Following the travails of a set of wealthy families in the harbor-front community of Orange County, California, The O.C. has become an instant success that goes beyond the Tiger Beat crowd. Audiences recognize and appreciate its witty dialogue and self-awareness, but trying to discuss the merits of a teen drama from the same network that aired Beverly Hills 90210 has left mature viewers blue in the face. Alan Sepinwall's Stop Being a Hater and Learn to Love The O.C. is a support group of a solution, and a fun look at this television phenomenon for fans of all ages.
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Finally, somebody gets it!,
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This review is from: Stop Being a Hater and Learn to Love the O.C. (Paperback)
The OC is is one of those shows that when you try to tell your friends how smart it is, they give you the kind of look that suggests you're trying to write a thesis paper on social dynamics using the Smurfs as a case study (clearly Gargamel's desire to eat the Smurfs defines him as a mass consumer, a binary opposite to the self-sustained community that is Papa Smurf's ideal...). I love that the show "gets" itself, and I love that the author here gets the show. This book is as smart and loaded with references as Seth Cohen on Jolt cola - and tracing the OC's teen-drama roots was just plain brilliant.
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Josh Schwartz has never seen Beverly Hills 90210. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Newport Beach, Catalina Island, Adam Brody, Orange County, Say Anything, Avalon Bay, Seth Cohen, The Breakfast Club, The Countdown, The Telenovela, Dawson's Creek, John Hughes, Julie Cooper, Mischa Barton, Russell Crowe, Sixteen Candles, The Rescue, The Shower, Allan Heinberg, Diane Court, Katie Holmes, Lloyd Dobler, Peter Gallagher, The Nana, The Strip New!
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Josh Schwartz has never seen Beverly Hills 90210. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Newport Beach, Catalina Island, Adam Brody, Orange County, Say Anything, Avalon Bay, Seth Cohen, The Breakfast Club, The Countdown, The Telenovela, Dawson's Creek, John Hughes, Julie Cooper, Mischa Barton, Russell Crowe, Sixteen Candles, The Rescue, The Shower, Allan Heinberg, Diane Court, Katie Holmes, Lloyd Dobler, Peter Gallagher, The Nana, The Strip New!
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- Absolute Dark Knight by Frank Miller on page 107, and page 108
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- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby in Front Matter, and page 112
- It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton on page 56, and Back Matter
- The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, Book 1) (Bk. 1) by Frank Miller on page 108
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