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Okay, I admit it, I love this show. It has been forever since "My So-Called Life" (MSCL) got the ax but hey it still has a pretty strong cult following. I was glad when MTV picked it up and played rerun after rerun. At which time my little sister, Diane, and I watched it every single dingle night they played it, with no exception. We love it. (However we both think the Christmas episode is somewhat dorky.) What it comes down to is I can relate to Angela and Rayanne, they are like real. The show is like real. I think people can relate to the characters. MSCL makes people feel less awkward, less inferior, less alone. Angela actually wears (god forbid) the same outfit in more than one episode while other crappy crap shows the TV has to offer would never dare at such "monotony." And what about her less than perfect relationship with Jordan? Can we say obssession? But I have sooo been there -- a guy named Pat back when I was fifteen -- almost the same scenario. And even after she and Jordan get together it is much less than storybook because they have what one might call different objectives. My sweet baby, boyfriend, Tyler, he likes the show too. He says he can really identify with Brian. I think this is adorable. It is a really good thing he likes it too, because my friend Kate and I sort of decided a long time ago that if a guy does not like MSCL, he is not dating material -- though I think we are not really serious about this stipulation, the simple fact that we made it up proves how much we love the show. How I feel about MSCL is a lot like how I feel about real life: I love it. I rarely think this highly of a television show because of all the commercial garbage on TV. And by that I do not just mean the commercials!!! It seems like I always end up watching some lanky blonde 25 year old woman pretending to be a flaked out freshman (in high school) teenybopper whose biggest problem happens to be how she might go about accessorizing the new outfit she bought at the mall, or (my god) she can not get her eyelashes to appear long enough, or (please lord help her) how to lose that non-existent tummy before Jimmy takes her to the prom. Well, anyway, enough of that, if you love MSCL like I do, and you would like to be on the MSCL mailing list simply send a blank e-mail to
so-called-on@mail-list.com Written By Moe Janis O'Connell |
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