I confess.
I have been watching The Secret life of an American Teenager since the beginning. Its got everything you need drama, sex, and teenage pregnancy. Most of all I love watching Molly Ringwald come full circle from her brat pack days. Her TV family does not resemble her family from the classic Pretty in Pink and sadly neither do the fashions. You still have rich kids and not so rich kids all trying to fit in. In some ways that is the universal message.
In some ways this show expresses an honesty about teens and sex---but it also never stops preaching. Of course there is the perfect blonde-haired Christian teen, and just about every teen on the show who has sex seems to be messed up in one way or another. I love it that Molly Ringwald is a grandmother who is pregnant and her teen daughter keeps asking her how someone so old can be having a baby.
Boy I miss the simpler days of Pretty in Pink it had great characters, great clothes, and a great sound track.
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Wow you've really piqued my interest here...I definitely want to check it out.
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