Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap....

From the Atlantic Monthly: the lingering effects of the soap opera, even as soap operas bite the dust. All those dasterdly evil twins! All those lawsuits! All those plots to murder someone! All that passion! Where did it go? Reality shows. And movies about soap operas--sorry, daytime dramas. Think Tootsie, and Soapdish.