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Soap Operas A potboiler of a topic!
Popular Culture… Many people have a problem taking Soap Operas seriously! The very fact that they are popular often categorises soaps as unworthy of study. Stephen Logan of Cambridge University suggested that  ‘popularity that lasts…remains the most reliable criterion of artistic merit.’
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Soap Opera Themes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Soap Opera Writing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Soap Opera Characters ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Soap Settings… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Soap Audiences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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