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Currently Watching:  Joan of Arcadia

2/10/2016

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I have Joan of Arcadia on DVD because it isn't currently available on Netflix.  I don't always plan on posting what I'm watching, but I always felt that this was an unfortunately short-lived series that summed up nearly everything it meant to be a teenage girl.

The characters are sensitively drawn with subtle intricacies and back stories which are slowly introduced.  Each character begins as a stereotype:  the jock, the nerd, the outcast, the caring mother, the tough-guy father, the artist, the rebel... and then they move away from these archetypes into rich personalities as true to life as I have found in the best young adult books.  

A mixture of fantasy, philosophy, and the realities of teenage life, Joan of Arcadia is the definition of film as literature... if only there were seasons 3, 4, 5, and beyond.

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Alicia R.
2/11/2016 09:29:55 pm

One of my favorite shows! I was really upset when it was canceled!

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