Watching Dallas: Soap Opera and the Melodramatic Imagination
Ien Ang
Abstract
Ien Ang
Abstract
Dallas, one of the great internationally-screened soap operas, offers us first and foremost entertainment. But what is it about Dallas that makes that entertainment so successful, and how exactly is its entertainment constructed?
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Dallas, one of the great internationally-screened soap operas, offers us first and foremost entertainment. But what is it about Dallas that makes that entertainment so successful, and how exactly is its entertainment constructed?
Key concepts: Opera, Entertainment, SOAP, Art, Visual arts, Advertising, Computer science, Business