I barely remember anything before 1998 as that's right about the time when I developed my first real hints of pop culture awareness (though, at this time, I'd already undergone a massive crush on Michael J. Fox in Family Ties). :D
I didn't mention soaps because I've been out of the fandom for over a year and I'm not really planning on falling into that hellscape ever again. That said, I always found it interesting that American soaps (or at least the ones I've seen bits of?) seem to have such a different vibe compared to what we have over here. As the World Turns, for example, during Luke/Noah seemed a little antiquated to me. I mean, while Luke/Noah was the first gay male kiss on American daytime television, we had shower sex here in Germany. (And this wasn't the first gay couple I'd ever seen in a soap. That honor belongs to a different soap that aired its gay storyline in 1997.) Edit: When I say "antiquated", I'm not referring to the gay storyline but the feel of the show in general.
I mean, there was Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Harlots. However, I really wish there was more room for awkwardness, curiosity, and sincerity in all of it, not just primarily in the entertainment aimed at teens and young adults.
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I didn't mention soaps because I've been out of the fandom for over a year and I'm not really planning on falling into that hellscape ever again. That said, I always found it interesting that American soaps (or at least the ones I've seen bits of?) seem to have such a different vibe compared to what we have over here. As the World Turns, for example, during Luke/Noah seemed a little antiquated to me. I mean, while Luke/Noah was the first gay male kiss on American daytime television, we had shower sex here in Germany. (And this wasn't the first gay couple I'd ever seen in a soap. That honor belongs to a different soap that aired its gay storyline in 1997.) Edit: When I say "antiquated", I'm not referring to the gay storyline but the feel of the show in general.
I mean, there was Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Harlots. However, I really wish there was more room for awkwardness, curiosity, and sincerity in all of it, not just primarily in the entertainment aimed at teens and young adults.