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The Importance of Soap Opera
It's not like prestige TV invented like Yellowstone having elements of soap opera is it's bridging like TV history and what's new about it. Now maybe you know it looks better and it has the American West and I know all the men love the American West. Yeah but also like soap operas are also about flawed characters. True you know who live in opulent settings and do things and you root for them anyway.
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