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Some personal news: I finally have a daughter who is willing to watch My So-Called Life with me.
(I bought the DVDs for the now-16-year-old a few years ago, but we've never made it past the pilot. 16 is at her mom's house tonight, and 12 and I watched the first three episodes back-to-back-to-back.)
The 12-year-old: "Did people actually dress like that?"
Me: "Your *mom* dressed like that."
Me: "Your *mom* dressed like that."
Her: "I don't understand it. It's all like ... buttons and flannel."
(It has not escaped me, by the way, that the above tweet would be entirely believable as a @MSCLquotes tweet.)
Day Two: The use of the Malcolm X clip in the body image episode is pretty audacious.
Also: “What’s that on his face?!”
“It’s called a soul patch. It was a whole huge thing.”
“Ew.”
“Yeah.”
“It’s called a soul patch. It was a whole huge thing.”
“Ew.”
“Yeah.”
This house is #TeamSharonCherski, if you were wondering.
[while watching the body image episode]
Her: "This is so cliché."
Me: "They just haven't made you hate yourself yet."
Her: "Yet?"
Me: "Just saying, you might appreciate it more in three years."
Her: "Have you met me?"
Me: "Fair."
Her: "This is so cliché."
Me: "They just haven't made you hate yourself yet."
Her: "Yet?"
Me: "Just saying, you might appreciate it more in three years."
Her: "Have you met me?"
Me: "Fair."
It took me a scene and a half to remember that Roger Rees was under the impression he was doing an American accent in this.
