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Thanks to Lisa for sending this in! From: http://www.popcrazy.com Romulens and Juliet: How Roswell Fufills All My Alien Teenage Love Fantasies By: Tracy McNeil Sometime around 3 o'clock on Monday afternoons my blood begins racing. All of a sudden I am as giddy as if I had just chugged two cups of coffee. There is a pep in my step, a gleam in my eye. Then it hits me. Tonight Roswell is on!! What is it about Roswell that makes my heart pitter patter? That makes the butterflies in my stomach flitter and flutter? Ohmigod -- its like butter! So what is it that separates it Well, the root of my Roswell love affair is its eternally intriguing teen love drama. Max and Liz -- yes, I am on a first name basis with them -- are always struggling with their feelings for one another. What sets them apart from their whiny Dawson counterparts is that they never psychoanalyze their emotions and situations. No, the Roswell teens deal with life the way real teens do.... they keep their emotions bottled up so we the viewers are forced to read the teen angst on their perfect non-acne'd TV faces. We are drawn in, only to become even further engaged when these emotionally crippled teens exhibit their feelings through teenybopper acts of Unlike its WB brethren Angel (which lacks Roswell is the literal translation of the best plot line in the world -- star-crossed I haven't even mentioned the show's potential for tackling real socio-political issues such as discrimination. Roswell's versatility is what makes it accessible to different types of people on various levels. But the real reason I love Roswell is that it satisfies logic while more importantly fulfilling my suppressed suburban housewife daytime soap yearnings, making it overall the best show on TV. |