No one can convince me that this is a show/film about an anti-social, depressing girl, when it is not.
Throughout my time watching Daria, I noticed how the narrative about how she is an anti-social, depressing freak, to which the society claims, crumbles down as the season progressed and in this film, it opened the crack inside her wide opened. It is crazy to think how an animated show from the 90s would have a better written script about teenagers than any high school tv-shows I’ve ever seen.
I love Daria — I sympathize with Daria. I also think that I somewhat understand where Daria is coming from in this film — yes, what she did was wrong. Though again, she didn’t meant it to happen, she didn’t have any knowledge of what to do, and that even if what she did is wrong — she is aware of it, and apologized to Jane, though it wasn’t enough…
“It’s not about Tom. It’s about how you choose him over me.
This quote Jane says has been stuck in my head throughout the film. Along with the fact, Trent sang a song about betrayal in front of Daria while driving their way to Jane. That scene was definitely heavy for Daria.
Props to Jane for acting maturely throughout the whole film. I also love how this film shows how Quinn isn’t a shallow popular girl just like any of those popular girl, and I am honestly impressed how she eventually embraced herself by the end of the film.
This show/film isn’t about high schoolers — the more you go deeply to the show/film, it talks about the socialist, elites, politics, and racialism — and that’s how deep the show goes.
