One could easily become addicted to this show. Fortunately (or unfortunately) only three seasons were made! ;o) Marvelously clever, intellegent & heighly creative writing! Beautifully acted and directed. A spoof on soaps, using a delightful array of characters. If you're like me, you'll probably grow to love them all! Even if you don't like every character, you'll appreciate how they are interwoven into a colorful, facinating tapestry which touches upon many aspects of life. It seamlessly and gracefully covers the field of experience from birth & puberity to death and dying, as well as many socially unaccepted and often unaddressed subjects, such as infidelity, homosexuality, suicide, discrimination, aging, women's empowerment and disempowerment, etc. It does all this without offending the viewer and in a highly entertaining way. This is the show that launched Billy Crystals' career, as well as quite a few others. Many great scenes between Jessica & her sister. An amazing show that everyone can enjoy and everyone ought to watch at least once. A television accomplishment that blazed a trail for thought-provoking entertainment, which I wish the television industry of today would study, be inspired by & follow. Not many shows are written and executed as well as this one was. In my oppinion (if it's not obvious already) a must-see classic!Read full review
I fondly remember the first time I watched soap. It was no holds barred comedy with a superb cast. Race, homosexuality, alien abduction, organized crime, mental illness, and sex are just some of the topics covered in a hilarious spoof of daytime soap operas. Billy Crystal and Richard Mulligan were especially funny although the entire ensemble did their best work on this show. Some of the best t.v. you will ever see. Not recommended to those who get offended easily, but for those with open minds this is a great addition to your movie collection.
I bought this dvd because I grew up watching soap. I have always love this show even though some parts were stupid but still I couldn't see why alot of people liked real soap operas but this show made it worth watching because it made fun of real soap operas & every day life even if you was having a bad day! It made you laugh & think about the stupid things you did in life or growing up as a kid! I think my favorite episodes is where the devil gets inside the baby & Robert Guillame really made those episodes funny! I'm a heterolsexual but I think that billy crystal opened alot of doors for the gay community by playing Jodie Dallas in soap! I loved all the cast members that were in soap & became a fan of other shows that they had after soap. I'm curious to see what happened to some of the cast members nowadays! I know some of them are deacesed now. I'm glad to see that Billy Crystal got his start in soap & I'm glad to see that there are actors like Crystal that do care about the american people & do stuff like comic relief! Alot of people said that soap was nothing but trash when it was on tv but if you look nowadays alot of this stuff on tv now is trash!! I like to see alot of my favorites shows growing up as a kid coming out on dvd, it kinda makes tv worth watching sometimes!! I plan on getting all the episodes of soap on dvd & benson too!! If you have never seen soap, you should watch it as an adult & think about the stupid things you have said or did as an adult or as a child!!Read full review
Soap was a groundbreaking show in the '70's that deals with the lives of two sisters, Jessica Tate & Mary Campbell. It was the first to have a main character be openly gay, touched on the topics of infidelity, murder, blackmail, suicide and defined the term of "dysfunctional family". In Season One, the Tate's and Campbell's deal with the murder of Peter Campbell, the impotence of Burt Campbell (as well as his later nervous breakdown leading him to believe he can become invisible), the many affairs of Chester Tate, Danny's attempt to leave the mob, and Jodie's affair with a professional quarterback and desire for a sex change operation, just to touch on a few of the many story lines. For those of you raised on TV in the '70's, you will recognize many early performances and cameos by an assortment of soon to be classic actors, with the most prominent being Billy Crystal. But be warned that it is very addictive and hard to turn away from.Read full review
This show is a LOT of fun and much better than ANY THREE "comedy" shows that have aired in the last 20 years COMBINED ! Forget The Big Dork Theory, Jane the Sturgeon, It's Always Runny in Pillasmellpee-a, etcetera "comedy" trash, watch this show instead and truly be entertained !
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