The bunny-boiling, face-slapping, blackmailing, murderous sociopath has left for Spain. With her goes what was left of this soap's soul
The bunny-boiling, face-slapping, blackmailing, murderous sociopath has left for Spain. With her goes what was left of this soap's soulviewers have suffered enough recently, with the Weatherfield drama in worryingly steep decline. Now comes the news that Tracy Barlow has quite the cobbles. With her goes another slice of the ITV soap’s soul.is already facing a backlash over its clumsy issue-led plots, obsession with crime, ever-expanding cast and erratic scheduling.
Since being born in 1977, “Toxic Tracy” has been portrayed by four different actresses. Raised by long-suffering mother Deirdre and sighing stepfather Ken , she has grown from a cute toddler to an anorak-clad schoolgirl, stroppily doing her colouring-in at the dinner table. During her tantrum-throwing teens, Trace’s signature move was stomping upstairs to “play me tapes”.
She bludgeoned her cheating boyfriend Charlie Stubbs to death by distracting him with a lapdance, then twatting him with a metal ornament. Despite having spent months convincing everyone that he was domestically violent, setting up a self-defence justification, a jury sentenced Tracy to life imprisonment. Yet it wasn’t long before she was swanning back after her early release, telling gobsmacked locals: “It’s the most exciting new arrival for 2000 years.” She’s not the messiah.
“I think she’s a sociopath, really,” Ford said a few years ago. “Tracy doesn’t have the empathy that most people have. But we do also see the human side of her. I don’t think the character would have lasted so long if she was just a baddie. People wouldn’t believe in her. She’s never boring. I’m really lucky.”Tracy hits her deliciously devious peak when embroiled in a love triangle.
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