Comments on: Where Are the Darias? http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/ Wed, 16 May 2012 22:29:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Phylis Brissett http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/comment-page-1/#comment-121105 Phylis Brissett Wed, 16 May 2012 19:51:42 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2051#comment-121105 One thing I'd like to say is the fact that before getting more computer system memory, look at the machine directly into which it can be installed. In case the machine is usually running Windows XP, for instance, the actual memory ceiling is 3.25GB. Putting in greater than this would purely constitute a new waste. Make certain that one's motherboard can handle this upgrade quantity, as well. Good blog post. One thing I’d like to say is the fact that before getting more computer system memory, look at the machine directly into which it can be installed. In case the machine is usually running Windows XP, for instance, the actual memory ceiling is 3.25GB. Putting in greater than this would purely constitute a new waste. Make certain that one’s motherboard can handle this upgrade quantity, as well. Good blog post.

]]> By: Destiny Bos http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/comment-page-1/#comment-111408 Destiny Bos Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:38:46 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2051#comment-111408 Hai met toeval zag ik net jou artikeltje , ikke ben ultra geboeid. Er zitten een ontzettende boel uren in de artikelen, is dat zo? Dank je wel. Hai met toeval zag ik net jou artikeltje , ikke ben ultra geboeid. Er zitten een ontzettende boel uren in de artikelen, is dat zo? Dank je wel.

]]> By:  http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/comment-page-1/#comment-37327  Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:21:38 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2051#comment-37327 Can I simply say such a relief to find anyone who actually realizes exactly what they may be talking about on the internet. You certainly have learned to bring a problem to light and make it vital. Even more people need to read this and understand it section of the story. I can't believe you're not more popular because you positively have the gift. Can I simply say such a relief to find anyone who actually realizes exactly what they may be talking about on the internet. You certainly have learned to bring a problem to light and make it vital. Even more people need to read this and understand it section of the story. I can’t believe you’re not more popular because you positively have the gift.

]]> By: William Nelson http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/comment-page-1/#comment-8129 William Nelson Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:31:08 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2051#comment-8129 Let's face it, Daria is the underground man, or woman as it were. And the painfully self-aware anti-hero is never going to resonate with the public in the way that it does here among the Paris Review readership. So to answer your question in some sense, HERE are all the Darias. But as to the absence of Darias in today's media culture, should we really be surprised that the Daria protagonist went out with the 90's? Such an anti-hero as Daria will always have relevance to many people in this post modern life, I think. But really Daria was way more relevant to young people who grew up in 1990's America. The economy was great so consumerism was conspicuous (see the episode "Malled") and politics were hardly as big an issue as they are today. Quite to the contrary, I mean the Clinton antics were such a freak show, how does a kid not feel civically and culturally disaffected after being saturated on a daily basis by news of such a lurid spectacle? Seeing the president tell a stone faced lie to the American public on national television? It just seemed natural to sit back and scoff at the excesses of our sick, sad, 1990's world. Daria showed us that we weren't crazy to feel disaffected by the zeitgeist of the 90's. It's still a sick, sad, world, in SO many senses, but, to borrow a phrase from Daria's herself, isn't the "harsh light of reality" painfully evident enough? Today adults and the media are a lot more concerned with national politics and shit has generally gotten a lot more serious for everyone, what with the constant media driven fear of international terrorism and the very serious possibility of seeing your family or friends in the poorhouse. Young people hardly need Daria's brand of sardonic commentary to remind them of the cursed pall that is this post-9/11 zeitgeist of fear. I think you would agree that Daria is a solid chick. She may poke fun to bring others into self awareness and more conscientious living, but she doesn't seem like the type of person who likes to twist the knife. Daria took her leave right around 9-11, a most graceful exit I think. Where did she go? I figure she's behind the cameras now, probably producing the optimistic shit about a group of high school weirdos who find sanity and identity in... showtunes of all things... Uh, well, maybe she isn't writing for glee, but possibly for the daily show or the Soup or Tosh.0 or the Office, or 30 rock, or some other comfort-satire like that? One things for sure, the underground woman is not gone. She lies in wait for that inevitable point in our collective national future when times are easy again, excess is normal again, and she is once again needed to show us how we have overstepped our core values. ...And to let us smirk again. Let’s face it, Daria is the underground man, or woman as it were. And the painfully self-aware anti-hero is never going to resonate with the public in the way that it does here among the Paris Review readership. So to answer your question in some sense, HERE are all the Darias.

