{"id":4057,"date":"2021-12-15T12:38:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T11:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/15\/we-were-pinned-as-the-bitches-the-oc-and-90210-stars-reclaiming-their-voices\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T12:38:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T11:38:26","slug":"we-were-pinned-as-the-bitches-the-oc-and-90210-stars-reclaiming-their-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/15\/we-were-pinned-as-the-bitches-the-oc-and-90210-stars-reclaiming-their-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We were pinned as the bitches\u2019: the OC and 90210 stars reclaiming their voices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hit noughties US teen shows \u2013 and UK ones like Skins \u2013 were irresistible to their wide-eyed, hormone-fuelled viewers. Now their casts are reuniting in podcasts to discuss the good \u2013 and the bad \u2013 of adolescent stardom<\/p>\n

There is nothing new about a nostalgic TV reunion. In the last year we\u2019ve seen televisual specials reunite actors from Friends, New Girl and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for emotional chats and table reads of episodes past. There are cast-led rewatch podcasts like Fake Doctors, Real Friends \u2013 hosted by the Scrubs stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison \u2013 or West Wing Weekly and Office Ladies (about the US Office). But, often, they are bathed in a cosy glow. They fail to lift the lid on the shows\u2019 darker side. They avoid raising problematic issues that call into question the ethics of the industry they work in.<\/p>\n

This is not true when it comes to the wave of podcasts that have brought together the casts of 00s teen shows. Years spent portraying the breakups, makeups, hedonistic parties and burgeoning sex lives of teenagers \u2013 in hits such as The OC and 90210 \u2013 have made way for audio series in which their casts discuss the good and the bad of adolescent stardom.<\/p>\n

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\nHit noughties US teen shows \u2013 and UK ones like Skins \u2013 were irresistible to their wide-eyed, hormone-fuelled viewers. Now their casts are reuniting in podcasts to discuss the good \u2013 and the bad \u2013 of adolescent stardom
\nThere is nothing new about a nostalgic TV reunion. In the last year we\u2019ve seen televisual specials reunite actors from Friends, New Girl and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for emotional chats and table reads of episodes past. There are cast-led rewatch podcasts like Fake Doctors, Real Friends \u2013 hosted by the Scrubs stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison \u2013 or West Wing Weekly and Office Ladies (about the US Office). But, often, they are bathed in a cosy glow. They fail to lift the lid on the shows\u2019 darker side. They avoid raising problematic issues that call into question the ethics of the industry they work in.
\nThis is not true when it comes to the wave of podcasts that have brought together the casts of 00s teen shows. Years spent portraying the breakups, makeups, hedonistic parties and burgeoning sex lives of teenagers \u2013 in hits such as The OC and 90210 \u2013 have made way for audio series in which their casts discuss the good and the bad of adolescent stardom. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hit noughties US teen shows \u2013 and UK ones like Skins \u2013 were irresistible to their wide-eyed, hormone-fuelled viewers. Now their casts are reuniting in podcasts to discuss the good \u2013 and the bad \u2013 of adolescent stardom There is nothing new about a nostalgic TV reunion. In the last year we\u2019ve seen televisual specials …<\/p>\n

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