tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post7502907480110867441..comments2024-03-28T14:22:54.579+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Is there too much drama on Corrie - Yay Or Nay?Glenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-19987560348280070782011-07-16T14:23:12.243+01:002011-07-16T14:23:12.243+01:00I agree that Mary is greatly underused in Coronati...I agree that Mary is greatly underused in Coronation Street, she is one of my favourite characters along with Norris. I would love to see more storylines involving them. The ones that I would not miss are Sean, Sophie, Steve, Becky and Fiz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-90950713245369324682011-07-15T17:40:06.245+01:002011-07-15T17:40:06.245+01:00With regards to Mary, What we want to see is for s...With regards to Mary, What we want to see is for someone to bring a horse into the street (how many times do we see a horse on Corrie?), and while nobody is around, Mary asks if she can have a ride on it in return for some free sweets from the Kabin (Norris won't be happy about this when he finds out, as he is paying for those sweets later on), Once Mary sits on the horse, crafty Norris Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-30775628088257083722011-07-15T15:53:06.801+01:002011-07-15T15:53:06.801+01:00The actors just seem to be speaking their lines th...The actors just seem to be speaking their lines these days while the camera does a 180 degree swirl around them. No-one seems to be allowed to do any acting, like dear Ena did in episode 1 seen last night on BBC4! Stephanie Cole is criminally wasted with her ridiculous scripted words, she could and should be the new Ena !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-13172777713286066122011-07-15T15:41:34.843+01:002011-07-15T15:41:34.843+01:00My comment that Corrie used to be the best sitcom ...My comment that Corrie used to be the best sitcom was meant to be a compliment. Of course, Corrie is a drama, but there was often more humour in the episodes than in many a sitcom.<br /><br />Different people find different things funny, but French and Saunders used to dress up as fat, bald men who thought they were irrestible to women a la Fred Gee, so at least some people find that funny. <br /Adam Rekitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05219780305951814073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-50328824964036612162011-07-15T15:21:21.685+01:002011-07-15T15:21:21.685+01:00It would depend on what is meant by "drama&qu...It would depend on what is meant by "drama". The term drama would suggest something big i.e tram crash, or a crisis i.e. being innocently locked and worrying about your baby (Fiz and Hope). You could go through each episode and find some "drama" in it, would depend on how "dramatic" each scene was.<br />Getting over the semantics, Corrie and all soaps in one breath Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776040357921576763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-7692120441524028282011-07-15T13:23:05.144+01:002011-07-15T13:23:05.144+01:00Mary cannot - as things stand - sustain a major st...Mary cannot - as things stand - sustain a major storyline. She's a joke character, to be used sparingly on the periphery of major plotlines. She falls into the category of Greek Chorus, observing and commenting on the action (often hilariously). However, that's not to say she couldn't be developed into a fully-functioning character in her own right, but it would require the writers Cobblestonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-45560897687435255412011-07-15T03:39:37.245+01:002011-07-15T03:39:37.245+01:00Too much drama? I like drama! So it's Nay from...Too much drama? I like drama! So it's Nay from me. I started watching around 10 or 11 years ago, and caught some older episodes when Jim & Liz were together and the twins were teens. Some pretty heavy stuff went down then too. I've also watched the first few episodes - that era was in a class of its own. Some of it was pretty boring. But it was groundbreaking TV for the time. Not muchmaggie mugginsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-1479848461016456592011-07-15T00:46:56.491+01:002011-07-15T00:46:56.491+01:00Oh...I forgot..I LOVE CORRIE...no matter what!!Oh...I forgot..I LOVE CORRIE...no matter what!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-30768792027000239852011-07-15T00:45:45.780+01:002011-07-15T00:45:45.780+01:00I may be alone in this but I can't stand Mary....I may be alone in this but I can't stand Mary. I find her character completely annoying and ffwd through all her bits...even the whole carry-on with the 'kidnapped' Norris who acted like a nun about to be raped the whole time - it was sickening. He needs to throw a fcuk into that thing or stick something other than a chocolate bar into her mouth to get her to shut up. <br />Love Ken Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-78550800271033002862011-07-14T21:03:08.034+01:002011-07-14T21:03:08.034+01:00The thing, to me, that I most miss from the Corrie...The thing, to me, that I most miss from the Corrie of Olde is CONTINUITY. I mean, where is it? Very little character or story development - it all seems very slap dash, wham-bam-thank-you-m'am. It's as if Corrie has become a toss off soap - one they don't expect to continue for one more year, or even five, let alone 50. It's one hepped up drama after another, characters in and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-62516270718864119252011-07-14T20:51:16.504+01:002011-07-14T20:51:16.504+01:00Agreed! And we haven't even got to the tram cr...Agreed! And we haven't even got to the tram crash down here yet. *YAWN* So there's more drama to come...ah well...yet I watch it loyally anyway.