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Sep 26, 2007 14:34

From a 'Friday Night Lights' recap:

Lyla says she doesn't think Jason thinks about her life, and that he even thinks it's "lame" that she has these concerns. That "lame" kills me; so exactly how people almost always have to resort to imperfect and inarticulate language when trying to discuss major issues like "life."

Two things.

First off, how absolutely true. I would never call myself a wordsmith, particularly not in face-to-face situations, but normally I can at least come up with a response to something. However, there have been a few times in my life where literally all I can think of to say is, "This sucks." I don't know if it's because sometimes things just take up all of your mind space, or because they can't be contained by a specific set of words and force you to use sort of ambiguous, all-encompassing terms, but there it is.

Secondly, dialogue like this is why this show has garnered such devotion from its (admittedly few) viewers. Aaron Sorkin be damned; people like to see their characters speak like actual humans, especially the teenaged characters. If it were 'Dawson's Creek,' these two 17-year-olds would be delivering lengthy monologues sprinkled with words generally used only in thesis papers and allusions to Freud. But instead, these two talk like your average teenaged small-town kids would. I love, love, love it.

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