soap commentaries, 

soap commentaries,

I lifted this off SZ, and I liked it so much decided to post it here
"]SOME "writers" "write" as if this were still the 1950's and the viewers didn't know any better and couldn't find out "the rest of the story". When the same viewers can watch the detail oriented writings of CSI, Law and Order and other primetime hits, WHY would they ride along with the half-way to half-@ssed crap that Guza, in particular, is shilling? Why waste their time? We do more research on this soap board than Guza does before he starts to "write" his "stories"...and he gets paid to get it right.
Why sit through Type G blood?

Why sit through a bullet through the head being "a flesh wound"?

Why sit through the dumbest cops ever to graduate from a police academy?

Reruns/Marathons of Law and Order are much more interesting and dramatic.

It's the writer's own fault that they're losing fans at a very rapid rate. Stuntcasting won't fix it. Good writing might stem the tide, but it will take months of good writing so the fans will believe that it's the new trend."


Soaps have been touted as stupid and cheesy even in the height of their era, but it realy got me thinking...how could they possibly sustain viewership in daytime vs the newest selections of quality shows? LawORder repeats bajillion times a day, HGTV has its shows for the stay at home moms, etc.