Why people get sucked into soap operas
admin on Дек 10th 2007
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People watch soap operas for various reasons. Some do it out of boredom, some out of curiosity, but the majority out of loneliness.
I have prepared the following explanations of why people get sucked into soaps:
* For some people soap operas portray their dreams and hopes. They offer everything a normal human being might want: love, romance, sex, adventure, money, luxury. All the people dream about those things but only few manage to achieve them.
* Soap operas portray everyday life. They show familiar streets, familiar houses, have similar everyday chores, worries, problems. We like to see our normal everyday life being portrayed and our everyday problems being discussed.
* Some people associate themselves with main characters, they acquire this new identity. They learn from the actors, watch how heroes deal with similar problems.
* Another possibility is when we get hooked on some soap because we used to watch it in our parents or ex-partner’s house and then continue doing it because now it’s a habit.
* Some people truly believe that the characters, portrayed by actors are real. They sympathise with their misfortunes. It makes their day when the soap operas’ characters are happy (get married, give birth, fall in love). It’s like watching a video of somebody’s real life. You follow it from day one till the very end.
* Some people on the other hand, want to get away from real life, from its bitterness, from their problems. They know it’s not real, but it’s an escape, a way to forget everything in the world for an hour or so.
There are people who have no hobbies, they have nothing to occupy themselves with in the hours between work and bed time. They become addicted to soap operas because it their entertainment, their joy, their life, everything.
But some people watch soaps because actors are good (beautiful, witty, famous, etc.) and plot line is interesting and exciting. There are many talented screen writers and directors; they produce soaps that are worth watching.
Whatever reason we get sucked into soap operas it’s our own decision, our own choice. If the soap help us to be content, brings some fun and entertainment to our lives, makes us forget about problems and relax for an hour, then why not get sucked into it as long as it makes us happy
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