Soaps aren't that bad. They are historical. Some soaps, such as "Passions" suck, but other shows such as Y&R and General Hospital and All My Children are fantastic. Sure they have their flaws, what show doesn't. They have been on the air for decades, they practically gave birth to the Primetime Soaps we watch such as Desperate Housewives and Knots Landing. They aren't as overly dramatic as you think. And the actors of these shows aren't the HORRIBLE actors you think they are....except the recast for Greenlee on AMC. God she's awful. But really, and I know that some a$$hole is going to say it so I'll set the record straight, I AM NOT SOME LAZY A$$ FAT MIDDLE AGED WOMAN WITH NO LIFE WHO SITS AT HOME AND WATCHES SOAPS 24/7. You don't know me so you CAN'T make that assumption. I have a life. I watch these shows to escape reality from time to time, when I can watch them. I like them, and it's stupid that people THINK these historic giants are crap.
2007-09-04 15:47:23 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Soap Operas
Some of hollywoods best actors came from these shows. The people that run these shows work extra hard and shouldn't be spit in the faces of the public. Hell, I bet that 95 % of the bigots that say these shows are crap have NEVER even seen them before. You probably watched ONE episode and thought, this is CRAP. Well watch a few more, you'll see your wrong. Just saying. I like these shows. And again, whatever INSULTS you most likely will throw at me, aren't true. You don't know me. Your accusations (leave me the f*ck alone Spelling police) aren't true becuase you'd have to KNOW me to make them.
2007-09-04 15:50:23 · update #1
Boy are you on a roll! Don't know why you're so negative.Every body is entitled to their own opinion.I myself like Y&R & B&B. I hope you have a better day today.
2007-09-04 23:02:45 · answer #1 · answered by Betty M 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Not to worry about negative comments from me. I love GH, AMC, and GH and the people that look at these intials that hate the shows probably won't even know what I am talking about ! Soaps are entertainment and also an escape from your own life. I agree with you on the new Greenlee.....yuck. The flaws in soaps are there for a reason. They make you realize that life isn't perfect for the actors on any of the soaps. Many times, I have realized due to the soaps that my life could be much worse. I don't make any assumption about you or anyone. The soaps serve a purpose and are popular enough to be on the TV all these years. I remember being in the hospital and making sure that in the TV room that Luke and Laura's wedding was what I absolutley had to see! I did! It was beautiful and we begin to relate and even think we know these actors that come into our lives everyday afternoon. It is quite interesting to me to see how an episode will turn out. We laugh with them, we cry for them, we might hate their character, but they are a part of our lives! I really don't see any difference than people who watch primetime shows and follow those episodes. It's important to them and so is ours. Same thing......different time. I am very intelligent and have been watching since 1970! Of course I have missed episodes, but I can catch up on soaps.
I don't believe that soap opera stars get their due in this world. Look how long it took Susan Lucci (AMC) to finally get an award. What a shame as she is great. She says and does things that most of us wish we could have said or would have said to another person in real life. Most of the actors are good and don't get proper respect like they should. Why? Is it just because they are on during the daytime. That is just crazy and wrong. I also don't think they get anywhere near the pay that they should get like other actors.
So girlfriend...............get that remote and enjoy your shows and I will do the same. Who cares what others think? I don't!
They are certainly people we may look up to, love or hate, and we can learn something from watching and being the avid fans we are! I think some people might be jealous of their looks and bodies too. So..........don't change that station!
I'm with you!
2007-09-04 16:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Remember when Dallas hit the air and all these people who hated soaps suddenly fell in love with the show and then tried to act like it wasn't really a "soap"? Well I love watching soaps. Of course,like any show,some actors are better than others, just as some characters are better written than others.Sometimes the storylines may be far fetched or sometimes like a rehash of the same thing you saw the month before but sometimes life makes circles too!
2007-09-08 06:25:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which side of the bed did you get up on? It is peoples choice to watch or not to watch soap operas as with any show.
I personally haven't the time to sit in front of the TV and watch every single episode but I do try and catch my favorites once every 2 weeks or so.
