Friday, August 01, 2014
'There's always the phone'
I thought some of the Liars' rebellion stemmed from deep-down awareness that they would let go of each other once they were separated, best of intentions nonwithstanding. Cady mentioned that in a few ways: That they'd stay connected, tagging photos in September, and then that would die out, or a few times it was "there's always the phone." The adults really only threatened their immediate proximity. They would let themselves down after that.
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That's an excellent observation. Some of that "Best Friends Forever (but we all know otherwise)" desperation seemed to hang in the air. It's funny how people lose even more touch with adolescent acquaintances than they ever suspect they will. We don't really realize that such separation from our past is what allows us to become adults with our own personalities and lives.
Definitely! That feeling was so prevalent as an adolescent -- that your friendships were tenuous and you'd do anything to save them.
Kim, that reminds me, too, of how everyone writes, "Don't ever change!" in yearbooks, as if that would be a good thing!
Question: Did anyone ever actually have a "kick-ass summer"?
C, do you mean the characters or us?
I don't recall any "kick-ass" summers. Summers always seemed bittersweet as a kid. They held so much promise — that never really panned out and then you were back in school.
I was actually wondering recently if "summertime" is unique to American adolescence because I think we have a much longer break from school than other countries do, and American kids' time is so unstructured that it seems to lend itself to a wide variety of romantic waywardness.
Aren't there a ton of teen movies that take place during the summer between high school and college?
I didn't have any memorable summers. But I also didn't spend any summers on a private island with beaches and drinking and teenage romance.
Oh, "have a kick-ass summer" was a popular and insincere signoff during my high school days.
Ah, of course! I got that sentiment a lot, too.
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