But as to the absence of Darias in today’s media culture, should we really be surprised that the Daria protagonist went out with the 90′s?

Such an anti-hero as Daria will always have relevance to many people in this post modern life, I think. But really Daria was way more relevant to young people who grew up in 1990′s America. The economy was great so consumerism was conspicuous (see the episode “Malled”) and politics were hardly as big an issue as they are today. Quite to the contrary, I mean the Clinton antics were such a freak show, how does a kid not feel civically and culturally disaffected after being saturated on a daily basis by news of such a lurid spectacle? Seeing the president tell a stone faced lie to the American public on national television? It just seemed natural to sit back and scoff at the excesses of our sick, sad, 1990′s world. Daria showed us that we weren’t crazy to feel disaffected by the zeitgeist of the 90′s.

It’s still a sick, sad, world, in SO many senses, but, to borrow a phrase from Daria’s herself, isn’t the “harsh light of reality” painfully evident enough?
Today adults and the media are a lot more concerned with national politics and shit has generally gotten a lot more serious for everyone, what with the constant media driven fear of international terrorism and the very serious possibility of seeing your family or friends in the poorhouse. Young people hardly need Daria’s brand of sardonic commentary to remind them of the cursed pall that is this post-9/11 zeitgeist of fear.

I think you would agree that Daria is a solid chick. She may poke fun to bring others into self awareness and more conscientious living, but she doesn’t seem like the type of person who likes to twist the knife. Daria took her leave right around 9-11, a most graceful exit I think. Where did she go? I figure she’s behind the cameras now, probably producing the optimistic shit about a group of high school weirdos who find sanity and identity in… showtunes of all things… Uh, well, maybe she isn’t writing for glee, but possibly for the daily show or the Soup or Tosh.0 or the Office, or 30 rock, or some other comfort-satire like that?

One things for sure, the underground woman is not gone. She lies in wait for that inevitable point in our collective national future when times are easy again, excess is normal again, and she is once again needed to show us how we have overstepped our core values. …And to let us smirk again.

