Hooked on Soaps by Paula Todd is an article that attempts to explain the allure of daytime television dramas. Soaps, as most people call them, are chalk full of unrealistic situations, most being too sensational to entertain any thoughts of being remotely real. That doesn’t stop tens of millions of Americans and Canadians from tuning in religiously each day. You will never witness someone using a washroom, blowing their nose, or doing anything that …showed first 75 words of 999 total…

…showed last 75 words of 999 total…Bell, head writer of two soaps, states that, “We just aren’t interested in preaching-that turns people off.” Soaps, like any form of media, have taken a more unabashed approach toward topics widely recognized as taboo. One soap that is to be premiered soon will attempt to tackle racial prejudice. Are soaps a problem facing society or are they part of a solution? As Todd points out-we can always turn them off, can’t we?