My manager Dusty told me that in between my pipe-fitting house calls that I try to "blog" about my thoughts on the industry. I have no idea why he'd want me to tell anybody reading this about what wrench I used to unclog the drain of some rich person's third bathroom.
So, instead I decided to take some initiative and provide the world some musings about the world of soap operas. It's not like he's going to read it.
Musing #1: Soaps are a dying breed! I'm already out of a job and if soaps that are actually good keep getting canceled then I have no idea how shows that I used to be on will survive. It's crazy to think about how so few soap operas are left. There used to be live 7 million of them. I'm pretty sure my Mom used to watch about 12 of them a day when I was in daycare.
This used to be an industry that had 20 million weekly followers. Time magazine even did a feature about soaps in 1976. Time Magazine! They only write about important topics like catnip and cell phones. Now? Well, according to most people, soaps are dead. Nobody watches them, they're predictable and too expensive to make. Kind of like Donald Trump yet he's still on TV.
I really hope that soaps aren't dead and find a way of making a comeback. I mean, who doesn't want to watch another storyline involving a supposed dead husband who comes back to life after revealing he was hiding away at a farm in which he fell in love with a blind farmer? It's new and original storylines like that which keep viewers wanting more. I know I already want to know what his family thinks of his new love interest. Maybe I should see if I can audition for the part of the farmer. Like I said, I need a new job...
