90's Television Attempts At "Real Life" Script Writing- Part One: Dawson's Creek
To begin with, I didn’t get into Dawson’s Creek when it was first shown- 1998 to 2003. Every once in a while I’d run across it and attempt to follow along, but found it cringy back then. Even Jen Lindley's tragic tale of teen sex and boozy rave parties-- the reasons she got shipped off to Capeside, couldn't hold the smallest flame to my real life script. Right off, her storyline wasn't convincing, because as worldly as she supposedly was by sixteen, her choosing to hang out with a bunch of wide-eyed virgins who are terrified to leave Neverland, makes no sense to me. In real life she would have gravitated to a more dysfunctional crew. Though I will add that she'd probably go after Dawson as a conquest. And then... the virginal Dawson would have been deflowered by the third episode, and they'd have to figure out some other way to draw out the whole "who's going to win Joey over the right way " saga. I suppose it was wise of them to write ...