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Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television
Thea Glassman
3.88 AVERAGE
340 reviews for:
Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television
Thea Glassman
3.88 AVERAGE
This was really well written and I enjoyed it, but as someone who never actually watched the shows featured with any sort of regularity, most of it went over my head.
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This book takes a look back at some of the most influential teen shows from the 90s and 00s. As a millennial this definitely strikes a nostalgic chord because I remember watching many of these shows growing up. It is amazing to realize how groundbreaking some of these themes and scenes were at the time when you consider how far we have come with our media. I would love to go back and watch these shows now as an adult with the perspective gained from this book.
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Plays in millennial nostalgia and I am here for it. I need to go back and rewatch the tv of my youth.
If your niche is pop culture or entertainment history, this is a must read. Glassman dives (almost too) deep into the development of our favorite teen TV series. I appreciated her journalistic approach to storytelling, but felt that by the end of each show's chapter I was inundated by the amount of industry name dropping. Sidenote: I'm just over trying to catch my breath from my high school and college crushes on Jordan Catalano, Pacey, and Seth Cohen.
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interesting read. kind of crazy to see how far teen shows have come
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