Re: my so-called life
Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 23:11:50 -0500
i don't know, i always got the feeling "relativity" was just about
pushing the sex envelope on broadcast tv. but i didn't really watch
that much.
On Wed, 10 Sep 1997 22:19:18 -0400 LABOYCE@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu (Laura
Boyce) wrote:
>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:
>>
>>
>>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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>>
>>
>Laura A. Boyce