Re: my so-called life
Laura Boyce (LABOYCE@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu)
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 22:19:18 -0400
I agree with Lagusta. The same people that put on "My So Called Life" did
"Relativity" and "Thirtysomething". I enjoyed all of them even though I am
twenty something. Good, real writers - especially for TV.
Too bad alot of the shows with some kind of depth go off the air quickly.
Sad.
---Laura
At 06:28 PM 9/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>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.
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>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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Laura A. Boyce