to be raped, to be abused. and what it feels to loose a child and what its like to loose a parent. ive learned what real friendship means and what it means to hurt the people you love the most. and lastly i've learned that anything can happen no matter who you are and i learned what they mean when they say girls always go for the bad guy. because my first crush was Jason Morgan :)
ReplyDeleteI learned a lot about tolerance. To not judge people. To look deeper.
ReplyDeleteTo have faith in humanity and to realize I am no better than anyone else and how alike we all are. On the education front I learned about the horror of DID, the heartbreak of losing a child, the strength of women in every conceivable occurrence. In covering soaps I have learned what true courage of convictions means, in the spirit of soap fans everywhere. Soaps have been teaching for 60 + years and with our support will keep on teaching for 60 more