Calling Downton Abbey a soap opera is pretty uncharitable. Soap opera implies melodrama - stereotypical characters and long, drawn out, unsubtle plots. Downton is written and acted far too well to be a soap opera IMO.
But stereotypical characters? I mean you’ve grand ladies, a stodgy dowager countess, a stodgier butler, scheming servants. There’snot a single character that doesn’t fit a stereotype.
And as for long drawn out unsubtle plots? That’s all the show is.
I’m digging it don’t get me wrong, but it’s definitely a soap opera
Calling Downton Abbey a soap opera is pretty uncharitable. Soap opera implies melodrama - stereotypical characters and long, drawn out, unsubtle plots. Downton is written and acted far too well to be a soap opera IMO.
It’s well done and acted for sure.
But stereotypical characters? I mean you’ve grand ladies, a stodgy dowager countess, a stodgier butler, scheming servants. There’snot a single character that doesn’t fit a stereotype.
And as for long drawn out unsubtle plots? That’s all the show is.
I’m digging it don’t get me wrong, but it’s definitely a soap opera