Black audiences see themselves centered in a brand new soap opera

Code Switch

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🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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B.A. Parker digs into the historical connection between Black Americans and soap operas with the launching of "Beyond the Gates," the first ever soap focused primarily on a Black family.

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0:00.0	This message comes from Wondery.
0:02.2	At 24 years old, Monica Lewinsky was in a scandal that defined who she was for the entire world.
0:08.9	And now, she's ready to draw from her own experience on what it means to redefine yourself
0:14.6	on her new podcast, Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky.
0:18.4	Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
0:22.2	Hey, everyone.
0:23.3	You're listening to Code Switch.
0:24.9	I'm Bea Parker.
0:26.0	And I'm Gene Dunby.
0:27.4	Gene, were you ever, like, a soap opera kid?
0:30.9	I mean, I watched them over my grandmother's shoulder.
0:34.2	You know, she was big into the young and the restless.
0:36.2	Same.
0:36.8	But my mom, when she was home from work, she would watch Days of Our Lives.
0:40.9	So are the Days of Our Lives.
0:44.6	You just unlocked this very traumatic memory for me.
0:48.2	But I was homesick from school when my mom was watching Days of Our Lives.
0:52.7	And that's Marlina storyline air.
0:55.3	You know the one I'm talking about.
0:56.8	Marlena, Marlena.
1:00.2	You fall.
1:04.8	Oh, when Marlena get possessed by the devil?
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