<br /><br />Missing the humour we used to get in the old days.Angehttp://quirkyisokay.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-64135107195832227272011-07-14T20:31:29.299+01:002011-07-14T20:31:29.299+01:00Bringing back fred gee would also be problematic -...Bringing back fred gee would also be problematic - the character died in 1999 just before Frederick Feast died himself a few months laterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-48294947966154461602011-07-14T20:19:22.518+01:002011-07-14T20:19:22.518+01:00I was going to write something long but I found TV...I was going to write something long but I found TVOR had written it for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-11641997315701437802011-07-14T19:45:21.345+01:002011-07-14T19:45:21.345+01:00Corrie never claimed to be a sitcom, and God forbi...Corrie never claimed to be a sitcom, and God forbid it ever becomes one. Plus if they ever bring back Fred Gee that will be the day I stop watching, as he was about as funny as a toothache.<br />The comedy is still there, but you have to listen to the dialogue to get it. I much prefer the funny one liners to the slap stick provided by characters such as Reg Holdsworth and Fred Gee. It is more bbhildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825093053026233133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-65675704425011225142011-07-14T19:43:44.360+01:002011-07-14T19:43:44.360+01:00I agree with the comment's made: 'While ti...I agree with the comment's made: 'While tired characters like Becky are being brought to the forefront, underrated characters like Mary are criminally underused. While we have witnessed many of Becky's rampages, we have yet to see Mary get a plot of her own (such as the wonderful Norris hostage situation last year'). However, i am pleased that someone thinks alike, and the sooner Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-17717721165328037772011-07-14T19:38:51.959+01:002011-07-14T19:38:51.959+01:00Needs more comedy aspect - although we do have gli...Needs more comedy aspect - although we do have glimpses of it in Norris, Sylvia, Julie, the Platts, Eileen, Deirdre and her pots. But have not laughed out loud on Corrie for a while - not since the cake in Deirdre's face scene!Llifonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861629511369520726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-71516333576772340652011-07-14T19:23:33.046+01:002011-07-14T19:23:33.046+01:00Yay from me. The saying truth is stranger than fic...Yay from me. The saying truth is stranger than fiction highlights that drama can cross a line and become no longer credible. Corrie certainly did that with Jim's bank robbery, the Max story, Graeme and Xin etc etc.<br /><br />Corrie used to be the best sitcom on TV. He's long forgotten, but Fred Gee was a scream. His resolute belief that he was God's Gift to women despite all the Adam Rekitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05219780305951814073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-24913226270233303052011-07-14T19:00:02.121+01:002011-07-14T19:00:02.121+01:00No, it's not what it used to be, but then that...No, it's not what it used to be, but then that's not necessarily a bad thing, either. I think we've been conditioned and if Corrie was the same as it used to be, nobody would be watching anymore. It has to keep up with the times. There's a lot more competition on the airwaves and that translates into lost viewers and money. As Merseytart said, it's a *drama*, there has to be Tvorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414660140541680599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-2264480240271346552011-07-14T18:41:52.594+01:002011-07-14T18:41:52.594+01:00And look what happend to that sileage larrr!And look what happend to that sileage larrr!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-5102650616304996082011-07-14T18:02:00.828+01:002011-07-14T18:02:00.828+01:00I don't think you can have too much drama on a...I don't think you can have too much drama on a drama series. And let's be honest, there's sensationalist and there's sensationalist: never forget that Brookside featured a plague, incest, and a helicopter falling onto the Close during a siege...Scott Willisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-53264459867718860332011-07-14T17:45:06.001+01:002011-07-14T17:45:06.001+01:00It needs more comedy but not the amateur slapstick...It needs more comedy but not the amateur slapstick effort we see now, all that's missing is a squirty flower size 18's and a custard pie! It's about as funny as a burning orphanage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-85318883505344821622011-07-14T17:27:20.078+01:002011-07-14T17:27:20.078+01:00Yes agree, too much sensationalism but I think thi...Yes agree, too much sensationalism but I think this subject has all been talked out now.Looney Baloonnoreply@blogger.com