Remembering Angela Chase

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Well, actually…I don’t remember her. Because I’m watching it for the first time. But props are definitely due to the Shout! Factory, who not only resurrected Freaks and Geeks to life on DVD, but also the Claire Danes high school drama My So-Called Life.

I’m only three episodes in, but I can already see why people herald this show as being “true to real life as a high school student,” and yada yada yada. Yeah, it’s a chick thing, but still important to pop culture and a TV fanatic’s world, so I had to see what all the fuss was about.

So yesterday, I received Disc 2 from Netflix and immediately start scanning the titles of the episodes, as I do because I’m HUGE on episode names. “Father Figures,” “The Zit,” “The Substitute.” “Ok, it’s like a more serious Saved By the Bell,” I thought to myself. Whatever.

My eyes then scan the glorious title of the fourth episode on said Disc 2: “Why Jordan Can’t Read.” I almost dropped everything I was holding, doing, and wearing to immediately throw this disc in. Does an episode title get any better than that? Pfft, and I thought “The Zit” was going to be cheesey!

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I don’t know Jared Le…I mean “Jordan.” Maybe you can’t read because you have a plethora of eye makeup on. More eye makeup than…er…someone that wears a TON (clearly, I need a solid example here, but as a straight male, I’m drawing a blank). Now listen, I don’t know why Jordan can’t read…but you bet your ass I’m pumped to find out.