Do you think it's authentic?
 

I watched a bit of Eastenders last night before turning to ITV4 to watch the mighty blues (who weren't so mighty last night) and was struck by what a parody of the east end it is.

Although it wins Best Soap year in year out I find the plots, dialogue and characters laughable. So I just wondered whether people from other parts of the UK who've maybe never been to East London think it's a fair representation to show a predominantly white community all working as coster mongers, having constant run ins with the police and using rhyming slang all the time.

Mind you, Samantha Janus is still fit. Does anyone remember her in 'Game On' from the nineties?... 'Skunk Pussies and Gism Monkeys' - brilliant.

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Come on man it is a SOAP, there only to make money.
TERRY

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LOL, I would say the show is almost the total opposite to the real life in the East End I knew, mind you that was a few years ago.

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Beats Coronation Street any day....and I come from Corrie land!!

The best soap by far is Emmerdale :thumbsup:

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Thing is Terry, you know it's a soap and I know it's a soap but the programme makers believe it's social commentary. How many times at the end of the show do they ask 'have you been effected by any of the issues on tonights episode?

The scriptwriters have probably never been further east than Esher. They might as well dress the whole cast as Pearlies singing 'Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road'.

As for making money - it's a BBC show so it's our bloody money they're making, me old china!

Re: Do you think it's authentic?
 

Yes
But say you what?
TERRY

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Yes, at least it's still got a farm in it.

The other thing I find with Eastenders is the continuity and reasearch errors.

The other week Pat was watching The Wizard of Oz with Ian's kids in darkness while Ian is outside the hospital with Steven in broad daylight.

Even in these days of relaxed penal servitude you can't go and visit someone in prison on a whim as if you were going to see your Aunt or transfer Visiting Orders whenever or to whoever you like.

As you can tell, I still watch it, but it's usually to pick holes in it much to Jan's annoyance.

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It, like ALL TV programmes is there to entertain you, it's not rocket science, and if you don't like it, or anyother programme for that matter, you always have the OFF button at your disposal. Yes there are continuity mistakes, and the TV watching bit could have been dark because all the curtains were closed, not because it was supposed to be dark. It's not real life or anywhere like it, if they did show real life no one would watch because it would be so boring in a small community like that. Sorry, rant over, and yes I DO watch EE.

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[QUOTE=mikelincs;5522972] you always have the OFF button at your disposal.




Well said there. but most people only know the on button.
TERRY

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What.

MATT

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Please dont start him off again!

SAM

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Why?
MATT

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I'm as much in the dark as you, which is why I ignored it.

Re: Do you think it's authentic?
 

Do you need to ask?

SAM

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You will be in the dark with most of his posts ;)

SAM