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Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

sarahbbbyyy 90s was a time of cheesy, over romanticized television and Beverly Hills 90210 is no different. This show paved the way for teen drama shows today. However, that fact is not saying anything in any way pleasant.Every teen drama show borrows staples from this show and is basically the same but with different premises. However, they are ultimately not as impactful for the current generation of kids who would rather watch "reality" shows and HBO programs. Remember, 90210 was popular at a time where this show was the first of it's kind and it was also on a huge network channel, Fox. It was on when there were only a five channels to watch on TV and a limited number of shows that got the entire family together. It was the first time there was a show geared toward teenagers in a decade of hokey family sitcoms like The Cosby Show and kid shows like Saved By The Bell. However, with the diversity of shows today, that does not mean much considering the shows it paved the way for, ultimately have no place in today's TV except for maybe satisfying the preteen girl demographic who have no idea of what it is like to be a teenager or have ever step foot in a high school. They are very much like a Taylor Swift or Britney Spears(in her early years) song: no actual substance or grounds to reality but are very stylish and pretty, so people love it anyway.Beverly Hills 90210 is probably the third most sappy, over sentimental, and condescending teen drama show I have ever watched, behind Secret Life of the American Teenager and One Tree Hill. It is not the best written show in the universe.Every episode has a very self righteous character basically talking down to another for making whatever mistake they are making with their lives. This happens literally in every episode. These characters, no matter how old they get, seem to not learn a thing from their own mistakes but once another person does not fit the standards of their faux moral "ethics", they have the audacity to judge them. One of the characters, Donna, works for a production company that hires a young girl to shoot a commercial for them. She was a spoiled kid who is forced to work by her mother but is also babied and given in to whatever demands she presents. Donna, a young 20 something who is just out of college, has no job, not much life experience or any children for that matter, actually tells the mother how to be a parent and talks down to her about how much she spoils her daughter and over works for her. Guess what happens at the end of that episode? After getting fired for not giving into the demands of a child, Donna gets her job back and the mother actually took Donna's words into consideration. Happy Ending, shall I say? That is exactly how life works in real life, huh? Something like this happens in every episode.This show also glorifies white privilege and ultimately takes real life issues, putting an over the top, very unrealistic spin on it.One character Kelly has been a burn victim, a rape victim and a shot victim. She also went through a miscarriage. She was almost married to character Brandon and yet broke it off on her wedding night. She also had an affair with her best friend's(Brandon's sister might I add) boyfriend and yet is easily the most judgmental character in the entire series, despite her obviously mistake driven personality.This show is not very character driven, it is far more story driven, which is part of it's problem.Ultimately though, despite it's ridiculous amount of flaws, we can not rid of it's impact on culture of teenagers in general. It opened up doors to talk about issues relating to adolescence. It might have not been the most accurate portrayal but was the biggest show during it's time and finally gave teenagers something to watch that interests them. Without it, we might have never had anything better.

sammy1404 This is one of my favorite shows. I really Love Kelly and Donna. There great teens. Kelly has the most beautiful hair and Donna is such a true and nice person. Kelly had her fair share of drug problems but was helped out by her friends. And Donna deserved to be happy with high school sweetheart David. And i was so happy when Brenda (Shannon D) left, she was so selfish. The show watched the teens go through high school, living on their own, going to college, dealing with adult stuff, to becoming adults. It was such a good journey. Kelly and Donna remained best friends throughout the show. For me being a teen, it's a great show to know you're not the only one having problems

streetsmarts101 I came to the BH 90210 universe pretty late. I didn't start watching until the third or forth season, but became immediately hooked. Luckily I was able to catch the prior seasons during reruns a year or two later. I've always felt that the Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestley) character was the heart, soul, and moral center of the series. He had his demons of course, but don't we all. The other majors characters were well cast, and really made you think about the years when we were in high school. But there's one thing that's bothering me, especially since I looked up the IMDb page when the show was finally being released on DVD. I've seen almost every episode of this series. I admit I didn't watch it as much after Jason Priestley left the show. But for the life of me I can't remember a character called Keith, who supposedly according to IMDb was in 291 episodes. Does anyone know who this guy is, or is this a typo by IMDb?

denis888 I remember seeing this serial in my home country, Russia, somewhere around 1996 or 1997. That was quite a sensation. A real American show, and about real American young people, like me or my pals. And what was the best thing in all that was that all those problems and joys that they had in their sunny California were very close and clear for us in colder Russia. We, men, soon fell in love with beautiful girls of the serial - Jenny Garth, Kathleen Robertson (who was especially cool as Claire Arnold, the rascally sweet daughter of President Arnold), Tori Spelling or any other lady in there. Girls went slightly mad (Do not bite me for this, I am just being kiddingly nostalgic!) with Luke Perry, Brian Austin Green or endearingly correct and always clean Jason Priestly. Well, all that the main characters had in the film was so clear and understandable for us - love, hate, school, money, family troubles, cowardice and friendship - no boundaries exist for such things. We followed each episode so closely and so attentively. Of course, the BH 90210 is not devoid of weaknesses - some roles are pretty shallow and some moments are way too sentimental. It seemed that each of the main heroes had to overcome all the possible and impossible hardships and ordeals in this life - drugs, sects, deaths, losses. Sometimes, it was too too much. Anyway, the serial still stands out well and still looks fresh and dear, which is a big asset of the film.