4/2/2023 0 Comments My mad fat diary![]() On the other hand, Rae is trying to navigate a world she has spent a long time avoiding, in the form of her childhood friend and rival Chloe, and the latter’s cool, seemingly unapproachable new clique.Īs a result of being unable and unwilling to confront both, she stays afloat by keeping them at bay from one another, not telling Chloe and her friends that she was hospitalized, and not being completely honest with Kester and her hospital friends about what life was like growing up in Chloe’s shadow. She hesitates between two worlds: on the one hand, she wants to return to the comfort and stability of the hospital, where her friends Tix, Danny, and her therapist Kester (a career best for Ian Hart) help her come to terms with her issues. The show, set in 90’s-era Lincolnshire, England, follows Rae who has just been released from the psychiatric hospital she stayed at for a few months, after trying to take her own life. Unlike the glitzy (but no less messed-up) teens portrayed in its sister series Skins, the characters in MMFD are relatable, painfully so. And while it did not go all the way, it is commendable for having tried to pull the covers off of what many shows only addressed once or twice in the dreaded Very Special Episode.Įnter My Mad Fat Diary, the BAFTA-winning cult show based on writer Rae Earl’s diaries. It did away with caution and what would have been considered appropriateness, diving headfirst into homophobia, substance abuse and toxic relationships, among others. ![]() A concern for pandering to fluffy romance sometimes distracts from the potent underlying themes ( The OC, One Tree Hill). Humor often tempers what grittiness brings forth ( Freaks and Geeks, Misfits) likewise, unrealistic settings downplay what could have otherwise been relatively relatable storylines ( Gossip Girls, Pretty Little Liars). Emotional dysfunction and teenagehood have been fodder for popular culture for decades and while some works have attained legendary status in the process for their outrageous, over-the-top portrayals of party culture, raunchy glamor and/or outright debauchery, not many have been known to err on the side of subtle, hard-hitting realism - or at least, in a successful manner.
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