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Soap opera cliches: Amnesia
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by Meggie Hardy
Created on: November 03, 2007 Last Updated: November 05, 2007
What do Soap Opera writers do when a character gets in a rut and there's still a lot of contract left
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by R.L Hanlon
Created on: November 02, 2007
What would a soap opera be without its character having amnesia. It usually occurs after they have committed
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by Bobby Coles
Created on: November 05, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2009
Amnesia is a soap opera staple, popping up quite regularly on many shows. The allure of the amnesia
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Created on: November 06, 2007
Sally is finally going to tell everyone who her baby's daddy is. Oops! Amnesia! Michael is about to
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Created on: November 03, 2007
Of all the cliches of the Soap Opera universe amnesia is the hardest one to pull off. It's easy to set
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by Jerri Rivers
Created on: November 04, 2007
Cases of amnesia are always interesting and convenient storylines in soapland. Most of the time when
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Created on: November 04, 2007
Amnesia is what my family refers to as "Soap Opera Disease". I believe that just about every major character
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Created on: November 04, 2007
Taking amnesia out of soap operas would be like taking tackling out of football (I could have gone with
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