soap opera

[Benjamin Rifkin]

Dear Colleagues:

Is there a term for "soap opera" in Russian?  What do they callthe
genre of  "Santa-Barbara" or that Mexican soap opera, [Something
about] "Maria"?

Thanks!

- Ben Rifkin

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Benjamin Rifkin

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