[pressgang] Press Gang article on Warped Factor

[Belinda]

Press Gang is not a soap, id call it a dramedy (drama/comedy).

I did watch Grange Hill and liked the Ziggy/Gonch/Robbie years, but it was
more soapy  and never had the quality of banter of Press Gang.

To me Press Gang has more in common with Veronica Mars than Grange Hill, of
course Veronica dealt with darker themes.

On Sun, 16 Jan 2022, 17:14 Katarina Hjärpe, <katarina.hjarpe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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