Soaps

Today was spent writing and writing. Actually, typing and typing would be more accurate. I wrote a nine page paper and an eight page paper and posted lots of interesting things to my (online) classes. I actually spent all weekend doing school work, not venturing out of the house till nine o'clock tonight.

Part of the time was spent watching soap operas for the paper I have yet to write. I watched General Hospital and then Days of Our Lives. Now, I am not a soap opera connoisseur, but I do enjoy two soap operas from time to time -- The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. The comparison between these soap operas and really any other soap operas out there is like night and day. Y&R and B&B are so polished, well lit, and based on, at worst, semi-watchable storylines -- storylines that MOVE, might I add.

General Hospital was the first one that I watched for my paper, and I thought that the storyline was fairly terrible. There was a lot of depressing Soprano-wannabe action going on and there was no humor whatsoever. The only saving grace was the crazy character Zacchara who babbles on about gardening, yells a lot and throws huge glass vases at people's heads. There was much bad lighting and scenery to be had in GH. The lighting was so poor that it made Jax (remember when he was the GH hottie back in the 90s? you don't? oh.) look like a walking deadman with gray skin.

That said, from my soap opera watching I have discerned that Days of Our Lives is possibly the worst soap opera on television. Nothing happens in it, the storylines require a complete suspension of reality, and the film quality and lighting is so poor that I often found myself squinting to discern what they were wearing. If I had to watch this soap opera regularly, I think I might go insane. Also, nothing actually happens -- they just talk in pretty much the same location for the entire episode. They must not have much of a budget for sets, or writers for that matter.

Anyway, I am glad my soap watching is over and I really don't think I could watch a soap if it wasn't for Y&R or B&B.