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and furthermore, the topics show like these covered 10-15 years ago to teens aren't gonna be able to touch what needs to be addressed now. the most "serious" topics on SBTB (teen parenthood, smoking a joint in the bathroom, gasp, being poor. even the eating disorder and drug addiction turned into a big joke - i can't even LOOK at Elizabeth Berkeley anymore without an onset of giggling fits) are still serious, but youre not going to be able to center an episode around a first date, the first time, getting a driver's license or even the parentals going away for the weekend and having a kick-ass party, all to be grounded for breaking grandma's china and of course, breaking the rules.
to me, what 90210 did for teen dramas (even for its time, there werent as many) is kinda what Degrassi claims to do, being all "intense" and "going there." a remake isnt going to do much more. a washed up Steve Sanders as the school guidance counselor to kids dealing with "todays issues" (which i imagine are STDs, suicide, school shootings, poverty, drug use/dealing, internet drama, mental health) isnt going to work.
ETA: and what would a new set of rich kids from CA offer without it turning into Laguna Beach/The Hills/Sweet 16/Gossip Girl? i know the "pretty rich kids with problems" TV genre is popular and all, but sheesh.
(a lot of this is from my UG thesis, so pardon my enthusiasm)
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Do you know people? Have you interacted with them? Because this is pretty standard no-brainer stuff. -33girl
Last edited by tld221; 03-13-2008 at 01:32 PM.
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