Soap vs Censors: The Fight Over TV's Most Controversial Sitcom

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• CA

  @casadashwood2245 · 4 years ago

  "I am (gay) and it shouldn't make any difference and if it does and you don't love me anymore because of it then you've never loved me at all" - quite right.

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• JE

  @jennisjane741 · 1 year ago

  Kudos to Susan Harris; she doesn't get enough credit and praise for her creativity and work.

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• EL

  @elsaadamson3521 · 3 years ago

  Billy Crystal's character was my first exposure to a positive gay role model.  I wrote him a letter, pouring out my struggles.  Amazingly, he wrote back and was so supportive.  He's a beautiful human being.  ❤

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• TE

  @terrykobleck6529 · 4 years ago

  I remember the first few weeks none of the characters were very likable. They were either buffoons or mean spirited. The producers must have realized this and Jessica became naive but sweet, Jodi stopped being so swishy and was a real relatable person. It became more watchable.

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• ON

  @OneColdMonkey · 4 years ago

  It's amazing Vlassic was so ride or die with the show, I wonder what the story behind that is.

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• MA

  @madoldwelshwoman · 4 years ago

  My favourite line (and that's a tough choice to make considering the material) from SOAP will forever be Jessica exclaiming, "Mickey Mouse's dog is *GAY*?!" when Jodie used Plato as an example of a someone famous who was also gay. I loved this show as a teen.

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• KI

  @kittiwheels4329 · 4 years ago

  I was a teenager in the late seventies. I LOVED Soap. It’s how I learned that there were gay people. Don’t laugh. I mean, it is funny. My mother wasn’t even able to explain tampons to me. There is no way in hell she could have articulated gay.

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• JA

  @jacksoneflin6006 · 4 years ago

  &quot;One day you&apos;re gonna turn around and hear somebody laughing, and it&apos;s gonna be you!&quot; <br><br>Wow I didn&apos;t expect to WEEP OPENLY today.

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• AL

  @allisoncorona4842 · 4 years ago

  This documentary mentions Anita Bryant&apos;s opinion about homosexuality, but while she was bashing gays, she was also a spokesperson for Florida orange juice; when the two intersected with each other, the sales for Florida orange juice fell so fast and so hard you could hear the crash.

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• TO

  @tohrurikku · 4 years ago

  My grandma loved this show, which thinking on it now is weird since she was deeply homophobic and boycotted anything or anyone that supported gay people. I guess that illustrates how good the show was that she was able to ignore her homophobia enough to watch it. Too bad that Soap was censored to that extent. &nbsp;<br><br>Sadly, even in this day and age there are those who do not believe that bisexuals are real. I have had heated debates with people over it. I am sure that Willow in Buffy is a bisexual too, but they ignored the possibility in that show too. Willow was attracted to and had sex with both genders.

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• AL

  @alexiswilliams4489 · 4 years ago

  At age 7, inspired by Jody, I told my parents I wanted a sex-change operation. &nbsp;As muddled and unscientific as that storyline was, I am grateful that it gave me insight into my own feelings. &nbsp;Quite some time later, I did indeed fulfill that wish.

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• RE

  @redactedimage · 1 year ago

  Jodie holding Wendy and cooing at her so softly is so frickin adorable oh my goodness.

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