Why has Coronation Street, the actual street itself, become a monument to nostalgia?
Pyramidbread
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Aside from the Bistro, literally nothing has changed on the street since the early nineties, despite many storylines about things changing, it always remains the same, only allowed to change marginally (new signs ect). The street feels stuck in some kind of weird time bubble where everything remains the same. The producers seem scared of changing anything, because god forbid the street changes to reflect the era it is set in.
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I wish when they'd introduced the Co-Op and Costa Coffee storefronts, that they'd created some exterior sets for them because those are the kinds of sets Corrie could do with. Although I guess product placement rules might mean they're not allowed to do that.
At the very least, turn Underworld into a supermarket. It's had its day.
Thanks.
It's so ridiculous that the old Duckworth house looks the exact same over 10 years after Jack passed away
I love a bit of nostalgia but I'd happily take the odd picture in the background rather than the shrines we have now.
Fiz's house is how Jack and Vera, a couple in their 70s had it over 10 years ago. Rita in The Kabin is ridiculous, Roy in the Cafe is ridiculous.
They have changed the corner shop plenty of times so I don't understand why they can't change the other sets. Although, after the shambles they made of Number 3... 🤦🏻♂️
Now they wouldn't dare shake things up.
Whereas after the second fire it was refurbished exactly the same, despite it being absolutely gutted. Even the photos of past residents were replaced. They're just scared of change these days.
Funny thing is, they changed it more in 2008, than they did after the fire
Then about two months later, without any mention, it changed back to the red and gold
As for rebuilding the street exactly the same after the tram crash...
One if the reasons soaps historically have had a fan base is partly down to the familiarity.
Like I would hate the cladding to go on the Duckworths old house.
These are all touch points with the shows past and I love that about Corrie.
There is something quite comforting about it.
To be fair though modernizing places tends to ruin them and strip their character. Old fashioned pubs like The Rovers tend to have a warmer feel to them.
Because the form of the soap opera itself is inherently resistant to change- hence why you have characters who stay on for 60 years.
Isn't that the whole point of soap opera, long term investment in characters, which other shows can't acheive.
We have seen what has happened to Eastenders with it losing so many cast members.
Plus I don't get this obsession with change. I have people in my street who have lived here over 50 years, nothing has changed really since the 1930's apart from one small block of luxury flats and changes in shops.
But Corrie has always been a show to keep it's finger on the pulse. The building of the houses opposite the Rovers with the GP surgery, then we had Better Buys etc, the factory closing, reopening, a shift to an online model with Nick and Sarah
I loved all that.
I'm not sure else they could do or why they would make big changes
It's quite similar on my street too - I've lived on my street for 23 years (so my entire lifetime) and when me and my sister were kids (so during the 00s), there were my house and 1 or 2 others on the street. Since 2010 however, there has been loads!
I think the actual street and The Rovers and stuff is fine looking like that, it would look weird if it was all changed! And also, didn’t The Bailey’s house get changed up and everyone hated it?
I think it's less about being too scared and more about not being given permission. No producers on the show have been allowed to make real changes to the locale in many years. The most we get is something like The Bistro.