I am not using 'soap opera,' as do many scholars, as a portmanteau to refer to just any melodramatic serial. As a self-respecting feminist academic, I realize I am supposed to be ashamed to say so, but for reasons I hope this essay will make clear, I am saying so at once. But in other countries, soap operas can be referred to as 'serials.' I'm relieved to know that I'm not using an improper word for it after all.I really like to watch soap operas. I understand that 'soap opera' is the more common and perhaps proper term in the United States. I have a friend who gives me the hardest time for referring to soap operas as 'serials.'

I would like to thank the author for using the phrase 'serial drama' to describe a soap opera. Why is it that despite such cliched plots, we are glued to our seats when our favorite soap opera is on TV? If they are happy, I feel good and if something bad happens to them, I'm upset. In every soap opera I watch, I tend to like and support certain characters over others. I also think that most of us can find characters in soap operas that we can relate to and connect to. Otherwise, the viewer will quickly get bored. The surprise element is very important for a soap opera to do well. We are glued to our seats because we don't know what's going to happen next.

So even they don't know how the plot is going to end up. Most soap operas (especially ones that last for years) are written by the writers as they go along. April 25, Like the article mentioned, as cliched as soap operas are, they're also very complex.

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