My So-Called Life, might have been off-screen for 15 years, but that doesn't stop fans dreaming. So what might Claire Danes' and Jared Leto's characters have been up to, had the show survived?It's Angela and Jordan, like, now. Forgive the flutter of teenage whimsy but this photograph is the televisual equivalent of a High School reunion.
For a certain breed of sour-faced, plaid-wearing individual, My So-Called Life's Angela (Claire Danes) and Jordan (Jared Leto) were our Claire and Bender, our Danny and Sandy. So to see these two in the same frame for the first time since 1995 (when the show was prematurely cancelled after one season) gives us the kind of Proustian-rush we haven't felt since they announced This Life + 10.
To say that MSCL was the kind of show that stole the hearts and minds of its audience seems too weak; with its poetically "real" dialogue, gripping cast and its state of permanent autumn, it infiltrated fans' collective subconsciousness.
So much so, that when news of its demise hit, fans (myself included) tried to resurrect the spirit of the show by writing fan fiction and joining "Operation Life Support" which attempted to get the show re-commissioned by ABC – and even had T-shirts.
We failed – but this photo makes me wonder what Angela and Jordan could have been up to for the past 15 years …
For a certain breed of sour-faced, plaid-wearing individual, My So-Called Life's Angela (Claire Danes) and Jordan (Jared Leto) were our Claire and Bender, our Danny and Sandy. So to see these two in the same frame for the first time since 1995 (when the show was prematurely cancelled after one season) gives us the kind of Proustian-rush we haven't felt since they announced This Life + 10.
To say that MSCL was the kind of show that stole the hearts and minds of its audience seems too weak; with its poetically "real" dialogue, gripping cast and its state of permanent autumn, it infiltrated fans' collective subconsciousness.
So much so, that when news of its demise hit, fans (myself included) tried to resurrect the spirit of the show by writing fan fiction and joining "Operation Life Support" which attempted to get the show re-commissioned by ABC – and even had T-shirts.
We failed – but this photo makes me wonder what Angela and Jordan could have been up to for the past 15 years …
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