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If you are a soap opera fan you have likely had at least one
conversation with someone who passionately thought soap operas were a complete
waste of everyone’s time. In fact, I
would go so far as to say most people who do not watch soap operas or have them
in their blood would think Soapers are crazy or worse.
It is always fun educating non-Soapers on the many merits,
and sometimes life-altering benefits of soap operas. Most do not realize, for example, that soap
operas play an important role in such things as short-term memory
rehabilitation; companionship for the ill, disabled, shut-ins, bedridden, and recently widowed; language skills tutors for stroke victims and second language students; and
bringing socially-charged topics into discussion through storytelling.
I love soap operas for all those reasons and more. They provide a place where you watch a story
unfold that provides entertainment and comfort in a familiar setting across
decades through good times and difficult ones.
Why do you love soap operas?
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We live in a fast-paced, gone-in-a-minute world. Soaps give us a much needed moment of pause to connect with families, relationships and histories who have been part of fans' lives for decades, sometimes longer than our real life families. They provide a continuity of life that connects the past to the future.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comment Sha_Bu! Well said!
DeleteI love soap operas because when I sit down to watch one, it is nice to forget the world, and focus on a fictional one. It is also nice to listen to another persons problems that are fictional. I will always love soaps. I LOVE my GH, DAYS, and YR families.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comment Casey! Yes, soaps are great for taking a pause from daily stress and for a little entertainment with the stories, trails, tribulations, and outcomes of fictional characters.
DeleteSoap operas were one of the first topics I remember having long conversations about with my Grandmother. These people (I know they're not real!) were a part of my life before I could talk and I could count on that stability 5 days a week no matter what else was going on. They brought me comfort,happiness and education while allowing me to laugh, cry and be angry. I know some of these characters better than my own extended family and I grew up with others. When I was upset in the spring of 2011, my husband couldn't understand my grief - until we started talking about some of the WWF wrestlers from his childhood. Then he said "you've 'seen' these people almost every day of your life. Of course you miss them." I loved him so much for understanding.
ReplyDeleteThey do also give me a break from my real life and it's frustrations. The soaps (and now my soap 'family' of friends) helped me greatly after my mom passed and a local tragedy occurred. While I still miss my mom (and Grandma and Great Grandma...) I think of them fondly when watching soaps today, as they watched before and with me.
Thank you so much for your comment Robynne! Your story is so touching! Thank you for sharing it!
DeleteAnd thank you Flo, because I have come to love these forums, discussions, articles, polls and chats about soaps as much as the shows themselves. :)
ReplyDeleteOh Robynne, thank you so much!
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