On Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:47:12 -0700, jay > wrote:

>On 12/20/19 3:43 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:37:58 GMT, Pamela >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 06:45 20 Dec 2019, Bruce > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:25:08 GMT, Pamela >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 19:25 19 Dec 2019, Dave Smith > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It has all the characteristics of a soap opera. There is a cast of
>>>>>> characters coming in and out of the series, some of them evil, some
>>>>>> somewhat admirable, parallel sub plots, love stories, romance and sex,
>>>>>> betrayals, disappearances and deaths. Some of the characters are down
>>>>>> right evil while others are shown to be capable of doing bad.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suppose even Breaking Bad could be called a soap although that may not
>>>>> the best description.
>>>>
>>>> Of course not. Not that I'm a huge fan, but BB has nothing to do with
>>>> a soap.
>>>
>>> You wouldn't call the subplot of Walter's domestic life and its marital
>>> crises pure soap?
>>
>> That's not enough to call the whole show a soap. Not by a long shot.
>
>
>If they advertise soap it can be called a soap opera. duh

"A soap opera is a radio or television serial dealing especially with
domestic situations and frequently characterized by melodrama and
sentimentality." (Wiki)

It's not a soap opera.