Soaps - Would they be better if they were more realistic?o silly?

I used to watch and totally enjoy soaps at one time and my DD1 wanted to be Angie Watts! I stopped watching some years ago when storylines became more and more improbable and over dramatic. Also work became more demanding and I was not home early enough to be ready to enjoy what was then a 7:30 programme.

I think that for 'Jeremy Kyle' participants soaps and life have got confused! I do think that there are some folk who think life is dull if it is not lived a soap pace and , on a serious not, think soaps have contributed to as many social ills as much as they have tried to educate viewers.

I try to listen to The Archers if I can..but that is so slow you can miss it for ages and still know what's going on! I can remember in my Nana's house we had to be quiet on Sunday morning..roast was in the oven , veg prepared and so she could relax & listen to The Archers!

To be serious, i think some TV soaps are quite harmful. Grit your teeth and watch Kyle or similar. The people on the show seem determined to make their lives into high melodrama - echoing the emotional style of soap characters - "I can never forgive" etc etc "there is no way..." etc etc
Where in soaps is the bravery, dignity, maturity, common sense and tolerance that would help real people to better manage their relationships?
But of course reasonable behaviour does not make for entertaining TV. We also have an element of the press that plays this game, making up torrid tales of love and revenge amongst "celebs". This reinforces the idea that this is how adults behave.