Brian and Angela revisited
I don't get to watch LOST at its regular time on Thursdays, so I always watch it online first thing Friday morning since that's (supposedly) my day off. It's after midnight now so I thought I'd check out the website to see if it somehow posts immediately.
No such luck, by I did notice to my complete surprise that ABC is now streaming old episodes of... wait for it... MY SO-CALLED LIFE (look in the list on the left). Suddenly I am 15 again and reliving my love affair with Claire Danes and watching the show that perfectly captured the serious, life-and-death drama and extreme self-consciousness of early high school. And it did this right as I was living it myself.
You ever get those unexpected moments of extreme nostalgia?
From Wikipedia: "My So-Called Life brought up issues that were usually not mentioned in family series in the mid-nineties, when it was aired. These include child abuse, homophobia, teenage alcoholism, homelessness, adultery, kinky sex, school violence, same-sex parenting, censorship, and drug use, among many others. While a lot of shows brought up these themes as a one-time issue (a "very special episode") that would be introduced as a problem at the beginning of an episode and resolved at the end, in My So-Called Life they were just a part of the world. The very title of the show emphasized how the perception of meaninglessness that many teenagers experience is the main theme of the series. The show depicted teenage years as difficult and confusing as opposed to a light, fun-filled time of pranks and jokes."
Even though it was just a TV show, it seemed to really understand the world that was happening around me at the time.
No such luck, by I did notice to my complete surprise that ABC is now streaming old episodes of... wait for it... MY SO-CALLED LIFE (look in the list on the left). Suddenly I am 15 again and reliving my love affair with Claire Danes and watching the show that perfectly captured the serious, life-and-death drama and extreme self-consciousness of early high school. And it did this right as I was living it myself.
You ever get those unexpected moments of extreme nostalgia?
From Wikipedia: "My So-Called Life brought up issues that were usually not mentioned in family series in the mid-nineties, when it was aired. These include child abuse, homophobia, teenage alcoholism, homelessness, adultery, kinky sex, school violence, same-sex parenting, censorship, and drug use, among many others. While a lot of shows brought up these themes as a one-time issue (a "very special episode") that would be introduced as a problem at the beginning of an episode and resolved at the end, in My So-Called Life they were just a part of the world. The very title of the show emphasized how the perception of meaninglessness that many teenagers experience is the main theme of the series. The show depicted teenage years as difficult and confusing as opposed to a light, fun-filled time of pranks and jokes."
Even though it was just a TV show, it seemed to really understand the world that was happening around me at the time.
I, too, was surprised to see 'My So Called Life' on the list of shows you can watch at abc.com. I am on still working my way slowly through LOST (midway through season 2 right now), but once I am caught up on the show, that'll be one of my first stops. I was a few years younger when the show was on, but I was fascinated by it... probably in part because I was not allowed to watch it.
HAPPY MUSICAL FRIDAY!
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