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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

kitchen-sink

Is the 'kitchen-sink drama' in the UK nearly the same thing
as the 'soap opera' in the US?

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Hi, Is the 'kitchen-sink drama' in the UK nearly the same thing as the 'soap opera' in the US? No. Kitchen sink drama This refers to gritty, realistic drama about people at the lower, very ordinary levels of society (sometimes referred to as 'the working class').

— Clive

  • Hi, Is the 'kitchen-sink drama' in the UK nearly the same thing as the 'soap opera' in the US?
  • No.
  • Kitchen sink drama This refers to gritty, realistic drama about people at the lower, very ordinary levels of society (sometimes referred to as 'the working class').
  • Soap opera This refers to stories that are full of over-wrought, excessive melodrama and uncontrolled emotions.
  • They are usually very unrealistic.
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Hi,

Is the 'kitchen-sink drama' in the UK nearly the same thing
as the 'soap opera' in the US? No.

Kitchen sink drama This refers to gritty, realistic drama about people at the lower, very ordinary levels of society (sometimes referred to as 'the working class').

Soap opera This re
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Kitchen sink drama is usually just a single play or film. Normally very depressing. No-one could watch a continuing saga... It's quite an old-fashioned phrase too. They were popular in the 1960/70s.

Soaps are soaps in the UK too, even those about working class situations.
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Nona The Brit Kitchen sink drama is usually just a single play or film. Normally very depressing.
Possible origin: people want to throw even the kitchen sink at the director after the showing?
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