Elizabeth+R's+Op-Ed+Article

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Outspoken, intelligent, reserved, and articulate interlaced with the threads of social and moral integrity, with a delicious topping of clever snark, unfaltering anti-social behavior, and complete indifference; place this character right smack dab in the middle of high-school and you get the witty, ahead of its time MTV show “Daria”. The story centered around the title character Daria Morgendorffer and her teenage exploits; trying to navigate through the manic, clique infested, uninteresting, superficial jungle that is high-school.

Daria would be the epitome of high school misfit. She is indifferent and uninterested in the world around her and maintains a low tolerance for ignorance and stupidity, qualities that run rampant in her life; she is highly intelligent, in the book-smart academic kind of way and even graduates valedictorian in the show’s series finale. She has pretty much only one friend, Jane, who is just as sarcastic and clever as she is, but is more the artsy type of teenager.

The show is told from more of the teenage misfit perspective, but at the core of the show it wasn’t made to be condescending or turn high school into some schlock filled soap opera. It had great writing and was an overall well done series. The situations, choices, the consequences, all done in a way that actually related to the demographic the show was meant for and did what many shows, even those on the air now seem to lack: the ability to make you think.

It’s the kind of show you wish was on the air //now// and in this time of Jerseyshorevampirediariestwilight90210justinbeiberteenagepregancyyadayadayada spewn all over the airwaves, it’d be a breath of cynical, anti-social, indifferent, and overall entertaining fresh air.

P.S. as this is a short article, I don't think it does justice to the show so what I would suggest is.... just watch it!