Watching #EASTENDERS is a different experience in the #Coronavirius era. They like to reference current affairs, especially big public events like elections, sport and jubilees... and #Brexit. Not possible with #COVID19
#Eastenders cannot reference the coronavirus because the set is locked down. But even if they could film, it’s a soap opera, which depends on people wandering around the locale: interacting, gossiping and eavesdropping.
Every now and then #Eastenders do a ‘bottle episode’ set in one room or house, with limited characters. It’s good and fun when they do it en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_E…
But the reason they’re good is because they’re unusual. Eastenders is not a set of discrete plays.
But the reason they’re good is because they’re unusual. Eastenders is not a set of discrete plays.
So it may be that for logistical and creative reasons, Eastenders simply *ignores* the coronavirus. This puts the audience into a different conceptual relationship with the show. It slides from very much our reality (with cameos from real people) into a parallel universe.
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