Christina Reviews *Beverly Hills 90210*

Movies and television shows are often about showing us a different side of life that we never would have experienced on our own if not for the magic of living vicariously through fictional characters.  Beverly Hills 90210 was all about showing us that the children of the rich and snobby can live fulfilling, meaningful lives like any one of us.  In fact, their lives are not so different.

Here are some things that the 90210 characters did on an average day that prove just how normal they really were.

- Get held up at gunpoint
- Help the police apprehend a rapist
-Have heartfelt talks with their siblings/stepsiblings
- Fight with their alcoholic parents
- Have sex on prom night
- Abstain from sex but then manage to be the only senior to get drunk on prom night
- Go on a crash diet and collapse in the bathroom of a local hangout
-  Get their boyfriend high on ecstasy
- Get accused of date rape, and then become exonerated when it’s discovered that they saved a friend from being raped a year or so ago and can, therefore, not be a rapist.
- Forged their girlfriend’s name

That’s just a taste of the ordinary, everyday lifestyles of these normal teens who actually live quite happy, non-dramatic lives, despite their zip code.

I used to watch this show religiously when I was in high school.  My dad didn’t like it.  He was suspicious of the fact that all the kids seemed to be future psychiatrists in the making.  And I have to agree that there was something patronizing about the way they talked to each other.   Here are some memorable pearls of wisdom from those savvy 90210 kids:

Brenda Walsh: No matter how crazed and bent out of shape I ever got, you were always there for me and I'll never forget it. You really are my best friend.
Brandon Walsh: And I hope I always will be.

“What’s left for me?  Dye my hair?  Get a boob job?”
                          Donna Martin

“Babette used to be my mom’s coke connection.”
                               Kelly Taylor

Andrea:
Radically isn't a word.
Steve: It isn't a word....Its an attitude.


“It doesn't matter what you say about someone once they're gone. What matters is how you treat them when they're still here.”
                                                       David Silver

No, my father is gone and your daughter is gone, we're even now. The killing is done.
                                                 Dylan McKay

“Journalism, terrorism, what's the difference?”
                     Clare Arnold

Beverly Hills 90210 will always remain a fond memory for me.  And if anyone ever tells you that it’s not a very good show, and that the characters are ignorant dimwits, you sit them down and you have a heartfelt discussion with them about all of the reasons why they’re wrong.