Soap opera rapid aging syndrome (SORAS) is the practice of
accelerating the age of a television or film character (usually a
child or teenager) in conflict with the timeline of a series and/or
the real-world progression of time. This allows, for instance,
storylines around a pregnancy and birth to be relatively quickly
followed by storylines around the travails of that child as a teenager
or young adult. This is usually accomplished by recasting the actor
playing the part, although in some cases the character is not shown
onscreen, only mentioned, until after they have been "rapidly
aged".The process originated (and is most commonly used) in daytime
soap operas, though it is also sometimes used in prime time shows. On
sitcoms, a newborn infant character is sometimes aged quickly into a
kindergartner, for greater comic potential, as was done with the
character Chrissy Seaver on Growing Pains in 1990.The process
originated (and is most commonly used) in daytime soap operas, though
it is also sometimes used in prime time shows. On sitcoms, a newborn
infant character is sometimes aged quickly into a kindergartner, for
greater comic potential, as was done with the character Chrissy Seaver
on Growing Pains in 1990.The term was coined by Soap Opera Weekly
founding editor-in-chief Mimi Torchin in the early days of the
magazine, which began publishing in 1989. It is now widely used in the
soap opera media and is sometimes used as a verb as well ("the
character was SORASed"). Torchin has jokingly called it "my one
greatest contribution to the world of soap operas."The practice of
rapidly aging characters dates back to the early years of television
soap opera. In As the World Turns, Tom Hughes was born onscreen in
1961. By 1970, he had been to college and fought in the Vietnam War.
Subsequent recasting exhibited a reverse phenomenon, keeping him in
his 30s for 20 years, with Tom hitting his 40s in the 1990s. Dan
Stewart, born onscreen on As the World Turns in 1958, reappeared as a
26year-old doctor in 1966.
accelerating the age of a television or film character (usually a
child or teenager) in conflict with the timeline of a series and/or
the real-world progression of time. This allows, for instance,
storylines around a pregnancy and birth to be relatively quickly
followed by storylines around the travails of that child as a teenager
or young adult. This is usually accomplished by recasting the actor
playing the part, although in some cases the character is not shown
onscreen, only mentioned, until after they have been "rapidly
aged".The process originated (and is most commonly used) in daytime
soap operas, though it is also sometimes used in prime time shows. On
sitcoms, a newborn infant character is sometimes aged quickly into a
kindergartner, for greater comic potential, as was done with the
character Chrissy Seaver on Growing Pains in 1990.The process
originated (and is most commonly used) in daytime soap operas, though
it is also sometimes used in prime time shows. On sitcoms, a newborn
infant character is sometimes aged quickly into a kindergartner, for
greater comic potential, as was done with the character Chrissy Seaver
on Growing Pains in 1990.The term was coined by Soap Opera Weekly
founding editor-in-chief Mimi Torchin in the early days of the
magazine, which began publishing in 1989. It is now widely used in the
soap opera media and is sometimes used as a verb as well ("the
character was SORASed"). Torchin has jokingly called it "my one
greatest contribution to the world of soap operas."The practice of
rapidly aging characters dates back to the early years of television
soap opera. In As the World Turns, Tom Hughes was born onscreen in
1961. By 1970, he had been to college and fought in the Vietnam War.
Subsequent recasting exhibited a reverse phenomenon, keeping him in
his 30s for 20 years, with Tom hitting his 40s in the 1990s. Dan
Stewart, born onscreen on As the World Turns in 1958, reappeared as a
26year-old doctor in 1966.
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