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  Love and AIDS in the Afternoon

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  Cassandra Belek TV Industry Professional

  February 15, 2012

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  discovered he had contracted AIDS from a previous relationship. Robin learned she was HIV positive shortly ... Soaps do run the risk of misrepresenting issues. Characters with cancer are suddenly pushed to the ...
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  Virtual Influencer Lil Miquela Lives in a Soap Opera

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  Calvin Hughes York University

  February 28, 2022

  stated end goal. Instead, audiences are encouraged to follow along in her eternal adolescence.   Run ... Long, Run Often Soaps are also noteworthy for their high output and long-running nature. Soaps often air ...
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  Sudsy Superheroes and Transmedia Storytelling, or, Why Comic Book Heroes Do It Better

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  May 04, 2007

  extraordinary beings are the norm, but often the emotional scars run far deeper than the bruises incurred in ...
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  How to (Not) End a Soap

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  Christine Becker University of Notre Dame

  February 13, 2012

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  after learning that her beloved soap had already filmed its last episode. She then dreamed herself and ...
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  Lost In Seriality

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  March 29, 2007

  4 comments

  since Dallas and Hill Street Blues, and long-running, complex narratives have driven daily daytime soap ...
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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist

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  Elana Levine

  March 19, 2008

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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist patriarchy gender rape masculinity masochism soap operas 1970s General Hospital violence guilt Curator's Note As the 1970s drew to a close, the most popular character on US daytime television soap ope ...