Quote: (06-24-2013 09:18 PM)lurker Wrote:
Quote: (06-24-2013 01:52 PM)Therapsid Wrote:
Quote: (06-24-2013 01:34 PM)Tuthmosis Wrote:
Daria is the precursor to the 2010s snarky, unfeminine, cat-loving, "sarcastic," tattoo-having, pierced-up, frumpy American bitches we complain about.
Is it any coincidence that Janeane Garofalo voiced the character?
Yeah. I remember seeing the show when it originally aired and being taken aback by how relentlessly cynical it was. It definitely signaled a shift in the zeitgeist. Suddenly it was now cool to always be sarcastic, to not trust other people, and to be sullen joykill.
For example, notice the scene in the video of Daria being hugged by her teacher. She calls out lawsuit! And the teacher shamefacedly pulls back. Haha funny but that kind of joke would not have been made even a few years earlier.
No way. The show lagged the zeitgeist of cynicism by a couple years. The sarcastic/untrusting/sullen aspect of teen culture peaked in the grunge/alternative era around Cobain's death and the rise of Billy Corgan. Daria was on from 1997-2002, when Limp Bizkit-style rap-rock reigned and teen raunch was the new normal. See, e.g., Can't Hardly Wait; American Pie, etc.
I'd argue that recent or contemporary hipster culture has a similar sullen affect as 90's alternative culture. Look past the difference in clothing style and music. If anything grunge fans were less anti-social.