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<blockquote data-quote="tommie" data-source="post: 196106" data-attributes="member: 370">I&#039;d also say that before 90210 came there really wasn&#039;t any proper teen soap that had ended up being a long runner - they basically ended up making the blueprint for others to follow. Shows that came afterwards could basically look at what 90210 did well and what they didn&#039;t do well and adjust accordingly - they didn&#039;t have that luxury. Hell, Fox apparently didn&#039;t even want them to graduate and they had to fight the network to get them out of high school.Funnily enough I&#039;ve been watching Dawson&#039;s Creek off and on the past few months and I agree with [USER=721]@Marika[/USER] here - it&#039;s not very realistic to be honest. It&#039;s like an idealized and &quot;dreamy&quot; version of someone&#039;s teenage years, as something that&#039;s being told in hindsight how they wish things were rather than how they actually was. A lot of reactions don&#039;t ring true and you can tell that it&#039;s being written by 30-somethings being &quot;clever&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tommie, post: 196106, member: 370"] I'd also say that before 90210 came there really wasn't any proper teen soap that had ended up being a long runner - they basically ended up making the blueprint for others to follow. Shows that came afterwards could basically look at what 90210 did well and what they didn't do well and adjust accordingly - they didn't have that luxury. Hell, Fox apparently didn't even want them to graduate and they had to fight the network to get them out of high school. Funnily enough I've been watching Dawson's Creek off and on the past few months and I agree with [USER=721]@Marika[/USER] here - it's not very realistic to be honest. It's like an idealized and "dreamy" version of someone's teenage years, as something that's being told in hindsight how they wish things were rather than how they actually was. A lot of reactions don't ring true and you can tell that it's being written by 30-somethings being "clever". [/QUOTE]

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