was relativity cancelled? ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: my so-called life Author: <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu> at sb-entsmtp Date: 9/10/97 11:11 PM 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 >> >>********************************************************************** >**** >>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 >>********************************************************************** >**** >> >> >Laura A. Boyce