Audiences have always connected melodrama with "popular culture'. Melodrama was the … (popular) form of theatre during the
19th century. The word "melodrama" … (come) from "music drama". At that time they used music to increase the … … (public) emotions. Usually melodramas are about
(woman), and female viewers enjoy them to a much _ _ (great) degree than men. In 1930- 1940, American soap producers sponsored such performances and they … (receive) the name "soap opera".