Re: my so-called life
Lagusta P. Yearwood (ly001f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:28:45 -0400 (EDT)
ahh! NO ONE here has felt the need to stand up for MSCL? in my opinion,
it's...um...here come the flames...the catcher in the rye of tv. not
fitting in, looking around and seeing phony after phony, trying to
find a place for yourself in a world that you're not sure you even
want to live in, how painful and disturbing it is to grow up. all the
biggies are covered. maybe you have to be my age (19) to think so, but my
mother (an avid jds fan as well) never misses the reruns on MTV. ok, so
maybe it's a little simplistic and trite (the "hottie guy" is really dumb
in school, the "gay guy" doesn't fit in, the "nerdy boy" can't get a
date...) but still, i think it is raw and real and achingly beatiful more
than anything i've ever seen on tv. i don't know...i haven't watched it in
a long time, but just thinking about it makes me feel consoled and
disturbed at the same time, just like i feel after rereading F&Z or CITR.
lagusta
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i know, in my soul, that to eat a creature who is raised to be eaten, and
who never has a chance to be a real being, is unhealthy. it's
like...you're just eating misery. you're eating a bitter life.
~~alice walker
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