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Why must I be a teenager in love? South of Nowhere, created by Thomas W. Lynch, is an original series that follows Degrassi at 8:30 and is in a similar mold. The show, now in its second season, is even more sex-centric than Degrassi — hedonistic entertainment that lacks moral messaging, though it makes up for that by dealing with one girl’s sexual-identity crisis, whereas most televised gay teens tend to be boys. On this season’s debut episode, 16-year-old Spencer wakes up in someone else’s bed with a huge question answered: she’s gay, best friend Ashley is gay, and they’ve finally hooked up, but her love life is more complicated than ever. In the meantime, her mother is cheating on her father, her adopted black brother is searching for his birth mother, and the savvy Los Angeles kids at her school aren’t going to go any easier on her for being a lesbian just because she’s skinny and blonde. South of Nowhere could be mistaken for an Aaron Spelling production thanks to the sparkle of its beautiful cast. Underneath, however, the drama is serrated: trenchant, natural dialogue, unconventional indie-film camerawork, and subtly racy story lines that pull the rug out from under aging Carrie Bradshaw and company. |
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