What is a soap opera ? Why is it called a soap opera ?

Soap opera, which originated in the West, generally refers to a long-winded, long-form drama about the parents that housewives watch absentmindedly while doing housework. Usually the stories are related between episodes, and the plot is very "dragging", with no ending in the traditional sense or "open-ended ending".

"Soap opera": What some countries call a type of television series with less investment and a light-hearted subject matter. Soap operas are mostly about family and everyday life. At first it also included radio serials. Because it was often inserted in the process of ** in the first place, it was called "soap opera".

The origin of soap operas.

Soapopera refers to "radio or television dramas with family issues as the theme", with housewives as the main audience, with ordinary family living environment as the stage, usually sponsored by household goods merchants. Some people think that the origin of the name soap opera is because this kind of series is casual and lengthy, people can watch the series while taking a bubble bath, but in fact, the earliest soap opera refers to a kind of long-form radio series in the United States radio broadcasting in the 30s of the last century, because the sponsors were mainly daily detergent manufacturers at that time, and the advertisements inserted during the period were mainly soap advertisements, from which the name "soap opera" was derived. Soap operas are divided into daytime soap operas and evening soap operas, with daytime dramas mostly broadcast daily and evening dramas mostly weekly.

Soap opera has a very vivid name, called soap opera, which refers to "radio or television drama with the theme of family problems", with housewives as the main audience, household goods merchants as sponsors, and ordinary family living environment as the stage.

Some people think that the name SOAP Opera comes from the casual and lengthy nature of these series, which can be watched while taking a bubble bath to save time. But in fact, the earliest soap opera refers to a kind of long-form radio series in the first American radio broadcast in the 30s of the last century, because the sponsors at that time were mainly daily detergent manufacturers, and the advertisements inserted during the period were mainly soap advertisements, and the name "soap opera" was born.

1. Soap operas, also known as bubble dramas, TV series, etc., refer to fictional TV dramas that have been continuous for a long time, and are derived from Zheng Kaiwen in English transformation. Soap operas are usually scheduled for multiple episodes every week, interspersed with advertisements, and now the so-called soap operas on the Internet, Xun Lead is mainly a boring and long meaningless TV series, which has a negative connotation.

2. The term soap opera originated from early European and American television, the reason is that at night, the TV station will ** some funny short films, no depth, just for a laugh, and these short films will often be mixed with some soap advertisements. Over time, everyone called these short films soap operas. Next, the short film is constantly filmed, forming the form of a serial, and the soap opera has a similar meaning to the previous one, but the main meaning is more derogatory, containing the meaning of boredom and procrastination.

3. The origin of the soap opera is actually related to Procter & Gamble. In the 30s of the 20th century, listening to radio programs was fashionable at the time. And the radio program often featured Procter & Gamble's soap commercials, so Americans turned to calling the program a soap opera at that time.

4. Some British sociologists have pointed out that soap operas have an obvious tendency to promote bad habits of human beings. On the surface, compared with news and documentaries, soap operas do lack the amount of information that is timely and important, and they contain not much related to socio-technological and cultural progress. In addition, most of the soap opera actors became famous after the show aired.