Soap - The Complete First Season

Soap - The Complete First Season

Soap - The Complete First Season
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Actor: Allan Miller, Eugene Roche, Lynne Moody, Peggy Pope, Richard Libertini
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 600 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Columbia TriStar

Movie Reviews of Soap - The Complete First Season

Movie Review: I was in tears
Summary: 5 Stars

When I was a kid I watched Soap all the time and remember laughing so hard I was in tears. Well 31 years later, the same thing happened as I watched it again. Can't wait to see the second season.

Summary of Soap - The Complete First Season

The controversial sitcom that defined the late 70s and became an instant classic Soap took viewers into the homes of not one but two of the most dysfunctional families ever and we couldn t help but embrace every eccentric one of them!This first season introduces us to the quirky lives of the Tates and the Campbells. The unparalleled cast features Billy Crystal Richard Mulligan Robert Guillaume Emmy nominees Katherine Helmond and Cathryn Damon Robert Mandan Diana Canova Jimmy Baio and Arthur Peterson. The series first season was nominated for 4 Emmy? Awards and won for Outstanding Art Direction in a Comedy Series.System Requirements:Starring: Robert Mandan Katherine Helmond Billy Crystal Richard Mulligan Jimmy Baio Robert Guillaume Running Time: 200 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396012219 Manufacturer No: 01221
Even before it premiered on September 13, 1977 (Tuesdays at 9:30 pm on ABC), Soap was mired in controversy (including 32,000 letters of protest) and primed to make television history. Conceived as a primetime satire of daytime melodramas, this groundbreaking series toppled many of the TV taboos that remained after All in the Family and M*A*S*H, openly addressing a variety of risky topics (homosexuality, infidelity, impotence, familial murder) with a deft combination of irreverent wit, wacky slapstick, supreme stupidity, and--key to its success--engaging drama from characters you could really care about, regardless of their rampant quirks and foibles.

As a friendly announcer informs us, "this is the story of two sisters" in suburban Connecticut--wealthy dimwit Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) and blue-collar housewife Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon)--whose class-divided families are bound by enough scandalous secrets to make each of these 25 episodes (all written by creator-producer Susan Harris and directed by sitcom veteran Jay Sandrich) a polished gem of half-hour comedy. The integration of plot and character is flawless, and dirty laundry was rarely this absurd: Jessica's cheating on her cheating husband (Robert Mandan, the show's underrated lynchpin); stepson Jodie (Billy Crystal) is (gasp!) openly gay, and brother Danny (Ted Wass) has Mafia connections; daughter Corrine (Diana Canova) is in love with a priest; Mary's husband Burt (manic genius Richard Mulligan) is a would-be killer who thinks he's invisible; and all of them are suspects in a murder case that fuels the season's cliffhanger finale.

This is ensemble comedy at its finest, and is it any wonder Robert Guillaume--as the Tates' insolent servant Benson--got his own spin-off sitcom in 1979? His line readings (such as "You want me to get that?" when the doorbell rings) are instant classics, and while Helmond tops the cast with her inimitable brand of idiocy, there's not a weak link in the entire cast. All those protesting prudes fought a futile battle: Soap was never naughty without purpose (indeed, the show possesses subtle integrity) and a large and loyal audience propelled it to even crazier heights in subsequent seasons. (Technical note: Given the shortcomings of 25-year-old videotape, with minor glitches and color variations, these episodes look and sound remarkably good.) --Jeff Shannon

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