Honestly I am probably keeping up as much as someone who does have the leisure of sitting and watching them every day. Years ago I stopped watching AMC, it got boring, and I came back after about a year or so and the same old plots where there and it took nothing more than a few episodes to catch up on the years worth of the same old same old.
Each to his own when they choose their own entertainment and how to spend their time.
2007-09-05 01:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always Hated Kate Roberts from TOOLS, but I stopped hating her when she started ruining Daniel and Chloe's lives, I hate Daniel and Chloe. I used to like Chloe, but after she came back from Europe she became a tramp, and I can't stand Daniel because he just sleeps with anyone. I really wish they kill Daniel off right now, I will cry of happiness when that happends. I also hated Ivy Crane from Passions, what an evil woman, and she was so evil and she still got everything she wanted after all the stuff she has done, and the woman that she made her life miserable ended up dieing. A lot of evil people from Passions got everything they wanted when the good person ended up losing, that was kinda weird.
2016-05-17 04:37:39 · answer #5 · answered by gladis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um... don't pay attention to those people. Soaps are just fun, but they are addictive, can have cheesy acting, writing, and camerawork. They do tend to get some facts wrong too. Like Days had a divorce finalized via fax... a fax is not a legal document!! That really irritated me. I can only imagine other things they get wrong... Plus people tend to come back from the dead a lot. But, as I say, they are fun. It's a fun escape for an hour.
2007-09-06 18:30:11 · answer #6 · answered by Brittae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because soap operas are nothing but whiney, depressing bullshit. The females in the soaps are overly dependent on love and they send a message to females everywhere that their lives are not complete without a male to love them. They are overly dramactic and they whine and cry when they don't get their way.
Males in the soaps are ******* cry babies! I've more balls than those men will every have! I've been dumped, rejected, and cheated on plenty of times! Did I cry? No, I didn't! I took it in stride. It's how the world works! Get used to it!
Aside from the emtionally psychotic females and the whiney homo face males, the writing in soaps are poor! They use the same far fetched, chessy plots where a woman is on the verge of suicide because her boyfriend is going somewhere far away, or a man is bawling his eyes out cause his girlfriend cheated on him.
In all honest sense, I think soap operas are nothing but a waste of time that focus WAY too much on love, drama, and sadness. I can see why this crap is targeted for women.
Why can't soap operas be happy, and humerous, and not full of so much drama and love and sadness? How you women stand the love, the drama, and the sadness?
2014-04-11 06:29:36 · answer #7 · answered by Mat 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know because in my opinion they are really no different than nighttime dramas and people don't knock them like they do soaps. Like you said some of them really suck and I agree with Passions, but the majority have superb actors who have went on to bigger and better things.They are surely more realistic than movies that people pay big bucks to see.How lucky are soap fans? Soaps never go on hiatus we get a new show 5 days a week except for holidays. We don't have to wait months to find out what happens on our shows.
2007-09-05 02:37:48 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Jen♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is because most people think that they are only for like old mothers with nothing better to do than read love novels, watch soaps, and sit there with a box of tissues to ball all the time...i really get angry with those people when i tell people that i watch all my children! i absolutely LOVE that show and couldn't do a whole lot without it! i mean, it's got love, drama, humor, crimes, mysteries, action, and everything that a good show or movie should have!
2007-09-05 09:39:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if I can say it better myself. Alot of actors got their start on daytime. I know I used to drive my ex nuts everytime I saw a former soap star on TV or in a movie - boy did he hate it when I told him that the Green Hornet on Smallville used to be on Passions! haha. Guys watch soaps to, they just don't realize it - Wrestling is such a guys soap opera it isn't even funny!
2007-09-04 16:10:35 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ Sarah K ♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most of the people who hate soaps are probably people whose mom's watched them when they were kids, and they weren't allowed to change the channel to watch something else during the day or afterschool. so they've associated soaps with bad memories and haven't given them a fair chance.
i personally love soap operas because of the interesting storylines and the interaction between the characters. not to mention all the hot guys.
2007-09-04 16:55:17 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