(This post was originally posted by Graeme N on the Coronation Street Blog in January 2013.)I'm in whingey, whiney mode again, and I make no apologies for this. I feel like I'm performing a public service! What is going on with Coronation Street? It's beginning to drive me bonkers.
Is there something in the water in Weatherfield? Less that two weeks ago Fiz-Bomb Stape was nearly gassed to death in her very own front parlour and what now? Back, full of life, slopping out cold beans and limp toast to Jason "I've got my hands on Stella's pumps" Grimshaw. Not in the real world.
And as for Jason and St Ella, the Cougar of the parish. What are the Coronation Street production team trying to do to me? Do they really not like me at all? Do they know I need to diet after Christmas so they've produced this coupling to put me off my Scotch pies and Tunnocks Teacakes? Perhaps Jason will be the dumper this time instead of the dumped and surprise us all?
The Roy and Mary thing? Not again! Now, I really like Roy and Mary is ok in small doses, but I feel this has been done to death already. Now we know Hayley is leaving I get nervous every time I see Mary circling Roy like a barmy piranha. Please do not put them together. I worry a future plot line will see Roy taped up and held prisoner in that motorhome.
Leanne and Nick. Leanne and Peter. Carla and Peter. Leanne and Nick again. How many more permutations of this can we cope with? I am waiting for the writers to have them all go gay. We are getting to the point where this story is not only scraping the bottom of the barrel, it's underneath it. I'm surprised we've not had Leanne having an affair with Carla and Peter shacking up with Nick. Give it time...How many times have we seen the classic plot device of a one night stand leading to a pregnancy? Here we go again, this time with David and Kylie. And how many times have we had a desperate dash to an abortion clinic to stop it taking place? Such issues are not to be taken lightly but it feels like it's storylining by numbers to add to the "explosive" drama.
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2 comments:
I've been watching for 25 years. This last year my friends and family mostly gripe about the unreal storylines. I've been wondering if others feel the same way. Did some searching on the web and it's a common viewer complaint. I sure hope Corrie writers and producers are listening.
Regarding: "How many times have we seen the classic plot device of a one night stand leading to a pregnancy? Here we go again, this time with David and Kylie. And how many times have we had a desperate dash to an abortion clinic to stop it taking place?"
It goes back at least to David's mom, when she was stopped by Martin on her way to abort what would later become evil David. And has been played over and over again. Lazy writing.
It would be interesting to have a "here we go again" article and list all the repetitive Corrie story lines. Such as, every man (after Martin) that Gail gets involved with, goes mad.
Yes, repetetive storylines are so annoying. But with David, I kind of like the idea that he's gone through exactly what his father went through. See http://tvor-downeast.blogspot.com/2013/01/life-comes-full-circle-for-david.html
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