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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 109739" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>I don't think it's <em>what</em> happens that's changed over the years so much as the <em>way</em> it happens. For instance, if I recall correctly, the word rape isn't even mentioned in relation to Deirdre's experience under the viaduct. The whole incident is handled very discreetly, whereas nowadays it would probably be a big old twisty-turny whodunnit with revenge plots and helplines coming out of the whazoo. I'm not saying one is automatically "better" than another, just that they are very different approaches to the same subject.</p><p></p><p>What struck me when watching '70s episodes of <em>Coronation Street</em> and <em>Emmerdale</em> <em>Farm</em> is how important the structure of the working day is. Earning a living (or skiving, if you're Stan Ogden) takes precedence for the characters over whatever they might be experiencing in their personal lives. There's none of this "Mind me stall, will ya Shrimpy, - I just need to go and have a dramatic confrontation in the Vic. I'll only be about half an episode." It's more imperative that the sheep be dipped or that the tins in the corner shop be rearranged or whatever. So the dramatic fireworks are arranged around the minutiae of everyday life rather than the other way round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 109739, member: 22"] I don't think it's [I]what[/I] happens that's changed over the years so much as the [I]way[/I] it happens. For instance, if I recall correctly, the word rape isn't even mentioned in relation to Deirdre's experience under the viaduct. The whole incident is handled very discreetly, whereas nowadays it would probably be a big old twisty-turny whodunnit with revenge plots and helplines coming out of the whazoo. I'm not saying one is automatically "better" than another, just that they are very different approaches to the same subject. What struck me when watching '70s episodes of [I]Coronation Street[/I] and [I]Emmerdale[/I] [I]Farm[/I] is how important the structure of the working day is. Earning a living (or skiving, if you're Stan Ogden) takes precedence for the characters over whatever they might be experiencing in their personal lives. There's none of this "Mind me stall, will ya Shrimpy, - I just need to go and have a dramatic confrontation in the Vic. I'll only be about half an episode." It's more imperative that the sheep be dipped or that the tins in the corner shop be rearranged or whatever. So the dramatic fireworks are arranged around the minutiae of everyday life rather than the other way round. [/QUOTE]
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