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I was thinking about the upcoming "Alexis does prison" story and how awful I think it will be. It's one of the story lines that I really think that soap operas just should not attempt because they really do not have the resources to do them realistically. Prison and mob stories always bring out the budget constraints that soaps work within. They don't have the resources to write these stories effectively and the results are generally pitiful. As far as I know, Pentonville is the only coed prison anywhere.
Soaps opera's should stick to their area of expertise, family relations. They can do the hospital stories well as long as they stick with the part in the hallways and recovery rooms, the people part, not the technical drama in the operating room. The drama of a family member who is sick is something they don't need a ton of research to do right. The drama inside a prison or mobster negotiations is not something everyone is familiar with and requires expert research which is beyond their budget. When soaps try to wing it, the results are not good television.
Soaps opera's should stick to their area of expertise, family relations. They can do the hospital stories well as long as they stick with the part in the hallways and recovery rooms, the people part, not the technical drama in the operating room. The drama of a family member who is sick is something they don't need a ton of research to do right. The drama inside a prison or mobster negotiations is not something everyone is familiar with and requires expert research which is beyond their budget. When soaps try to wing it, the results are not good television.
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