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Soap! the Inside Story of the Sitcom That Broke All the Rules (hardback)

Soap! the Inside Story of the Sitcom That Broke All the Rules (hardback)

Berman, A. S.

Hardcover

Television

ISBN10: 1629330612
ISBN13: 9781629330617
Publisher: Bearmanor Media
Published: Dec 9 2013
Pages: 456
Weight: 2.94
Height: 1.00 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

This is the story of two sisters, Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell, and the world that their two families made. From its tumultuous beginnings in 1977 to its end by firing squad, onscreen and off, Soap was as passionate and controversial as the times in which it was made.

During its four-year run, it tackled the subjects of sex, death, depression, infidelity, family, and the absurdities of the human condition, all with a wit and gentleness never before seen on American screens. Throughout that time, a vocal minority hounded the sitcom and its parent network, ABC, over its perceived irreverence toward the mores of a declining generation, even as the real world was convulsed by terrorism, energy crises and fallout from the Vietnam conflict and Watergate. Though continued pressures from these groups would bring about an early end to the series, its cast and crew would go on to change the face of American entertainment, earning Soap an enduring place in American culture.

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