![]() This was helped in no small part by a truly perfect cast. But there was a genuine affection and respect for the characters being conveyed that makes them easy to love, even in the most heart on sleeve moments. ![]() Yes, the pilot plays "Everybody Hurts" near the end, without irony. ![]() My So-Called Life was a very earnest show, perhaps too earnest for some. My So-Called Life was didn't just want to have The Gay Kid episode or The Alcoholic Girl episode, but rather make have ongoing, important characters, whose issues wouldn't be solved in one "very special" episode, but rather continually play out. Some will role their eyes at storylines of this sort, finding them cliche, but context is everything. Rayanne partied all the time, including drinking in excess, going down a self-destructive path that threatened to take her down at any time. Rickie was the first ever series regular teenage character on a TV show who was gay, something he continually struggled with. Beyond that it was attempting to deal with issues and themes teens go through in a much more level-headed manner than an afterschool special would do with such subjects. Yes, some of their problems were perhaps not monumental in the scheme of things, but the show was capturing the way in which the worries teenagers have certainly feel at the time like the weight of the world upon their shoulders. ![]() These were kids who felt incredibly genuine and believable. And My So-Called Life was doing something special. It all sounds pretty basic written out like that I suppose, but a story is all in the telling. ![]()
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