Re: Coronation Street

I loved Corrie years ago but now I can take it or leave it. In the good old days of Corrie the characters were interesting and the storylines were much better.

Now everything and everybody has to tick the right PC box so we have to have lesbians, gay men ..... I believe we now have Sean, Billie, Paul, Todd so that’s 4 in one tiny street. We have to have a black family, Asian families which wouldn’t be so bad if any of them could actually act!

Re: Coronation Street

[QUOTE=Flowerpower;2078454]I loved Corrie years ago but now I can take it or leave it. In the good old days of Corrie the characters were interesting and the storylines were much better.

Now everything and everybody has to tick the right PC box so we have to have lesbians, gay men ..... I believe we now have Sean, Billie, Paul, Todd so that’s 4 in one tiny street. We have to have a black family, Asian families which wouldn’t be so bad if any of them could actually act![/QUOTE]

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I agree with that, Flowerpower.
The one who drives me bonkers most is the gormless son who fathered the baby. Even his voice irritates me.

Re: Coronation Street

Yes, it's all about PC these days and, as a consequence, much has been lost.

Re: Coronation Street

Me too Mups!

I like the Asian family though - especially Yasmeen.
The Yasmeen/Geoff storyline had me glued to the TV.

Re: Coronation Street

I don’t like Ed’s voice, or his acting.

Re: Coronation Street

I agree. That was the last exciting thing that happened on that programme.

I get the feeling that they're desperately thinking up something else equally exciting, but that will have to fulfil their PC agenda!

Re: Coronation Street

If he's the one I'm thinking of, like Dev Alahan, he's of the 'shout your lines in order to make them more interesting' school of acting!

Re: Coronation Street

Lol, yes, the black dad.

Re: Coronation Street

I'm just watching one of the early Coronation Street programmes now showing.

How different to today's offerings!
No PC gay or black characters (well, one with 'a slight tan').

Don't misunderstand me. I have nothing against a representation of proportional reality, but today's programmes are now so biased against the real situation they are quite humorous.

EDIT:
I'm trying to work out exactly which year these programmes are from. They just say 'April and a date'.
Does anyone know?

Re: Coronation Street

I'm liking the Asha/Cory storyline & The Seb/Nina.

The beating up of Seb & Nina got me quite upset.

I wonder should such violence be on so early evening? What happened to the 9.00pm watershed?