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The tendency to see one's life as being in a continual state of crisis, caused by watching half-hour daytime TV shows that are not morality tales as in Aesop's Fables, but rather a never-ending series of unresolved crises.
"Alice's Soap Opera Syndrome caused her to have a tendency to seek conflict rather than resolution to her interpersonal problems."
Similar to selective hearing. A condition in which someone is unable to hear anything in their immediate area, yet is able to hear things far away.
(in the same room)
R: T. is a real pain in the arse.
P: I know
T: Pizza?
(somewhere outside)
T: Did you hear that bird hatching?
R: WHAT?!
P: Classic soap opera hearing.
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A Cincinnati switcheroo accident whereby the roommate's sperm and the present penis's sperm (ie. the thruster) impregnates the woman resulting in fraternal twins.
She said they were mine but I knew they were my roommate's. Turns out we were both right... I pulled a Spanish Soap opera.
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The tendency to be mesmerized by television. Trance like state brought on by televised commercial advertisements interspersed with fragments of dramatic teleplays. Also, as a component of post-industrial consciousness. e.g. "Television rules the nation."
The term references the advent of drama created to sell soap, soap operas. Broadcast on radio with soap manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Lever Brothers as sponsors and producers.
Alice: Everyone says I probably have Attention Deficit Disorder. It's possible considering I am easily distracted. Theres got to be some excuse. What do you think? Bob?
Bob: Huh? Sorry Alice I was zoned on this laundry detergent advert. Tide really does get my whites whiter and only 'mildly' pollutes our drinking water.
Alice: I'm thirsty.
Alien: Soap Opera Syndrome
Advertisements take airtime away from programs. In the 1960s a typical hour-long American show would run for 51 minutes excluding advertisements. Today, a similar program would only be 42 minutes long; a typical 30-minute block of time now includes 22 minutes of programming with 6 minutes of national advertising and 2 minutes of local.
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Professional Wrestling; pre-scripted "sports-entertainment" from the likes of the WWE, et al. The male equivalent of a soap opera.
This week's Sweat Opera: The Hulkster returns from retirement to continue his feud with Triple H, or whoever the hell it is this time.
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A really dramatic moment in which it seems like your in a soap opera and cheesy music should be playing
1: OMG!!!! He held my hand!
2: That is such a soap opera moment
1: I know!!
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Played by Gerard Butler, the 2004 four Phantom is a mysterious and suave figure who falls in love with a young women named Christine Daae upon hearing her beautiful voice. Things get rather difficult for him when another man catches her eye. And when she falls in love with the other man, the Phantom grows angry and sad.
In the film, Phantom of the Opera 2004, the phantom is played by Gerard Butler.