Gone Too Soon: My So-Called Life...

Gone Too Soon: My So-Called Life

Category: Television
Posted 4 months ago by wdweditorial
With the news coming down this week that MTV is adapting the UK's teen sensation Skins for American audiences, it became obvious which show I was going to do next for this column. The thing about Skins that works so well is that it rings of authenticity, which is rare in teen programming. It also features teenagers who are truly acting their age; no old dudes with male pattern baldness pretending to be high school sophomores. We've seen all this before. A long time ago, before The WB and UPN built programming models for teen audiences, there was a little show on ABC that nobody really knew what to do with. My So-Called Life tackled teen issues, not in "a very special episode" way, but in a raw, unfiltered way. It was wonderful. Continue reading Gone Too Soon: My So-Called Life Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free Permalink | Email this | | Comments
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