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09-23-2022, 06:14 AM
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Freaks and Geeks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1U5FVdWjgE) launched the careers of huge stars like Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, James Franco, Linda Cardellini, and Busy Phillips. It also established executive-producer Judd Apatow as a major Hollywood force, and became a calling card for writer and creator Paul Feig. But what is it about this show that makes it a classic? The story about geek-turned-freak Lindsay Weir and her just-plain-geek younger brother Sam, along with their very different cliques of friends, takes a clear-eyed specific look at geek culture before it took over the mainstream – as well as freak culture, which at that time had very rarely been explored onscreen.
00:00 What made Freaks and Geeks so enduring?
01:32 A look at 80s and 90s Geek Culture
04:50 MUBI
05:25 How Freaks were portrayed onscreen
10:16 Freaks and Geeks nailed realism and nostalgia
13:15 Todays hits are influenced by Freaks and Geeks
Freaks and Geeks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1U5FVdWjgE) launched the careers of huge stars like Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, James Franco, Linda Cardellini, and Busy Phillips. It also established executive-producer Judd Apatow as a major Hollywood force, and became a calling card for writer and creator Paul Feig. But what is it about this show that makes it a classic? The story about geek-turned-freak Lindsay Weir and her just-plain-geek younger brother Sam, along with their very different cliques of friends, takes a clear-eyed specific look at geek culture before it took over the mainstream – as well as freak culture, which at that time had very rarely been explored onscreen.
00:00 What made Freaks and Geeks so enduring?
01:32 A look at 80s and 90s Geek Culture
04:50 MUBI
05:25 How Freaks were portrayed onscreen
10:16 Freaks and Geeks nailed realism and nostalgia
13:15 Todays hits are influenced by Freaks and Geeks