My So-Called Life

:For information on the From Zero album, see My So-Called Life (album)

Themes

My So-Called Life brought up issues that were usually not mentioned in family series in the mid-nineties, when it was aired. These include child abuse, homophobia, teenage alcoholism, homelessness, adultery, kinky sex, same-sex parenting, censorship, and drug use, among many others. While a lot of shows would bring up these themes as a one-time issue (a "very special episode") that would be brought up as a problem at the beginning of an episode and resolved as the end, in My So-Called Life, they were just a part of the world. The very title of the show emphasizes how the perception of meaninglessness that many teenagers experience is the main theme of the series. The show depicts teenage years as difficult and confusing as opposed to a light fun-filled time of pranks and jokes, as it would be in sitcoms like Parker Lewis Can't Lose or Saved by the Bell or in movies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Related Topics:
Child abuse - Homophobia - Alcoholism - Homelessness - Adultery - Kinky sex - Same-sex parenting - Censorship - Drug use - Very special episode - Saved by the Bell - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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