TMC
05-11-2023, 11:15 PM
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Daria Morgendorffer made it cool to be a wry and cynical loner. This teen girl who didn’t care about popularity or trends was the picture-perfect example of ‘90s alienation. She was a surprising character for a channel that often sold brash, extroverted, or overtly sexualized versions of womanhood during that same period. Years later, Daria still resonates with anyone who’s ever questioned whether the problem is you or the system you’re living in – and it can help us understand cultural changes that were happening back in the 1990s.
00:00 Daria IS the 90s
01:57 How Daria views the world
08:24 MUBI
09:03 Why Daria perfectly captures the 90s
16:20 Daria's influences both past & present
18:25 Why Daria is still beloved today
Daria Morgendorffer made it cool to be a wry and cynical loner. This teen girl who didn’t care about popularity or trends was the picture-perfect example of ‘90s alienation. She was a surprising character for a channel that often sold brash, extroverted, or overtly sexualized versions of womanhood during that same period. Years later, Daria still resonates with anyone who’s ever questioned whether the problem is you or the system you’re living in – and it can help us understand cultural changes that were happening back in the 1990s.
00:00 Daria IS the 90s
01:57 How Daria views the world
08:24 MUBI
09:03 Why Daria perfectly captures the 90s
16:20 Daria's influences both past & present
18:25 Why Daria is still beloved today