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Playing MASH and ending up with 2,000 kids?
Not knowing anything about politics beyond who the president was?
Those were thedays, man.
Clearly, Id forgotten how much this show loves a bait and switch.
Every token of millennial nostalgia in PEN15 Gettin Jiggy Wit It!BattleBots!
comes at the price of resurfacing a long-buried trauma.
It might not sound like much of a sales pitch for the show, but honestly, it rules.
ButPEN15is comfortable with the eras ugly truths, including the fact that girls were never taught to expect better.
Anna and Maya believe being chosen is far more important than having a good time once they are.
(Never mind that Mayas mom is yelling at them to terminate the sliding door.)
Sam and his buddies Gabe and Jafeer are busy making a weasel-themed magazine.
Brandt just wants to cannonball, if he can get Maya to stay off his tail for three seconds.
Theyre sluts, while Brandts a player.
Being interested in sex has made them sexually untouchable.
From an adult perspective, this seems both obvious and a little comical.
A 90s childhood may have had its carefree moments, but they came at a price.
