Ah, the teenage years. We sure did a lot of sitting around and standing around in those days. Sitting in class, waiting for time to pass by until you could finally go home. Standing in the hall, talking with your friends (or so-called friends). I say this because it seems like every other scene involves one of the former, and unfortunately, I think it's all too true of how high school really is.
Ironically, I relate more to Angela Chase's adolescent angst now at 25 than I did at 14. Call me a late bloomer, but now I get why someone would want to dye her hair bright red. I get why you'd want to do something exciting just to feel alive, even if it's stupid. I've had a few Jordan Catalano-scale crushes in my life. No, I will not elaborate. But I guess the point is that I still relate to the adolescent experience, even though I am quite a few years past the age for it now. Does some of the teenager remain inside a person, no matter how old he or she gets? I think so.
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My So-Called Life is my all-time favorite television show. I met some of my best friends because of that show. I was in college when it first aired, and I really related to Angela. I still do, but as I grow older I relate to many of the other characters in different ways as well. My friends who have become parents all hated Patty when the show first was on, now they all relate to her. I think that show holds up so well, and it really was ahead of its time.
You're right, it does hold up well. Disc 2 is on its way...
MSCL is an example of a series which keeps getting better the more you watch it and in which the creators were clearly trying to say more than most viewers at the time wanted to hear.
It still is one of my top five favourite television series and although I'd dearly love a reunion it probably had a far better ending than if the series had gone on any longer.
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