Corrie's Maureen Lipman slams storylines as she addresses future on ITV soap
22.02.2024 - 04:07
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Coronation Street actress Dame Maureen Lipman has criticised the ITV soap for constantly trying to go one step further with shocking storylines in recent years, as she addressed her future as Evelyn Plummer. The star's character has become a fan-favourite on the cobbles, especially because she embodies the great matriarchal women of the early Corrie days.
Yet in recent times, she's been bogged down with a difficult family plot after the return of her daughter Cassie (played by Claire Sweeney). The storyline resulted in a dramatic shock for the rest of the family, as Evelyn had told her son Tyrone that Cassie, who is addicted to drugs, had died.
While 77 year old Maureen has now said she can understand why writers and producers agree to keep bringing in sensational new plots that involve "murder and domestic abuse", she thinks the soap should go back to its roots. When Coronation Street debuted in the 1960s, the Weatherfield characters were talking about real life local issues and there was a light-hearted focus.
Now, it's a very different story as soap-watchers are always on the edge of their seats waiting for the next murder or serial killer to appear. Speaking on the Beyond The Title podcast, Maureen shared: “We’ve come to a point in Corrie now where people are getting murdered in knicker factories.
We’re having domestic abuse, and anything that ticks the box of social problems in the 21st century is going to be in your local soap. "Whereas back then you had the freedom to put Martha, Minnie and Ena in the snug and have a conversation about Ben-Hur." Maureen went on to say that while the soap has never been "political", viewers would still watch the characters making small-talk about things like "Donald Trump's hair".
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