Allana Bennett "You're Standing On My Neck" (Oberlin.edu); Wisdom Quarterly
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| Beyond Comedy Central: actress, genius, and comedienne Sarah Silverman, a real flesh and blood "Daria," may get her own NBC network show (Reuters/Fred Prouser). |
My mother used to beg me to turn the channel halfway through a Daria marathon. “Her voice is irritating,” she would say. “It’s just so monotonous.” And it was. I completely saw her point, but my feelings on the matter were beyond the voice at that point. Daria Morgendorfer was my id.I was a much more idealistic teenager than Daria. In fact, I was (gasp) an optimist. And I still am.
But when you’re a teenager, especially the particular brand that spent her formative years curled up in front of a television set, you seek out characters that speak to a more hidden part of you -- the part that wishes she had the gumption to say half the things that regularly came out of Daria’s mouth. Watching Daria was like getting a... More
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| VIDEO compilation: Sick Sad World ("Daria," MTV) |
But when you’re a teenager, especially the particular brand that spent her formative years curled up in front of a television set, you seek out characters that speak to a more hidden part of you -- the part that wishes she had the gumption to say half the things that regularly came out of Daria’s mouth. Watching Daria was like getting a... MoreThe New Sarah Silverman Show
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