So.. it begins welcome to my new outlet for all the rages the world causes deep inside me. Hopefully it wont be a completely horrible ordeal for anyone out there, or indeed for myself.
Well now, lets get started.
The secret life of the American teenager
I am not sure who has seen this unusually irritating show yet, but rest assured this may put most people off it. Unless that is, you like horrible writing and cliched situations done a billion times before that masquerades as intelligent yet edgy teen drama.
I will keep this short and sweet as the posting of a conversation from this… show.. should truly speak for itself. (Apologies to those who might find this a little lengthy. I was originally intending to have the scene in question as a video here, and I still might.)
Also I really didn’t feel compelled to learn said characters names, hence the idiot thing. Anyways here goes…
Idiot #1 So you’re going to Italy to have sex huh? Going all the way out of the country just to have sex..pffft not even real sex more like foreplay.
Idiot #2 I don’t know that for sure.
Idiot #1 Oh yeah you do, you know I can help you get laid here.
Idiot #2 It’s not about sex OK, its not about anything other than getting a summer job
Idiot #1 A summer job huh? C’mon its not about work, it’s about running away from your responsibilities and getting rewarded for it.
Idiot #2 I thought you’d be happy I’m going, I thought you’d be happy to have Amy and the baby all to yourself.
Idiot #1 Amy said you asked her to go with you, so you’ll have Amy and the baby to YOURSELF.
Idiot #2 Oh… yeah, I did ask, I don’t know if they’re going though. I mean, I’d like for them to go but..
Idiot #1 No you wouldn’t like for her to go. I talked to Adrian too you know, and why you’re going to Adrian for advice.
Idiot #2 Because I wanted a woman’s point of view and I thought she wouldn’t tell anyone.
Idiot #1 Why didn’t you talk to your friend, whats her name? Alice?
Idiot #2 Because Alice only knows what she reads in books, and Adrian’s got some real life experience. That’s why.
Idiot #1 And that’s what you want? Some real life experience? You stay away from Adrian.
Idiot #2 Stay away as in.. don’t even talk to Adrian because..
Idiot #1 Because..
Idiot #2 Because you have real feelings for her?
I will stop here, note the complete lack of the use of 3rd person references to other characters. It’s almost as if they feel the need to continually hammer the character names into your head, like the writers know damn well they are completely forgettable people.
Now, this is where things turn from silly to just plain immature. I feel they kind of petered off with rational conversation and just tried to throw in sex or have sex as many times as possible in a 10 second span.
Idiot #1 Because you don’t need to have sex with anyone other than Amy, when Amy is ready to have sex. Which isn’t going to be any time soon (insert Smarmy smile here)
Idiot #2 I don’t need you to tell me when I can or cannot have sex with Amy. Amy will decide that. And what? I don’t need sex but you do?
Idiot #1 It’s not a matter of need, I’m not having sex because I need sex. I’m having sex because I wanna have sex
Idiot #2 Yeah well I wanna have sex too
Note the distinct lack of the use of 3rd person references to other characters throughout the entire piece.
Well all I have to say is this is the average conversation you will find between the teen characters and this is not an isolated incident involving excessive use of the sex/have sex thing across a season and a half of episodes.
Steer clear unless you are a fan of drinking games centered around horrible television.
