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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 180613" data-attributes="member: 102">That's a reaction to a character based on reality. As human beings we have no other point of reference, i.e., we can't react to a character based on values which don't exist. Dallas differs from real life in how often the characters have to deal with crisis-level situations. It's a drama because it focuses on the most dramatic aspects of life. It continually places its characters in dramatic situations. It's still grounded in reality, or it should be, but it's what I'd describe as "real life with the volume turned up." That's what makes it exciting to watch. If Dallas depicted their characters going through the variety of mundane situations that all of us do on a routine basis, nobody would want to watch it.</blockquote>