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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 182112" data-attributes="member: 22">In the UK, we have the British Soap Awards which is a big televised thing. I've never really been a fan of it (even though I did end up being a joke writer for it one year!), partly cos it feels like it kind of separates those involved from the 'proper' TV awards, but mostly cos it's just a big publicity machine anyway (like most, if not all, awards).These days, whenever there's a standout scene or episode of EastEnders, say, people rush on to Twitter to say "X should get the 'Best Actor' at the Soap Awards for that!" I can't help feeling that that minimises their performance in a way, a bit like saying they should get an award like a dog gets a treat for performing a trick. Also, it's a way of trying to quantify something you've been moved by. "Brilliant performance = prize." Maybe it's cos I'm old enough to remember being blown away by an episode of Brookside or Enders or Dallas before the internet or soap awards existed when you'd just sort of sit there afterwards not knowing to do with yourself cos it had been so exciting or devastating or whatever. You didn't think about awards, or even about the actors, you just thought about the story and the characters and how amazing it had been.</blockquote>