There's a great article in The Yorkshire Evening Post to which I found myself nodding my head in agreement with almost every word. It lays out some of the things the writer finds wrong with Corrie at the minute and I now propose some ways to take that further.So here it is. My ten-step plan to get Coronation Street out of its current slump.
1. Get rid of Uncle Umed. He's not big, he's not clever and he's certainly not funny.
2. Get rid of the Windasses. Ditto.
3. Don't go into overdrive with Becky Granger. Yes, fans love her but we can have too much of a good thing. Remember what happened with Sean Tully?
4. Get rid of Tony Gordon and send him to EastEnders.
5. Bring back Curly Watts and while you're at it, bring back Spider Nugent too.
6. Have Norris come out of the closet, at last.
7. Give more airtime to Betty.
8. Give Deirdre Barlow a toy-boy.
9. Give Gail Platt something to smile about, possibly an affair with Eileen Grimshaw.
10. Marry Roy and Hayley Cropper - legally.
And that's it. Not much to ask, is it? I'm still loving Coronation Street with my personal highlight being the quality of the writing. Stories I'm currently enjoying are Martha, Ken and Deirdre in the Bermuda triangle of love, Blanche and little Simon, the Websters are fab, Norris, Rita and Emily as always are superb, Liz and Lloyd are good fun and Darryl and Amber are ace.
So come on Corrie, pull your socks up and, in the words of Oliver Cross: "Either get your act together or we'll, er, keep moaning about you and possibly boycott Harveys The Furniture Store, even though most of us would have to start shopping there first."
7 comments:
1. Get rid of Uncle Umed. He's not big, he's not clever and he's certainly not funny.
2. Get rid of the Windasses. Ditto.
3. Don't go into overdrive with Becky Granger. Yes, fans love her but we can have too much of a good thing. Remember what happened with Sean Tully?
4. Get rid of Tony Gordon and send him to EastEnders.
5. Bring back Curly Watts and while you're at it, bring back Spider Nugent too.
6. Have Norris come out of the closet, at last.
7. Give more airtime to Betty.
8. Give Deirdre Barlow a toy-boy.
9. Give Gail Platt something to smile about, possibly an affair with Eileen Grimshaw.
10. Marry Roy and Hayley Cropper - legally.
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No:1 Agreed.
But remember they got away with letting Reg Holdsworth ruin the 'tone' of Corrie for ages. (They've done it once, they can . . .)
No2: Agreed
- they're nothing more than escapees from that other Manchester 'slice of life'- Shameless.
No3: Agreed
- why turn a potentially great character into a caricature from Viz comic? (That's Liz's job).
No4: Agreed
- His one big eye just gets bigger and bigger with the passing of each episode; it draws you in like a moth to the flame. He's hypnotising us all I tell you!
No5: Agreed
- now we're talking 'core values'.
No6:
Disagree entirely
- do we really want to see Norris lusting after Sean Tully at his forthcoming Gay disco party?
No7: Agreed
- true core values again!
No8:
Disagree
- She tried that before, and look what happened. Give her a 'only-slightly' younger, but more amorous, Ken look-alike; that should shake Ken up a bit.
No9:Agreed
- Along with perhaps giving her some self-awareness to boot, into the true nature of David.
No10:
- Nah, give Roy his very own infatuated, spooky, stalker. (What are the odds eh?) With Hayley thinking he's having an affair.
I agree with # 7. I love Betty -- she rocks! However old age is a b***h and the actress who plays her is well over 80. So it is likely the actress is getting just as much screen time as she wants and can manage. But yes, in a perfect world Corrie would be one half hour of Betty tutting behind the bar, Norris earwigging and Rita and Emily taking the mick out of Mr. Cole And it would be heaven. Sigh....
Aw i like Tony and his storyline arc. If he was from EE, he'd be toting guns and shouting and it would be non stop menace with everyone afraid of him.
I hope Deirdre finds out about Ken's fling and chucks him out for good!
I think Dev should stop shouting so much! He shouts ALL THE TIME. It's really unneccessary and if someone behaved like that in real life it would be quite shocking. But in Corrie, people act as if he's just having a normal conversation.
I like Dev shouting. Am i odd?
Bring back Billy Walker to woo and entice the Drear! Put boring old Ken in a box and bury him. Bring back Dawn Acton, the best Tracy they've had. Ditch Andrew Whyment; his, "I'm Kirk & I'm thick" routine really is tedious and the guy is such a mediocre actor. Ditch Cotton and let's have a straight acting gay guy, one who is actually believable and less of the sterotypical comedic characters that litter t'cobbles.
I agree with all your suggestions. I wish they would bring back characters from the past, even if for a brief storyline as it would be perfect for the coming 50th anniversary.
As far as Sean is concerned, he isn't that much of a stereotype..I have friends who are EXACTLY like him.
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