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Soap Operas - Sociology Of The Media And Popular Culture

Are soap operas radical television? Or do they merely support a dominant ideology under capitalism?

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Are soap operas radical television? Or do they merely support a dominant ideology under capitalism?



"Vicki! I…I thought I heard your voice"
Roy Lichtenstein; Vicki; 1964

"Oh, Jeff…I love you, too…But"
Roy Lichtenstein; I love you…but; 1964

Traditional soap opera dialogue is not unlike the pop-artist Roy Lichtenstein's stylised magnification of the commonplace in his satirical paintings of the 1960's. Coupled with Lichtenstein's oft-considered triteness of relationships, which is duplicated in soap operas, both have their critics that regard them high art or inferior pop art. Soap operas provide mass entertainment for a countless number of people of varying gender, age, ethnicity and social position. These electronic melodramas are observed in millions of homes around the globe each day, where it is not uncommon for fans to partake in......


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