soap opera #3
ブラジルでドラマを撮影中に死亡事故が起こりました。死亡したのはブラジルの人気俳優の Domingos Montagner氏です。川で溺れたことが死亡原因です。
記事の中で気になった表現は"soap opera"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）で調べると「〘くだけて〙 昼メロ, 連ドラ(soap opera)」などという意味がありました。Oxford Dictionaries.comには"A television or radio drama serial dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters"と定義されております。石けん会社がスポンサーであったことから連ドラが"soap opera"という表現になったようです(『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）)。(Ume)
Brazil TV star Domingos Montagner drowns on set of soap opera
Montagner played the leading role in Velho Chico, a soap opera named after the Sao Francisco river where he died.
The 54-year-old had gone for a swim with an actress after a day of shooting in the north-eastern state of Sergipe.
She said he was dragged away by the river's strong currents.
The actress, Camila Pitanga, cried for help but local people failed to act initially as they believed the drowning was a scene in the soap opera.
Authorities said there was little that anyone could have done.
In the soap opera, Montagner played a farmer who often fought off local gunmen. In one of those clashes, he was shot multiple times and appeared to drown in the same Sao Francisco river, but reappeared weeks later.
