Comments on: I, Too, Embrace Amanda

By: Heidi

Heidi — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:36:04 +0000

I spend a lot of time watching this show cringing for when Amanda watches it, too. My cold, black little heart just breaks for her.

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:28:41 +0000

You aren’t alone there Jen. But, I’m okay to wait for Survivor debrief, especially if there is no Amanda embracing in it.

I am going to go check out The Paper though.

By: Tara

Tara — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:13:17 +0000

What I love about the show, other than everything Linda said, is that it’s clearly produced by a bunch of Amandas too — witness the copy-editing of Alex and Alix’s conversation at the concert.

It’s such an awesome show!

By: meadespeed

meadespeed — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:17:45 +0000

I think FourFour said it best. MTV has a knack for showing teenagers as they really are. I can watch The Paper and feel like it is an accurate representation of what kids my age and generation are really like. The same goes for the True Lifes as well.

I do agree with the idea that it is a little uncomfortable to watch, probably because there are a few “Amandas” with whom I am familiar. It’s difficult to watch the senarios knowing that I have excluded people (not frequently, but once is enough); most likely causing them to feel similarly to Amanda. Wheather it is the shows intention or not, I still feel a little guilty.

By: rayvyn2k

rayvyn2k — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:46:37 +0000

This sounds like a show that is good but will be just to painful for me to watch. It was the same with “My So-Called Life” and “Freaks and Geeks”.

I would spend most of the program wincing or using the “last” button on my remote because I would be relating to her waay too much.

Even now, having read the entries in both links, my heart is breaking for Amanda…and my younger self.

By: esme

esme — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:36:44 +0000

I’ve only seen the first episode so far – the others are waiting on my TiVo for when law school finals/graduation are over next week. That said – even just that first episode made me want to call Amanda up, offer to be her friend, and tell her how much she’s going to love college if she can just hang in there. Not to say that I *entirely* identified with her, but… well, let’s just say I’m going to have words with MTV if they give me 13-years-after-the-fact PTSD.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:50:20 +0000

I was embarassingly excited when I read the headline — I was hoping you were already discussing Amanda from Survivor. Then I realized that Amanda from The Paper is even better. Not that I won’t be checking back to see what you thought of last night’s Survivor.