Freaks and Geeks

[sistermagpie]

> > > Carol, who has never seen FAG, either, but thinks that the name of
>  the show is beside the point--what matters is the inappropriate 
content

Magpie:
Just to stick this in somewhere, there definitely must have been some 
mistake as to what they were showing in the store. I've now watched 
three episodes and I don't think I've even heard the word "damn." (I 
can remember one suggestive use of an inoccuous word that a little 
child wouldn't get.) The central family of the show actually are 
respectful of each other--the kids roll their eyes and have gone behind 
their parents backs etc., but they all obviously care about each other 
and if they hurt each other (so far by accident) they apologize and 
talk to each other. 

I'm a little iffy on the whole "Freaks" group, because while the geeks 
are very realistic (probably reflecting the writers' own experience) 
the freaks seem to want to be both the popular crew and the dirtbags, 
and that just doesn't really jibe with me. Their characters would 
certainly fit perfectly well making them rich and popular, at least so 
far. (They might as well call them the movie star group as they are all 
very attractive compared to mostly everyone else--and now all more 
famous.) 

So in general, so far this is definitely a show I'd feel comfortable 
running in a video store in case little kids walked in. Much better 
than whatever was playing in the store Susan walked into!

-m (now wishing Susan remembered it more clearly because I'm curious as 
to what it was!)