Stag party the night before the wedding query

nlgbbbblth

We all know that having your stag party the night before the wedding would be a disaster. Hence, people have it a few weeks beforehand.

So why do television dramas continually persist with having stag parties the night before the wedding? Soaps are particularly bad offenders.

Smellyirishman

nlgbbbblth wrote:

We all know that having your stag party the night before the wedding would be a disaster. Hence, people have it a few weeks beforehand.

So why do television dramas continually persist with having stag parties the night before the wedding? Soaps are particularly bad offenders.

I wasn't sure which sections to highlight really, there was so much to choose from, but I think you get the idea.

nlgbbbblth

Smellyirishman wrote:

I wasn't sure which sections to highlight really, there was so much to choose from, but I think you get the idea.

I don't accept that.

Smellyirishman

Well then I am afraid there is no hope left for you.

Can I have your stuff?

nlgbbbblth

Smellyirishman wrote:

Well then I am afraid there is no hope left for you.

Can I have your stuff?

'supposed to reflect real-life etc'

edit: do you want to skin up?

Smellyirishman

nlgbbbblth wrote:

'supposed to reflect real-life etc'

edit: do you want to skin up?

My head hurts.

davyjose

I'm with ngbbbbl(whatever) on this. And how come they invite only people whom they live on the same street as? Even if they've only been there a couple of months.

copacetic

nlgbbbblth wrote:

'supposed to reflect real-life etc'

really? are u nuts?

next you'll be saying how come they aren't watching TV on soaps all the time, cos, like in real life people do.

copacetic

davyjose wrote:

I'm with ngbbbbl(whatever) on this. And how come they invite only people whom they live on the same street as? Even if they've only been there a couple of months.

because they are already in the show? it's TV ffs.

jhegarty

It's Not Real!!!

Sir Oxman

jhegarty wrote:

It's Not Real!!!

Oh.

brianthebard

nlgbbbblth wrote:

'supposed to reflect real-life etc'

Roffles your a moron or pulling the p!ss or both.

humanji

This thread makes baby Jesus cry

aidan_walsh

humanji wrote:

This thread makes baby Jesus cry

Adult Jesus too.

davyjose

copacetic wrote:

because they are already in the show? it's TV ffs.

Ok, and there are no other people, from their past life? They just shut out anyone that doesn't live on the same street as them?

nlgbbbblth

Way to miss the point guys.

Of course it's not real.

Drama portrays many facets of life in different ways.

I'm just curious to know why this 'facet of life' - i.e. a stag party - is portrayed so inaccurately.

aidan_walsh

Because thats how its traditionally handled in those sorts or shows

OR

Because unless a story line is any good an audiences attention span is short

OR

Because the stag party is usually just a formality that needs to be gotten out of the way - the bit everyone is looking forward to invariably happens at the wedding itself

OR

None of the above

Take your pick.

nlgbbbblth

In the 1970s, homosexuality was rarely hinted at in television drama.
Things are changed since then with the introduction of gay characters into television programmes.

Other taboos have been broken too.

Strangely the whole stag party concept seems rooted in the 1970s. I was merely wondering why.

humbert

**** me, for the sake of bringing this awful thread to a close. it's because you can have debauchery with cheating and all sorts of antics then have the consequences on the wedding day with no need for filler scenes. Soaps are boring and retarded like this thread.

jhegarty

nlgbbbblth wrote:

In the 1970s, homosexuality was rarely hinted at in television drama.
Things are changed since then with the introduction of gay characters into television programmes.

Other taboos have been broken too.

They allow the "gays" on tv now ???

nlgbbbblth

The conclusions would indicate that it's a plot device. Fine.

Lots of touchy people on this thread.

humbert, for somebody who dislikes people who take themselves seriously, your reply comes across as being pretty uptight.

humbert

the two things aren't related, also it's exam season.

simu

If we were living under the iron fist of Stalin the soaps would be more realistic. Discuss.

brianthebard

Social realism soaps. I like it. The poor but happy peasants toil to complete the latest five year plan without dying like so many of their co-workers then go home for a nice night of barley soup, fermented rye and marital rape.

WindSock

And it will show them using the toilet too. Or at least hint at it.

Agamemnon

I'd love to see a soap based on the Battle of Stalingrad with the cast of Coronation Street playing the Russians and the Home And Away cast playing the Germans. Alf Stewart would make an excellent Hitler and Ken Barlow would shine as Marshall Zhukov.

WindSock

I love Alf! Zeig Flamin Heil, ye Gallah.

Mahatma coat

now thats a soap I'd watch, but only if they had live rounds

Earthhorse

Interesting you should bring this up because last night's episode of Peep Show had a stag and it was four weeks away from the wedding.

Like anything else it's just a televisual convention; don't lock car doors, don't say goodbye speaking on the phone etc., except it's not about saving screentime but creating drama.

jhegarty wrote:

They allow the "gays" on tv now ???

No, no, they're just straight actors playing gays.