Planet Daria: Difference between revisions

On March 29, 1998 [[The New Kid]] premiered on MTV. Featuring Daria’s first “date”, instead of the dream hookup with Trent the fans were all waiting for, it showed instead a clumsy, awkward Daria thrust into a social situation that she didn’t handle well at all. Instead of Daria, triumphant, the fans met, well, themselves. Ted was too much like most prom dates for comfort, or, to male fans, too much like their reflection in the mirror (The author falls into the latter category). There was stunned silence, and then during the ensuing [[Drought]], much reflection on if the show had already “jumped the shark”. It would be late June when the next half of the season would be shown, and reveal to all if any such shark jumping had indeed taken place. There was plenty of time for the fans to get on each other’s nerves.</p>