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Hello peeps.Here I am with the discussion of the week π
So...most Indian TV soaps are of the "daily soap" format.And we know how they are.Indian soaps are full of the most filler things...eyelocks,look look hawas hawas,unnecessary dragging,never ending problems,countless MU's,kitchen politics,and other such instruments to fill the half hour episodes aired 5 days a week.Since the epis are of the daily format,creatives are forced to show fillers because it is extremely difficult to think of something unique & out of the way,day after day,month after month.Thus... a lot of shows with great concepts lose their quality & often become somewhat of a drag.They lose their unpredicitibility.
Take our TBP itself as an example.It started off as something unlike other youth shows.Eye locks & very coincidental trips were not passed of as romance.Gradually however...the CVs had to resort to the same old formulas with KiSha in the camp track,and even a RaHi eyelock this one time in Panchi's room.Granted they weren't 5 min long ones & not half as cliche as in a lot of other shows,however it decreased the quality of TBP by a notch.
On the other hand is the seasonal format,which is followed by all American shows.And we can see that they are superior to our shows in terms of storyline,quality,treatment of romance & so on.The romance means a lot of meaningful conversations & facing problems together,rather than being apart all the time due to MU's which is what relationships are actually about.Shows which air once a week do not need to have tracks which are dragged & are more successful in holding on to the audience due to the story itself,and not a couple or an actor.Just imagine...if TBP was a 1 hr every week show...would KD's jail have been dragged.It would probably have been wrapped up in 1 or 2 epis,which is what happens in American shows.Thus,a good track wouldn't have made people weary because of its excessive dragging.One of my personal favourites is "The Vampire Diaries".It airs once a week & has 20-22 epis per season.As a result...the show is practically never a drag because each epi is gripping,& no track is dragged because they need to move a substantial part of the story forward in 20 epis.So if there is a track which I don't like,its no big deal because it'll be over in an epi two.Audiences thus never give up on the show because of it becoming monotonous.If they don't like the show in general...well that's a different thing altogether.KiSha & RaHi MU has been going on for a LONG time,while in TVD,Stelena MU lasted for all of I think 2-3 episodes.
This format is also an advantage to the actors.They have long breaks between seasons & can come back refreshed for a new season π
What are your views?Hope to see a no. of interesting replies here.
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