I'm not a fan of soaps, either. But I am a fan of storytelling, and fiction writing. And with soaps disappearing from our culture, being replaced by "Self-help" books, and [un]reality shows, and "Tell-all" memoirs... That's what I find depressing.

Sometimes, it feels as though the whole realm of lying boldly and gracefully fiction is an endangered species. And the spectrum of fiction that remains seem to have be increasingly narrow, with only policemen or doctors as protagonists (at least, here in the States).