On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 3:54:04 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 12:20:23 GMT, Pamela >
> wrote:
>
> >On 21:55 21 Dec 2019, Bruce > wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> >On that basis it is a soap opera. Have you actually seen the series?
>
> I still haven't seen a "Huge beef roast", of even a tiny beef
> roast.... and I'm thinking this is aout a soup opera.

If you'll read Julie's original post, her gauge for a huge beef roast
is "bigger than a football".

Not huge in my opinion.

Cindy Hamilton