5 Reasons We Love Tracy Barlow

(This post was originally posted by Flaming Nora on the Coronation Street Blog May 2017, reposted to this blog with permission.)

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We all love to hate soap villiains. But there are some bad characters who are so downright despicable, that you love them.  For me, it's Corrie's Tracy Barlow, played by the brilliant Kate Ford, and here's why I love her so much.

Tracy loves her late mum, Deirdre

From her dodgy, homemade ash trays to her huge glasses, Tracy may have given Deidre hell, but she loved her. Kate Ford had great chemistry with Anne Kirkbride.

Her one liners

Years ago, Tracy may have been upstairs listening to her tapes, but since Kate Ford took over the role, her lines have had audiences laughing out loud.

To Liz: "You are a nagging, sponging, life sapping old tart.!" Nuff said!

She tells Ken when he's being boring

She's Deidre's daughter, alright and she takes Ken on, when he is so boring that paint watches him dry.

How low can she go?

Who can forget when she pretended to sleep with confused Roy Cropper? Even though we all love Roy, you gotta laugh!

Kate Ford

When the writers are on the money, Ford excels. She relishes killer lines and fires them at innocent characters like bullets. As long as this gifted actress sticks with Corrie, we have more priceless scenes to come.

So, I'm hoping that one of soaps super villians sticks around. 'Tracy luv' rocks and I don't love to hate her, I heart Ms Barlow!

By Glenn Meads who is on Twitter and LinkedIn
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