| In the same way that Twin Peaks was David Lynch riffing on the soap opera genre, so does Kurosawa riff on the family drama in Bright Future. |
| It was grown-up version of what the high school jocks wore, or one of those kicky show jackets that the Broadway and soap opera people had. |
| A recent episode elevated this superior soap opera into deeply affecting drama. |
| In every corny soap opera or sappy movie, the main characters find themselves shacked up in some seedy motel. |
| She was in the kitchen when I arrived, simultaneously rabbiting into a mobile phone while watching a soap opera on television. |
| Beber treats the story as a soap opera and throws in everything but the kitchen sink. |
