[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by BB_Eye

The point of EastEnders is that everybody screams, smashes plates, sets pubs on fire, succumbs to crack addictions that last a fortnight and steals children in order to serve up "hard-hitting drama".

I had to cringe when a Daily Mirror hack praised Lindsey Coulson's performance (as Carol Jackson) in the pathetically mawkish, seen-it-all-before storyline on the death of Billie as 'heart-rending'. As if only a distinguished actor were capable of pacing back and forth and biting their nails with no make-up on. Give the girl a BAFTA.

I thought everybody agreed soaps are intentionally over-the-top trash TV, but apparently there are even "journalists" that take them seriously. No wonder Britain has some of the worst TV on Earth.

I take it you haven't seen much American TV