In My Humble Opinion
Soraya Roberts
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Publisher:
ECW Press
ECW Press
DRM:
Watermark
Watermark
Publication Year:
2016
2016
ISBN-13:
9781770908826
Description:
<p><b><i>A smart, engaging investigation of the show that brought real teens to TV</b></i></p>
<p><i>My So-Called Life</i> lasted only 19 episodes from 1994 to 1995, but in that time it earned many devoted viewers, including the showrunners who would usher in the teen TV boom of the late ’90s and the new millennium. With its focus on 15-year-old Angela Chase’s search for her identity, <i>MSCL</i>’s realistic representation of adolescence on TV was groundbreaking; without her there would be no Buffy or Felicity, Rory Gilmore or Veronica Mars.</p>
<p>The series’ broadcast coincided with the arrival of third-wave feminism, the first feminist movement to make teen voices a priority, and Angela became their small-screen spokesperson. From her perspective, <i>MSCL</i> explored gender, identity, sexuality, race, class, body image, and other issues vital to the third wave (and the world).</p>
<p>To this day, passionate fans dissect everything from what Rickie Vasquez did for gay representation to what Jordan Catalano did for leaning, and Soraya Roberts makes an invaluable contribution to that conversation with <i>In My Humble Opinion</i>.</p>
<p><i>My So-Called Life</i> lasted only 19 episodes from 1994 to 1995, but in that time it earned many devoted viewers, including the showrunners who would usher in the teen TV boom of the late ’90s and the new millennium. With its focus on 15-year-old Angela Chase’s search for her identity, <i>MSCL</i>’s realistic representation of adolescence on TV was groundbreaking; without her there would be no Buffy or Felicity, Rory Gilmore or Veronica Mars.</p>
<p>The series’ broadcast coincided with the arrival of third-wave feminism, the first feminist movement to make teen voices a priority, and Angela became their small-screen spokesperson. From her perspective, <i>MSCL</i> explored gender, identity, sexuality, race, class, body image, and other issues vital to the third wave (and the world).</p>
<p>To this day, passionate fans dissect everything from what Rickie Vasquez did for gay representation to what Jordan Catalano did for leaning, and Soraya Roberts makes an invaluable contribution to that conversation with <i>In My Humble Opinion</i>.</p>