Her Stories: TV Tech and Saucy, Fantastic Arcs – Part 2

By Cynthia Bemis Abrams | 04/19/2020

In this episode of Advanced TV Herstory, host Cynthia Bemis Abrams continues the conversation with Dr. Elana Levine, author of Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History.

Dr. Levine explains how advances in TV production technology shaped storytelling, leading to increasingly sophisticated visuals and outrageous narratives. Together, they explore how soap operas transitioned to longer arcs, citing memorable examples like General Hospital‘s “Summer on the Run” and Nola’s Hollywood fantasies in The Guiding Light. They discuss how these stories reflected and shaped American culture while drawing audiences into dramatic escapism.

Her Stories (2020) by Elana Levine published by Duke University Press https://www.dukeupress.edu/her-stories

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