[轉貼]何謂guilty pleasure

[kallen (安傑勒斯)]

上學期寫期末報告找到的一篇CNN報導,裡面以目前當紅的一些肥皂劇
像是Desperate Housewives,The O.C去解釋何謂guilty pleasure,有
興趣的可以讀一下,肥皂劇的公式裡面都有舉出來!

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/21/eye.ent.guilty.pleasures/index.html

Anatomy of a guilty pleasure
By Stephanie Snipes
CNN

Thursday, October 21, 2004 Posted: 2015 GMT (0415 HKT)
(CNN) -- In the world of prime-time soap operas, catty women being thrown in
pools and cheating heartthrobs getting slapped in the face combine to create
the ultimate guilty pleasure.

Perhaps it's the "Oh no, she didn't!" factor or the "He's such a slimeball!"
revelations that have viewers setting their TiVo and chatting the morning
after around the water cooler.

Audiences can't seem to get enough of this stuff.

Take ABC's highly touted and critically acclaimed Sunday night soap
"Desperate Housewives."

In the first two episodes we've seen a bored wife have an affair with a
teenage gardener, a jealous single mother burn down a neighbor's home and an
uptight Martha Stewart wannabe "accidentally" try to kill her husband.

And let's not forget the suicide in the first 10 minutes of the pilot.

The show have averaged about 20 million viewers an episode, a coup for ABC,
which doesn't fare well in ratings overall.

The cast has been gracing covers of entertainment magazines. And they visited
Oprah Winfrey, who usually saves her entertainment-themed episodes for movies
stars, not TV soap operas.

Not to be outdone, Fox, whose past dramas include "Melrose Place" and
"Beverly Hills 90210," releases the first season of its latest steamy serial,
"The O.C.," on DVD on Tuesday.

That show, a combination of wit, drama, sexiness and innocence, centers on
Ryan Atwood, a teenager born on the wrong side of the tracks who is taken in
by a family living the high life in Orange County, California.

Both shows overflow with the textbook components so common in TV melodrama.

Eye on Entertainment kicks off its heels and jumps into the catfight.

Eye-opener
When you break down shows such as "The O.C.," "Melrose Place" and "Dynasty,"
you find many common plot points. Without them, well, you'd just have a plain
old ordinary drama.

First and foremost are catfights. It's not a soap opera, prime time or not,
unless there's a woman slapping another woman. Just cause is negotiable.
(Throwing someone into a pool or trying to run her over with your car
qualifies.)

Next: affairs. Someone will always be sleeping with someone they shouldn't.
Usually, it's someone they met at work -- a la Michael and Kimberly on
"Melrose." If viewers are lucky, they might get a guy who sleeps with his
girlfriend's sister or worse ... mother. (This is usually where the catfights
begin.)

Another commonality -- pregnancy. Someone is either pregnant (see, Amanda in
"Melrose" and Theresa on "The O.C.") or has a pregnancy scare (Brenda in
"90210"). Usually, pregnancies end in miscarriages ("Melrose," "Party of
Five") or the woman has the baby but lies about who the father is. (A
possible plot point in "The O.C."? Tune in to next week's premiere to find
out.)

Then there is the highly touted and emotionally driven drug addict/alcoholic
(see all of the above). It isn't drama until someone drives drunk, snorts
some cocaine, gets busted or has their stomach pumped.

Other crucial plot points that perfect prime-time pleasure include arrests,
return of long-lost family members, love triangles, car
accidents/carjackings, shopliftings, throwing a drink in someone's face,
crazy exes and the previously mentioned suicides and cheating men.

In the end, it all comes down to creating the perfect equation -- a
recovering alcoholic plus a crazy ex plus an unexpected pregnancy minus a
healthy dose of morals equals a hit.

"Desperate Housewives" airs at 10 p.m. ET Sunday on ABC.

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