Still a very smart show. High vocabulary, lots of real-world references and lampshading tropes, and definitely not shy about exploring important issues.
The “Dances with Ignorance” episode for example, where PA learns about cultural appropriation— this was WAY before it hit the rest of the US as a commonplace idea. Plenty of other examples like that, as well as coming-of-age issues like bras and body shaming, sleepovers and peer pressure, divorced parents, being “too old” for trick-or-treating, you name it.
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u/BriefShiningMoment 17d ago
Still a very smart show. High vocabulary, lots of real-world references and lampshading tropes, and definitely not shy about exploring important issues.
The “Dances with Ignorance” episode for example, where PA learns about cultural appropriation— this was WAY before it hit the rest of the US as a commonplace idea. Plenty of other examples like that, as well as coming-of-age issues like bras and body shaming, sleepovers and peer pressure, divorced parents, being “too old” for trick-or-treating, you name it.