Daria and Politics: Difference between revisions

This article investigates what political attitudes various characters on the show are believed to have, based on [[canon]] sources from the TV series, the two MTV ''Daria'' books, the MTV ''Daria'' website, and scattered bits of material from the ''[[Beavis and Butt-head (TV series)|Beavis and Butt-head]]'' show. It also examines the political persuasions of characters in ''Daria'' fanfiction.

 

==Daria's Politics in Canon Sources==

In virtually every canon source available, Daria is outspokenly contemptuous of many aspects of late-1990s life in America. She reviles the middle-class way of life and its value system, mocks and challenges authority at every turn, and scorns her peers in every category from their intellects to their moral code. Her verbal barbs do not go unnoticed; [[Timothy O'Neill|Mr. O'Neill]] writes a letter to her parents in ''[[The Daria Diaries]]'' to complain about her disrespectful and wounding remarks, and [[Andrea]] confronts both Daria and [[Jane Lane|Jane]] with the consequences of their sarcasm in "[[Mart of Darkness]]." One of Daria's most persistent nemeses, [[Angela Li]], even gives Daria a special award at the latter's graduation in ''[[Is It College Yet?]]'' for "dazzling academic achievement in the face of near-total misanthropy."