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Are gays killing Coronation Street?
It's been a quiet day on the Muslim front, so perhaps it's time to stir up a little anti-gay sentiments?
http://www.dailymail....s-gay-characters.html
Now...as far as I'm aware, Eastenders, Emmerdale and even The Archers feature prominent stories with gay characters and yet their ratings don't seem affected (even when the Daily Mail printed a made-up story about viewers' outrage at 'man-on-man' bedroom scene last month.
So what IS it with certain right wing papers?
http://www.dailymail....s-gay-characters.html
Now...as far as I'm aware, Eastenders, Emmerdale and even The Archers feature prominent stories with gay characters and yet their ratings don't seem affected (even when the Daily Mail printed a made-up story about viewers' outrage at 'man-on-man' bedroom scene last month.
So what IS it with certain right wing papers?
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I no longer watch Corrie, but the complaints surround the issue of storylines moving too far away from the original remit - life in a northern street. I think the addition of gay characters is not an issue in itself, more an indication of an apparent wish to 'modernise' the soap, which is not going down well with its core audience.
I think people are looking back at Tony Warren who himself was gay but always wrote about life in a small terraced street in Lancashire and tried to make it as real as possible whereas this producer seems to be overloading the Street with a lot of Gay people, considering it is a very small street, it looks a bit top heavy...ermmm and I am not homophobic either btw!
Tony Warren still is gay - he is very much alive.
The only point in which his sexuality is relavent here is his ear for dialogue which he picked up as a child playing under the table while his mum and her neighbours gossiped. From that experience came the 'strong' women that made Corrie such groundbreaking TV in the sixties.
The only point in which his sexuality is relavent here is his ear for dialogue which he picked up as a child playing under the table while his mum and her neighbours gossiped. From that experience came the 'strong' women that made Corrie such groundbreaking TV in the sixties.
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perhaps most of the corrie viewing public have only met one or two gays in their life, so having several down one street is probably pushing the boundaries of believability a little too far ?
however, given the popularity of peoplelike dale winton, julian cleary, alan carr, graham norton, lily savage etc etc amongst a certain demographic, its likely that such women are the core viewers of corrie as well.
mrs kou doesn't watch corrie, but she loves watching a camp man like alan carr doin his thang.
however, given the popularity of peoplelike dale winton, julian cleary, alan carr, graham norton, lily savage etc etc amongst a certain demographic, its likely that such women are the core viewers of corrie as well.
mrs kou doesn't watch corrie, but she loves watching a camp man like alan carr doin his thang.
Well, according to the report, there are a gay couple, a transexual (which doesn't count as 'gay') and a lesbian schoolgirl.
So three characters out of a regular revolving cast of sixty. That's about 8%.
Also, I don't see how Corrie would survive if it were exactly the same programme that Tony Warren devised in the 60s...in some kind of time warp!
So three characters out of a regular revolving cast of sixty. That's about 8%.
Also, I don't see how Corrie would survive if it were exactly the same programme that Tony Warren devised in the 60s...in some kind of time warp!
I don't watch Coronation Street............but this comes from Mrs sqad.
She feels that as life, the real world has moved on and this is reflected in the stories of Coronation Street and of the characters. She rather enjoys Corrie and gays are just part of it, but there again, she ALWAYS got on well with gays.......even a couple of medical colleagues who were gay.
Me?.............I don't care anymore...........just bring them on.
She feels that as life, the real world has moved on and this is reflected in the stories of Coronation Street and of the characters. She rather enjoys Corrie and gays are just part of it, but there again, she ALWAYS got on well with gays.......even a couple of medical colleagues who were gay.
Me?.............I don't care anymore...........just bring them on.
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