“They’re trying really hard and they’re throwing a whole lot of desperate stuff against the wall to see what sticks”
ABC’s All My Children this week will introduce a soap operas first transgender character who will begin to make the transition from a man into a pseudo-woman. Much of the daytime drama viewers have slipped in recent years and according to Nielsen Media Research, All My Children’s average audience has slipped from 8.2 million in 1991-92 to 3.1 million last year. The show’s executive producer is aware that, “its audience is always interested in anything to do with sexuality“ and will consequently throw a whole lot of of desperate stuff against the wall to see what sticks.
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It’s a soap-opera… throwing “…stuff against the wall to see what sticks” is the defining characteristic of those programs. Related to that though, why did you file this one in the “SSA disorder” category? Transgender is different than homosexual, especially since being transgender does not necessitate that one has to be attracted to the same sex. I’d maybe file this one under “Culture” and maybe “Sexuality,” but I don’t think the “SSA disorder” category is a correct choice.
Comment by Wondertwin — November 27, 2006 @ 1:16 pm
I was using SSA = Somewhat Sexualized Audience.
Comment by shelray — November 27, 2006 @ 7:28 pm
Somewhat?
Comment by Wondertwin — November 27, 2006 @ 9:59 pm
England’s “Coronation Street” had a sex-changed trans-sexual character well over five years ago.
Comment by Greg — December 6, 2006 @ 11:46 pm
The U.S. is behind the timess, so to speak, when it comes to european sexual morality, but we are making up for lost time.
Comment by shelray — December 7, 2006 @ 6:30 am