Are soap operas being unfairly blamed for perceived moral decay in our society? Neil McCarthy, head writer of Rhythm City, a South African soap opera, looks at the issue in his article published in Biz-Community.
He says:
I do think we have to admit that where the educative role that we play becomes very thorny is in the area of sexual relationships. Soaps rely on sexual intrigue. It is our bread and butter.
Tales of sexual intrigue are not really possible without betrayals. Betrayal does not really have much weight unless someone is having sex with more than one person at the same time. So we have to be frank and admit that multiple concurrent sexual partnerships are very common in the worlds we create.
