Freaks In Geeks Analysis

If you were asked to recall at least one embarrassing memory from your teenage years, you’d undoubtedly have an array of memories to select from. From my own personal bank of recollections, I could list: babbling like fool in front of a crush, tripping in front of a group of people, or being publicly reprimanded by a teacher, just to name a few. Certainly, these recollections have been experienced by many other youths as well. There are shared lessons and feelings we go through in our adolescence that are universal. During adolescence, not only do we share common stories of humiliation, we also share being faced with moments testing our principles. One example of these is the encounter with temptation to go against “the man”. But, who is “the man”? At that age, “the man” most likely refers to adult authority figures. Go against these adult authority figures and you would earn the title of a teen rebel. Such a title brings forth
Similarly, in Freaks in Geeks, the claustrophobic suburban world forces the teen characters to reject the mundane lifestyle they have all grown up in. In her diary, Lindsay writes, “Mom and dad are two of the most boring, repressed people on Earth… Their whole life is this monotonous routine. I love them but it’s not the life for me,” (“The Diary”). Being placed in a setting where she felt her individuality would be stripped from her, Lindsay, and other teens on the show, reject growing into the same numbing and humdrum lifestyles their parents suffer through. From this quote, we grasp that although Lindsay loves and appreciates her parents, her own vision for her future rejects any aspects alike to those in her suburban hell. Although there is some truth to these satirical representations of white-middle class suburbia, the dramatizations of dull Chippewa give youths an excuse to rebel against the only way of life that’s familiar to