Sabrina the Teenage Witch Turns 20
At least according to the trending news on Facebook. When I watched it at eleven, Sabrina looked so mature. Now, in the picture they're showing, she looks so young. Of course, sixteen is to me now what seven year olds were to me at eleven.
So, random Sabrina thoughts:
- I do sort of wonder why the actresses for Sabrina's BFF of the season kept changing. Or, rather, why she kept having a BFF of the season. I feel like Valerie and Dreama stuck around a little longer, but... maybe there was a conspiracy? :P Nah, I realize they probably just had bad luck with casting. Or continuity. Or both. I think show was one of those that sort of flip-flopped stuff like that a bit.
- Irony: I actually had what I now realize was a fanfic idea where Sabrina had to go to a school for witches and warlocks. A few years later, I'd read a book called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone...
(Yes, I know, Harry Potter is far from the only "magic school" book. I mean, even Buffy kind of has that, albeit it's not actually for supernatural stuff as much as it attracts supernatural stuff.)
- It interestingly aired the same year as Buffy, I think, although a few months later. I wonder if at the time, Sabrina wasn't almost seen as sort of Buffy Lite? Although the shows were quite different in purpose, since many Sabrina episodes also had an Aesop. (Maybe even most episodes? Looking back, the show was pretty heavy on the message front.) Whereas Buffy was more straightforward.
- I stopped watching Sabrina when I was about fourteen or fifteen, partly because of a convoluted reason I can't remember, partly because I felt it got repetitive (Harvey and Sabrina break up! Harvey and Sabrina make up!). Plus, because I was fourteen or fifteen, I probably wanted edgier stuff.
OTOH, from what I've read of the college years episodes, it does sound like the show "grew the beard" a little, so to speak? Maybe I should try watching them.
Did any of you watch Sabrina? Do you still?
So, random Sabrina thoughts:
- I do sort of wonder why the actresses for Sabrina's BFF of the season kept changing. Or, rather, why she kept having a BFF of the season. I feel like Valerie and Dreama stuck around a little longer, but... maybe there was a conspiracy? :P Nah, I realize they probably just had bad luck with casting. Or continuity. Or both. I think show was one of those that sort of flip-flopped stuff like that a bit.
- Irony: I actually had what I now realize was a fanfic idea where Sabrina had to go to a school for witches and warlocks. A few years later, I'd read a book called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone...
(Yes, I know, Harry Potter is far from the only "magic school" book. I mean, even Buffy kind of has that, albeit it's not actually for supernatural stuff as much as it attracts supernatural stuff.)
- It interestingly aired the same year as Buffy, I think, although a few months later. I wonder if at the time, Sabrina wasn't almost seen as sort of Buffy Lite? Although the shows were quite different in purpose, since many Sabrina episodes also had an Aesop. (Maybe even most episodes? Looking back, the show was pretty heavy on the message front.) Whereas Buffy was more straightforward.
- I stopped watching Sabrina when I was about fourteen or fifteen, partly because of a convoluted reason I can't remember, partly because I felt it got repetitive (Harvey and Sabrina break up! Harvey and Sabrina make up!). Plus, because I was fourteen or fifteen, I probably wanted edgier stuff.
OTOH, from what I've read of the college years episodes, it does sound like the show "grew the beard" a little, so to speak? Maybe I should try watching them.
Did any of you watch Sabrina? Do you still?