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Quinn trying to pretend Daria was her cousin was also funny because everyone knew it wasn't true but kinda just played along with it. So Daria wasn't really an unpopular girl, people liked her at school but she just didn't care for them. Jodie, Brittany, Mack and Kevin who are the cool kids always talk to Daria, tell her secrets and seek out advice from her. But another interesting thing is that Daria is an outcast by choice, nobody in school really bullies her or ostracizes her. Jane is much better-adjusted than Daria and it's clear that Jane could be popular if she played the game just because of her good social skills but she chooses to be herself and is loyal to Daria which is cool. I remember one episode where Jodie said to Daria, 'you don't have to be agains everything, you know?' That one episode where Daria contemplated getting eye contacts was touching because it showed that Daria was still a teenager and had insecurities despite her aloof exterior. I also like that Daria the protagonist got told off a few times and the show made clear she wasn't perfect. Then came stuff like TRL, Cribs, The Osbournes, Newlyweds, Laguna Beach, The Hills, Super Sweet 16 and other shows and that's when MTV really became more about celebrities, consumerism and vapid shit even more so than it was in the 90s. Beavis and Butt-head also was a satire about the dumbing down of American society, lack of personal responsibility and absentee parenting and can be relatable to people from poor rural areas as Mike Judge is from New Mexico. I think Pepper Ann was a kid version of Daria and more enjoyable to watch as an adult because it wasn't really written for little kids. Even Daria's Boomer parents were still loving and tried to understand her (Similar to Donnie Darko's parents). Jodie was more than just a token black girl, she was self-aware of it and relatable to many middle-class black kids that grew up in white suburbs. Quinn found her intellect later on and became more individualistic as she aged. Daria also fleshed out all of its characters, they were more than just stereotypes. It criticized society and how shallow and superficial it was especially middle-class suburban life. R25 It's funny Daria in many ways was anti-MTV. Same reason as to why Kids Inc and Mickey Mouse Club will never appear on streaming.

#DARIA RESTORATION PROJECT DEMONOID PLUS#

People also complained recently about Disney Plus removing all the pop songs from Disney Channel original shows and movies but it's clearly understood that licensing fees were the cause of that. I also believe that's the main reason Fox didn't release all of Malcolm in the Middle on DVD due to not feeling like paying for the music rights. I remember renting DVDs of Dawson's Creek and Married with Children and both replaced the theme songs yet when those shows air in syndication, the theme song is still intact. Music rights are tricky, I think MTV could air reruns of Daria with the original music intact but when it comes to online streaming and the DVD release, they have to remove it to prevent having to pay for licensing. I think it was called the Daria Restoration Project or something. There was a site that had torrents of the episodes with original music back in the 2000s.

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