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My So-Called Life
Jan 11, 2025 3:58 AM

  

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  My So-Called Life Claire Danes and Jared Leto in the television show My So-Called Life (1994–95). (more) My So-Called Life American television series Ask the Chatbot a Question Ask the Chatbot a Question Written by Kirk Fox Kirk Fox is a content writer who has been involved in the music scene in the Chicago area for a long time. He is the DJ/host of The Power Pop Shoppe radio show, cohost of the podcast Best... Kirk Fox Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Nov 26, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask the Chatbot a Question My So-Called Life, critically acclaimed television series about 15-year-old Angela Chase (played by Claire Danes) as she attends the fictional Liberty High School in an invented suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Most episodes are narrated by the teenager, often unreliably, as she deals with school, her parents, her friends, and her crush Jordan Catalano (Jared Leto). The series ran for one season on the ABC network from August 1994 to January 1995 and is considered one of the best coming-of-age dramas for its realistic look at teenage social issues. In 1991 Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the creators of the popular ...(100 of 533 words)

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