Published: January 18, 2019
Many shows about teens don’t push past cliches – but Derry Girls gives us complex, unpredictable characters who are never completely in control
Being a teenage girl is hard. One minute you’re dancing, the next you’re crying. One minute Sally Higgens is your best friend, the next she’s a dumb skank. You worship Ariana Grande – wait, now she’s the Antichrist. Plus, weird things are constantly happening in, on and to your body. It’s exhausting, but if you have good friends you can handle anything.
I’ve been lucky in this regard: the friends I made in high school are my family today, and one of the reasons I’m loving Lisa McGee’s Derry Girls is because of how much the principal characters remind me of us.
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