TeenDramaWhore

4 days ago | teendramawhore.substack.com | Shari Weiss

Apologies for the last-minute decision not to publish “Teen Drama Links” last week. I was dealing with a family health matter, and while the crisis isn’t over, I’m now back in Wilmington for the foreseeable future. A mini rant: Many of us are all too aware of the problems with healthcare in this country. Among the many things I found myself frustrated with last week was having to pay for parking at the emergency room and hospital.

5 days ago | teendramawhore.substack.com | Shari Weiss

I spy with my little eye... some teen drama mysteries! Now, I’m no detective, but our did teen dramas did keep us guessing sometimes with twisty storylines filled with misdirects and red herrings. While they typically weren’t weekly episodic mysteries or season-long arcs a la “Veronica Mars,” they still kept us glued to the tube week after week, wondering when all the clues would add up to jaw-dropping revelation.

2 weeks ago | teendramawhore.substack.com | Shari Weiss

I’ve gone to Los Angeles for work four times in the last two years, including just last week, and every time one particular song has played on a loop in my head for one particular reason.

1 month ago | teendramawhore.substack.com | Shari Weiss

I have a TV problem. Am the I only one who can’t watch mockumentary shows? I’ve had a sensitive stomach since I was little, to the point where I used to get seasick in the bathtub. (It’s okay — you can laugh.) So, the camera movement on shows like “The Office”? Forget it. Absolutely nausea-inducing. Back in 2009, I barely got through the pilot of “Modern Family.” I’ve never seen an episode of “Abbott Elementary” because I know how ill its camera style would make me feel.

1 month ago | teendramawhore.substack.com | Shari Weiss

Where does the time go? This past Saturday, May 17, marked 25 years since “Beverly Hills, 90210” ended. I can still see myself in my childhood bedroom — I was all of 12 years old at the time — watching the series finale, as if it was just yesterday. Of course, this date technically also marks Donna and David’s 25th wedding anniversary, a milestone Tori Spelling celebrated on social media. Their wedding ceremony remains one of my all-time favorite Donna moments all these years later.