Success and Status
Lately, Indian shows have gained lots of success in genres of rural issues and reality shows. However, in commercial terms, Indian serials almost always do well. Not many Indian serials ever end—and so, writers are forced to stretch storylines over a generation or more to cope with the lack of character-exploration/situation-exploitation. Many Indian serials run for over five years, and, analogous to Bollywood film stars being deified to Godhood, many soap opera stars are treated with a demigod-like quality.
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Famous quotes containing the words success and/or status:
“Failure makes us envious. Success makes us greedy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)