Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the creative team behind "My So-Called Life," "thirtysomething," "Legends of the Fall," and "Blood Diamond," first produced this show on Internet. Its an insightful show of relationships during life's key passages, this one being the years between 20 and 30 and important life decisions are made. "quarterlife" is the story of six creative people in their twenties. It reminded my of St Elmo's Fire from the 80s or Reality Bites and Singles from the 90s. (I'm guessing this show will produce just as awesome soundtracks).
It starts with Dylan, a young woman whose overly truthful video blog (on quarterlife.com of course) spills the closest secrets of her friends, the show's characters – filmmakers Danny and Jed, actress-bartender Lisa, geek-extraordinaire Andy, and still-tied-to-her-parents Debra – chart the sometimes excruciating, sometimes comic, often emotional experiences that comprise coming of age in the 21st century.
"quarterlife" initially launched on MyspaceTV.com and on quarterlife.com in November 2007. The Internet series includes 36 eight-minute webisodes, with two new episodes airing each week. The show is also available on other sites such as YouTube, Facebook, and Imeem, as well as NBC.com.
In last night's episode Lisa's acting coach confronts her "lack of sexuality" or "power." Lisa dresses sexy, has a lot of sex, but does not emit a center of power - her sexuality. Where is your power? Rob Bell in his book Sex God: Exploring the endless connections between sexuality and spiritualityproposes that Sex and God are connected. You can't speak of one without the other. Where is your power?
quarterlife.com already has an established social network. The members of the quarterlife community – by their willingness to share their feelings, creative passions, and deepest concerns – are redefining what a social network can be.
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Sadly, before I could see an episode on broadcast TV, it's already been cancelled.....
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