[pressgang] Press Gang article on Warped Factor

[Katarina Hjärpe]

I'm of the school of thought that calls all serialized, long-running TV
dramas soaps. Game of Thrones is a soap. Stranger Things is a soap. Press
Gang, however, is NOT a soap! The episodes are too standalone for that.

I also reacted that the article, after making the apt Bogart/Bacall
comparison (though I would argue it's even more Hepburn/Tracy, or
Hepburn/Bogart for that matter), then called it "Casablanca for kids".
Bacall wasn't in Casablanca, and there's nothing about the Bogart/Bergman
dynamic that even slightly resembles Spike and Lynda.

Apart from those things, though, it was a very nice article!

Possibly I should try to chase down an episode of Grange Hill, to see why
everyone makes the comparison. I've never seen it.

Katta

Den sön 16 jan. 2022 03:32Vince Deehan <vince.deehan at gmail.com> skrev:

> Thanks for sharing, Matt.
>
> I agree, it's a great article. Very perceptive, except for calling the
> show a soap. It's definitely not a soap. A comedy drama, I'd say.
>
> Vince
>
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2022, 20:19 Matt Saunders, <matts at yoyo.org> wrote:
>
>> Thought you might enjoy this read which I found today:
>>
>> http://www.warpedfactor.com/2022/01/looking-back-at-press-gang.html?m=1
>>
>> It's a nice retrospective which I enjoyed reading - apart from the
>> niggling comparison with Grange Hill (another great show) and point
>> where it calls Press Gang "a teen soap".  Maybe I'm being snobby by not
>> liking that moniker - but I feel that label massively diminishes PG's
>> actual ethos and impact.
>>
>> A great article nonetheless. :-)
>>
>>
>> Matt.
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