Showing posts with label Daria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daria. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Characters Reading: Daria Morgendorffer (Daria)

In the opening credit of the Daria TV series, there was a scene that showed Daria Morgendorffer and her family at a wedding. And while her parents and sister were totally focused on the wedding, Daria started reading the Lawndale Sun-Herald newspaper. It's not surprising that a bookworm would have some sort of reading material with them. However, it is surprising to see someone reading at a wedding.

But I guess that's the thing about Daria, she was a very interesting character because she was living her life without any care of what anyone else thought of her. She wasn't trying to be popular, she was just being herself.

(Daria)

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Happy 25th Anniversary, Daria!

It's the 25th Anniversary of the Daria animated series which premiered on March 3, 1997 on MTV. The popular show was a spinoff from another popular MTV animated series, Beavis and Butt-Head. Daria is a really funny, witty, interesting and a surprisingly thought-provoking show that centered around the smart, sarcastic, somber and outcast main character high school student Daria Morgendorffer. The show also focused on her family, her best friend and fellow outcast Jane Lane, her school life and the world in general.

I always thought Daria Morgendorffer was the anti-Cher Horowitz. Because where Cher was perky, cool, fashionable and popular, Daria on the other hand was the complete opposite. She was absolutely fine being her cynical and sarcastic self and had no desire to fit in and be one of the popular kids. However, Daria's younger sister Quinn was definitely a Cher wannabe because she was trying her best to be popular, fashionable and cool. Daria feels like a forgotten show, I never see anyone talking about it. I guess I can include myself in that as well because I haven't written anything about it on my blog either. However, I did include it in a list of old TV shows to watch.

If you've never seen this classic series, it's available on DVD and I also believe on several streaming services. So, if you get a chance, check it out. Since I have it on DVD maybe I'll do a re-watch and write more about the show especially since it's a really good series. This show needs more attention and with that said, Happy 25th Anniversary, Daria!