Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[mariba]

I think Liz is the best woman on the street

I like Leanne and Carla best. But yes, Liz is good-and very real tears..!

[parkerman]

Gail is just becoming a caricature of herself. It's all getting way out of hand and over the top. Please give her some decent lines, scriptwriters and not this complete fawning silliness.

[Dazzle]

Gail is just becoming a caricature of herself. It's all getting way out of hand and over the top. Please give her some decent lines, scriptwriters and not this complete fawning silliness.

I agree, Gail's often unwatchable nowadays. The scene where she begged Michael for a hug was incredibly cringeworthy. I couldn't blame him for choosing Eileen after that vomit-inducing display.

I do think Helen Worth must bear some of the blame too. She's a good actress, but she and the writers seem to have got stuck in a rut of portraying the character as silly, simpering, desperate, eyelash-fluttering Gail to the exclusion of all else. She can be very funny at times, but there used to be so much more to Gail. She's been dumbed-down, like much of Corrie nowadays.

I was complaining about Michael and Eileen getting together in another thread, but there's no doubt she was by far the more attractive option tonight.

[Perdita]

Yessss, what a lovely slap it was too

[mariba]

I think Sarah Harding is terrible - can't act at all! And why to slap Tracy? It's her husband who deserved that!? I'm confused.. Tim's proposal was the best! ��

[mariba]

I think Sarah Harding is terrible - can't act at all! And why to slap Tracy? It's her husband who deserved that!? I'm confused.. Tim's proposal was the best! ��

[Perdita]

I think Sarah Harding is terrible - can't act at all! And why to slap Tracy? It's her husband who deserved that!? I'm confused.. Tim's proposal was the best! ��

Well, yes, it was really Robert that deserved the slap but I see it as retribution for all the heartache and grief Tracy has caused over so many years

[Dazzle]

Oh, the irony of Tracy saying "that's the last time I get reeled in by a man" (or words to that effect) as if butter wouldn't melt!

I'm with Perdita in celebrating Tracy getting slapped.

Sally and Tim were funny and sweet. I wonder if we're going to have a wedding in the live episode?

I think Sarah Harding is terrible - can't act at all! And why to slap Tracy? It's her husband who deserved that!? I'm confused..

It is strange how it's the woman who usually gets the blame when a man cheats in soaps. Does this happen much in real life? Certainly when I read other forums and comments under articles about cheating, it's noticeable the woman gets the most blame in those situations - even when she's not the one who broke any vows. It's bizarre and highly sexist - and women can be as sexist as men in apportioning blame.

[maidmarian]

Dupl

[maidmarian]

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It is strange how it's the woman who usually gets the blame when a man cheats in soaps. Does this happen much in real life? Certainly when I read other forums and comments under articles about cheating, it's noticeable the woman gets the most blame in those situations - even when she's not the one who broke any vows. It's bizarre and highly sexist - and women can be as sexist as men in apportioning blame. :ang[ry:[/QUOTE]

Not a scientific study Dazzle - but Id say its
the reverse in real life-I find women get more
sympathy there- especially if they are looking
after any children. Which is usual -but not always
the case.

I think women getting the blame in soaps is
sexist. But it seems to be one of the soap
laws- also be dim or a doormat and if
they start out ok make them into a drunk
or generally a "not-coper"!! Unless they are
a hag or a harridan!

Its evident in all the soaps in different ways
so its something fundamental in attitudes!

As said before it would be good if a young
female character got a career or an equal
relationship.**
Times are hard- but some people in real
life manage it and it would be good if
occasionally it happened in soaps.
If people are told "not possible/ likely"
often enough it can become self-fulfulling!

** There does seem.to be a strange idea
prevalent in soap management about
what would appeal to viewers as a"good
relationship". !!