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20 years ago, Freaks and Geeks aired for an audience that expected a modern Wonder Years but instead got something closer to Dazed and Confused. 02.29.2020 The main cast of Freaks and Geeks pictured. Photo credit Den of Geek If Netflix announced a new, upcoming series produced by Judd Apatow with a cast including Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, James Franco, Martin Starr, Busy Philipps, Lizzy Caplan, and Shia LaBeouf, it would be one of the most anticipated projects in Hollywood. www.youtube.com p Except that show already came out on NBC over 20 years ago, and it was canceled after a single season. /p p Before em Freaks /em em and Geeks, /em most high school coming-of-age sitcoms were still in the vein of em The Brady Bunch. /em One of the most common tropes in these shows were the single-episode bad kids who d waltz into school, convince the protagonist to smoke or drink or join a gang, and then quickly get expelled/arrested/murdered in order to illustrate that drugs are bad, or whatever. em Saved by the Bell, Family Matters, /em and em Full House /em were all smash hits in the 90s, and they all followed the same script: Within 30 minutes, all problems were solved, so the adults could provide their life-changing advice before forgiving, forgetting, and moving onto the next episode. /p p div id= ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632 /div !-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph -- /p p But em Freaks and Geeks /em changed the playbook by focusing on the outsiders, the bad kids, the...well...freaks and geeks. Lindsay and Sam Weir, played by Linda Cardellini and John Francis Daley, were the intermediaries for the two groups. Lindsay was the older sister attempting to stray from her persona of an uptight brain. Younger brother Sam was a freshman who spent a lot of his time trying to avoid bullies, but his efforts usually proved unsuccessful. Their journey through the school year allowed us to recall our own high school experiences. Sam and his freshmen pals, Bill and Neal, strived to transition from playing Dungeons and Dragons to finding girlfriends. Meanwhile, Lindsay s new group of friends introduced her to a href= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKQmkiVRb2g target= _blank sex, drugs, and rock and roll /a as she worked to parse her identity between mathlete and rebel. /p p div id= ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632 /div !-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph -- /p p As for casting and character development, the young actors didn t look like the typical all-American protagonists. Busy Phillips later reflected, ... a href= https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/freaks-and-geeks-oral-history target= _blank I was reading things in the press about how we were the anti- em Dawson s Creek. /em There was one quote I remember very clearly, like, You won t find any pretty people on em Freaks and Geeks. /em That was interesting as a 19-year-old girl to read. We were not standard packaging. /a /p p div id= ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632 /div !-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph -- /p p "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193676/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Freaks and Geeks (TV Series 1999–2000) - IMDb Freaks and Geeks - Rotten Tomatoes The Oral History of Freaks and Geeks | Vanity Fair 04.30.2020 If you believe the followers of the mysterious figure known as QAnon, all the elites of Hollywood and DC are implicated in an elaborate conspiracy to traffic children.And none other than Donald Trump himself is working to take them down.These elites—minions of the "deep state"—not only abuse children for their twisted sexual gratification, they harvest their adrenal glands to extract the psychosis-inducing drug adrenochrome (a real neurochemical that Hunter S. Thompson first fictionalized as a drug in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)—to which many/most/all of them are addicted. p And Donald Trump is using his immense intelligence and strategic grace to undermine their power through a series of secret arrests and covert operations. There is no knowing exactly when this process will be exposed to the public, but Q continually drops hints to assure his followers that something big is coming. When? Soon. Very soon. Always soon. /p p div id= ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632 /div !-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph -- /p p For two-and-a-half years now—ever since an anonymous user claiming to have Q-level security clearance first started posting cryptic messages on 4chan—a big revelation has perpetually been just around the corner. Acolytes of the QAnon movement revel in the fact that they know what s going on before the rest of the world has a clue. /p p In decoding Q s messages they have adopted a collective approach to investigative work (and occasionally a href= https://www.thedailybeast.com/anthony-comello-gambino-mob-boss-shooting-suspect-radicalized-by-qanon-far-right-sites-even-trump-lawyer-says target= _blank murderous vigilantism /a ) which they tout with the motto where we go one, we go all and the accompanying hashtag #WWG1WGA. /p p div id= ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632 /div !-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph -- /p p "https://www.popdust.com/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-2645447610.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wildest Online Conspiracy Theories About the Coronavirus: Is ... Related Articles Around the Web 'QAnon' conspiracy theory creeps into mainstream politics - ABC News Baby QAnon Was Just Arrested 'QAnon' conspiracy theory creeps into mainstream politics QAnon: The Craziest Theory of the Trump Era, Explained QAnon conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic are a ... 06.12.2020 As protests continue to rage throughout the nation and the world in the wake of the brutal police murder of George Floyd, more and more individuals are seeking out material to help them unlearn centuries of inherited racism.If you're a white person, you're racist, whether you know it or not. As America finally begins to wake up to the reality of the plight of black people, it's your job to educate yourself. While there are plenty of resources available to help you in your journey to becoming consistently anti-racist, one of the most powerful ways to learn is by taking in black stories on film. p Below, we ve compiled a list of 13 powerful films about the history of the Civil Rights Movement, the history of racial oppression in America, and powerful stories about what it s like to be Black in the USA. /p !-- Ezoic - underfirst11 - under_first_paragraph -- div id= ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-630 /div !-- End Ezoic - underfirst11 - under_first_paragraph -- Selma (2014) span "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6t7vVTxaic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Selma Official Trailer #1 (2015) - Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr ... Category:Films about Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia 7 Movies That Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Selma (film) - Wikipedia Great Movies to Watch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Reader's Digest List of Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights movies, docs | The ...

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