Comments on: Kids' soap opera, with a cameo by Nick Hornby: "Dead Ends" http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/kids-soap-opera-with-a-came.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 20:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/kids-soap-opera-with-a-came.html#comment-1608069 Matthew Petty Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200347#comment-1608069 That's my old theatre friend Cally! That’s my old theatre friend Cally!

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/kids-soap-opera-with-a-came.html#comment-1607194 Nathan Hornby Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200347#comment-1607194 "Gritty realism is what a lot of British TV drama is about (see: anything ever broadcast on ITV)" I'm a Coronation Street man myself, although I definitely wouldn't put that in the gritty category :P “Gritty realism is what a lot of British TV drama is about (see: anything ever broadcast on ITV)”

I’m a Coronation Street man myself, although I definitely wouldn’t put that in the gritty category :P

]]> By: aperturehead http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/kids-soap-opera-with-a-came.html#comment-1607108 aperturehead Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200347#comment-1607108 It's obvious the inspiration is somewhere between "Eastenders" and latter-day episodes"The Bill" - some of the actors in this segment are quite compelling, however I'm not certain that most American viewers can decipher the heavy East End patois. Gritty realism is what a lot of British TV drama is about (see: anything ever broadcast on ITV) and I suppose it's great that kids and young adults are writing about their neighborhoods. Jolly good! It’s obvious the inspiration is somewhere between “Eastenders” and latter-day episodes”The Bill” – some of the actors in this segment are quite compelling, however I’m not certain that most American viewers can decipher the heavy East End patois. Gritty realism is what a lot of British TV drama is about (see: anything ever broadcast on ITV) and I suppose it’s great that kids and young adults are writing about their neighborhoods. Jolly good!

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