Bring back the crazy girl...
As annoying as they could sometimes be, I wish Ally McBeal or Felicity would come back on.When I watched these shows in year 10, I didn't really know what they were talking about. About life, love, relationships, insecurities, setbacks, friends. At least, not in the way I understand it now, having gone through a few of the same things. The power of relation, of empathy, of feeling like someone knows what you are going through. It's like that feeling when you find a song whose lyrics echo your thoughts so perfectly that you can't believe your ears, but you feel just so elated that someone understands.
I think that's why I don't watch TV anymore. There really isn't any show that I like that much these days, because there are so few that I can relate to. Shows that used to talk about real things. That's the biggest irony about reality TV -- what exactly is real about these set-up scenarios of deserted islands or bachelor-choosing (who are actually millionaires or gay or whatever) or surgically transforming yourself into the Barbie you've always wanted to be? More importantly, how does it affect you in any way after having watched them, other than to feel voyeuristic or disgusted by the state of this world?
What I liked most about Ally was that even though life sucked most of the time, it always ended off on a hopeful note. Things were crazy, but life went on. She walks home alone, with a suitably melancholic song in the background, smiling to herself, even if it's with some weariness.
And if all else failed, she could always dance like an idiot to music that was way too daggy, turned up way too loud.
posted by me. @ 3:57 PM
1 Comments:
i miss ally mcbeal... at least until it went all boring...
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