Why We Don't Live Alone
Steve Lippo Final TV Essay 10/26/00 The World We Don't Live In Television is not real life. It's not even close. From Friends to Frasier, people's lives do not resemble TV show plots by any means. Television's number one goal is to portray what viewers would want their lives to be like. Dawson's Creek is no different. The world does not revolve around a small group of high school students, yet in this show it seems to. Dawson's Creek chronicles the wry humor the undeniably intense period of awakening known as teenage years. Set in the Boston suburb of Capeside, this series explores the blooming self-awareness and growing pains that go hand-in-hand with the triumphs of growing up. Dawson's Creek's fantasy lifestyle and unrealistic dialogue create a world where consumerism rules over conflicting relationships and the search for true love. Wisely intelligent and yet naively open, four teens are at the heart of this drama as they unknowingly embark on the road less traveled, going against the norm in the paths they choose. Together in this passage from adolescence to young adulthood, the series stars Dawson Leary, Joey Potter, Pacey Witter, and Jen Lindley. Dawson is a 17-year-old Steven Spielberg fanatic who is charmingly obsessive a
" This overuse of the Webster's Dictionary is used for a purpose. Everybody has conflict in relationships, but within this show, it is more heightened and dramatic. Problems are solved, no matter how big, on a weekly basis. The opening of Dawson's Creek features these lyrics sung by Paula Cole: "I don't want to wait for our lives to be over. Capeside is not an extension of Boston, although the character analysis may say otherwise. Awkward silences are expected in real life, not in Capeside. Teens in real life along with the characters in the show are being pressured to grow up too fast. High school students do not talk like Dawson does. Teenagers today are savvy consumers, and this is becoming more and more evident to networks. Rounding out the inseparable foursome, Jen may appear to be the girl next door, but she has an air of mystery surrounding her as she harbors a dark secret from her past. " In Dawson's Creek, television puts the right words in the characters' mouths every time they want to say something. As in real life, the search for a companion can be one of the most enlightening adventures a teenager faces. The fact that this takes place in Boston prepares us for all kinds of characters" (236). Yes, there are many different types of characters in Dawson's Creek, but the families differ even more.
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