It's hard to overstate what a vile show this is. It depicts the worst side of humanity and television, one episode's worth is stretched to fill five, and the dialogue is unbearably vapid and repetitious. The plot comes across as the most terrible improv, and the show universe feels like a claustrophobic faux-luxurious Hollywood set, a true golden cage. No wonder it drives anyone within it mad! There no heart, no glimpses of humanity there. No cleverness. The characters have nothing else to do except deceive, exploit and hurt each other. It's really a horror show in the disguise of daytime soap, it's like an unintentional Lynchian nightmare.
There's no artistic quality in this show, no respect for the audience, its production is as evil as Salem itself. A show like this could easily have been better, there are enough creative minds out there, so its awfulness is a deliberate choice. The narrative is supposed to be mindless sensationalism to lull people and feed them commercials. The show lures people in and gets them addicted, because people are bored, sad or lonely and love routines and what's familiar, even if it's bad for them. Days of Our Lives is 100 percent exploitation, a truly hellish show.
There's no artistic quality in this show, no respect for the audience, its production is as evil as Salem itself. A show like this could easily have been better, there are enough creative minds out there, so its awfulness is a deliberate choice. The narrative is supposed to be mindless sensationalism to lull people and feed them commercials. The show lures people in and gets them addicted, because people are bored, sad or lonely and love routines and what's familiar, even if it's bad for them. Days of Our Lives is 100 percent exploitation, a truly hellish show.