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No, those aren't true "soap operas." Real soaps were on five days a week and were campy as fuck, people dying and being reincarnated as an orangutan whose brain was surgically placed into their still living twin, only to find they are now pregnant by their ex lover's mother in law, who happens to be a powerful psychic and knows all the secrets that will turn life upside down for the handsome new guy in town who can't seem to ever keep a shirt on...
It's all lit in a really specific way too, like 90's Glamour Shots from the mall- all blurry and glowy, in a dreamy way.
I'm gonna say Sunrise Bay was most likely referring to Sunset Beach. It ran from 1997- 1999 and had 755 episodes. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118484/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Is there always an icebox with booze just chillin' as a permanent uncredited supporting "character" (like Italian food in The Sopranos)?
Edit: also, fucking amazing writeup aha! That was quite the journey you just sent me on, wowzer
I used to watch Young & the Restless. They had crystal decanters filled with whiskey.