Kenney knows two essential truths about melodrama: First that it is most powerful when combined with irony and understatement; and second that it is a salient feature of modern life.

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They are the literary equivalent of sequins on an evening dress.

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The catalogue of miseries seems to cry out for commercial spots and a station break: the stuff of noonday soap opera.

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They were real pioneers.

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She was a very acute observer.

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There's something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery.

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