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The purpose of a soap Opera was to sell detergent during commerical breaks, hence the name, "soap" Opera.

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Soap Opera refers to radio or television dramas aired primarily during the morning and afternoon hours. These dramas were traditionally geared to appeal to women, housewives in particular, who were at home. The programs were sponsored by companies like Proctor & Gamble and they sold a lot of detergents, hand lotion, and toothpaste to the stay-at-home moms. Hence the term, "Soap Opera."

Today, Soap Operas are dramatic television programs. Most air during the day in certain networks and some air at night during primetime. Soap operas follow certain elements and revolve around the relationships between the characters.

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it is a tv program that involves a lot of drama. They normally include a lot of arguments, fighting, killing, main stories and dont forget ACTION. They derive from the early days of television when soap companies would sponsor a series to promote their product.

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really dramatic never going to happen. so much drama a regular person could die just having a 1% exposure

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The purpose of a soap opera was to sell detergent during commerical breaks, hence the name, "soap" opera.

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A television or radio drama series dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters

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Originally, each soap opera was sponsored by a specific product, generally a soap. That's where the name originated. (Proctor and Gamble remained a soap opera sponsor for a very long time.)

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lol who careS?

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