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           CS2x
             from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-19 13:19 [#02135095]
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 I've occasionally seen this glorious BBC soap, and whenever  I have seen it, there's been a bad guy doing bad things. The  bad people always stand out because they are well-spoken, or  posh. Why is this? I mean, of course, in London's East End,  you'd expect the crimminals to be educated, posh folk,  wouldn't you?  
 
  
         
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           Co-existence
             from Bergen (Norway) on 2007-10-19 13:30 [#02135097]
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Nick Cotton...
 
  
         
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           hanal
             from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-19 14:43 [#02135135]
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RAP_ENDERS
 
  
         
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           ecnadniarb
             on 2007-10-19 14:45 [#02135137]
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the people of the east end all love each other and look out  for each other...they don't cause trouble for their own. The  posh hate this and are seeking to destroy the last true  british community.
 
  y da fuk u lookin at dat?
 
  
         
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           CS2x
             from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-19 14:55 [#02135147]
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Ahh, now I understand. :-)
 
  
         
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           pantalaimon
             from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-19 17:20 [#02135252]
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I HATE Eastenders with a passion, whenever i see a scene  from it there is someone crying on th stairs, or someone  jumping off the top of a building after there wedding, or  dying on christmas day, almost every year... or  maybe  someone finds out they have cancer.
 
  glad to see the viewer numbers dropping, maybe people are  getting fed up of the contrived, manipulative, depressing  storylines. 
 
  
         
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           CS2x
             from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-19 18:57 [#02135298]
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"glad to see the viewer numbers dropping, maybe people are  getting fed up of the contrived, manipulative, depressing  storylines."
  I agree with your description. It's also very preachy, which  is even more irritating given how life-defying it is in  every way.
 
 
 
  
         
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           CS2x
             from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-10-19 18:59 [#02135300]
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If a character tries to better themselves or they have a  well paid job they are shown to be a bad person - if thy  have a working class job or are generally unsuccessful they  are intrinsically good and loveable.  
 
  
         
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           Co-existence
             from Bergen (Norway) on 2007-10-19 19:01 [#02135301]
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I'm more an Home and Away man myself...I mean, soaps should  be frothy and neat as well, after all it is  enter-friggin-tainment... 
 
  
         
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