]]> By: Martine http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/comment-page-1/#comment-5785 Martine Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:41:42 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2051#comment-5785 I find Bella Swan's strength to be a more realistic kind of strength then Buffy's. They are both intelligent and have a good understanding of tactics. But Buffy has only physical strength. Her emotional strength isn't there until the last season, when it blossoms. This is seen in Buffy understanding the First Evil's plans where Faith and Giles(The male superiority figure) did not. With,and only with, encouragement from Spike, she saves the day. She realizes there can be more then one slayer. That was one of Buffy's best, and most mature moments. Bella Swan proves her obvious intelligence when she sees through Victoria's involvement in Riley and the Newborn's plot, when all of the Cullens do not see the truth. Bella also proves it by how quickly she figures out what Edward is, and how calmly she accepts it. She doesn't try to hide from a difficult situation with silly humor. She isn't afraid to love with her whole heart. Thats something that scares most people. The reason people are defensive, and try to be funny when it isn't necessary, is fear. They try to be sarcastic so others don't realize how unhappy they are. Its just cowardice. Bella is also very polite, respectful. I love that. But she is brave and strong. More so then Buffy. She choses the adventure. Where Buffy is constantly whinning about not able to be a normal girl, and have a nice prom dress, and fat grandkids, Bella grabs the dangerous, exciting vampire life,and never once looks back. Where Buffy was the chosen one, and got her powers purely by chance, Bella got her power by working towards that goal, and taking chances. She was in danger, but never in distress. Except for when her other half, her soulmate left. But she corrected that as well. Maybe the choice betweeb Edward and Jacob says it best. She has a choice between having to change everything, and the choice at having to stay the same. She choses change. She choses power. Thats a real hero to me. So I think things are changing for the better. Its good for people to know that being kind and caring is cooler then any amount of snark, and it will certainly take you further. I find Bella Swan’s strength to be a more realistic kind of strength then Buffy’s. They are both intelligent and have a good understanding of tactics. But Buffy has only physical strength. Her emotional strength isn’t there until the last season, when it blossoms. This is seen in Buffy understanding the First Evil’s plans where Faith and Giles(The male superiority figure) did not. With,and only with, encouragement from Spike, she saves the day. She realizes there can be more then one slayer. That was one of Buffy’s best, and most mature moments.
Bella Swan proves her obvious intelligence when she sees through Victoria’s involvement in Riley and the Newborn’s plot, when all of the Cullens do not see the truth. Bella also proves it by how quickly she figures out what Edward is, and how calmly she accepts it. She doesn’t try to hide from a difficult situation with silly humor. She isn’t afraid to love with her whole heart. Thats something that scares most people. The reason people are defensive, and try to be funny when it isn’t necessary, is fear. They try to be sarcastic so others don’t realize how unhappy they are. Its just cowardice. Bella is also very polite, respectful. I love that. But she is brave and strong. More so then Buffy. She choses the adventure. Where Buffy is constantly whinning about not able to be a normal girl, and have a nice prom dress, and fat grandkids, Bella grabs the dangerous, exciting vampire life,and never once looks back. Where Buffy was the chosen one, and got her powers purely by chance, Bella got her power by working towards that goal, and taking chances. She was in danger, but never in distress. Except for when her other half, her soulmate left. But she corrected that as well. Maybe the choice betweeb Edward and Jacob says it best. She has a choice between having to change everything, and the choice at having to stay the same. She choses change. She choses power. Thats a real hero to me. So I think things are changing for the better. Its good for people to know that being kind and caring is cooler then any amount of snark, and it will certainly take you further.

]]> By: Martine http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/comment-page-1/#comment-5783 Martine Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:22:18 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2051#comment-5783 Funny, I think the opposite. I am so fed up with all these books where they act like being a bratty, immature snot is the same as being smart. Crass is not the same as funny, and snyde is not the same as strong. No one has the right to be selfish and thoughtless and cruel. Ruining someone's day is easy. Being unkind is easy. Its being strong enough to not blame people, and to work for what you need that I think is worth emulating. Being negative is selfish and a huge cop out. People who do that deserve the world they create. Its just that the rest of us don't deserve them. I am a feminist myself. Im not ashamed of it. But that doesn't mean I belittle men, or other women. Nor do I think being beautiful is anything less then a gift from god like a great voice or the ability to run a mile in under 5 min. I don't begrudge or belittle peoples gifts. I have no idea why you think seeing the worst in everything is a woman's job, but I am not with you. Funny, I think the opposite. I am so fed up with all these books where they act like being a bratty, immature snot is the same as being smart. Crass is not the same as funny, and snyde is not the same as strong. No one has the right to be selfish and thoughtless and cruel. Ruining someone’s day is easy. Being unkind is easy. Its being strong enough to not blame people, and to work for what you need that I think is worth emulating. Being negative is selfish and a huge cop out. People who do that deserve the world they create. Its just that the rest of us don’t deserve them. I am a feminist myself. Im not ashamed of it. But that doesn’t mean I belittle men, or other women. Nor do I think being beautiful is anything less then a gift from god like a great voice or the ability to run a mile in under 5 min. I don’t begrudge or belittle peoples gifts. I have no idea why you think seeing the worst in everything is a woman’s job, but I am not with you.

]]> By: Microzen http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/comment-page-1/#comment-2120 Microzen Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:05:56 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2051#comment-2120 This piece poses some interesting points. One must remember that there was a big cultural shift starting about 9 years ago. While it was a laughable statement, people proclaimed the "end of irony". A character steeped in sarcasm no longer had cache with the producers and advertisers in this new cultural zeitgeist. At the same time we saw an 80's style backlash against strong female characters. We went from a world of kick-ass heroines like Buffy to damsels in distress like Bella Swan or Elena Gilbert. I was a big fan of Daria when it was out & am interested in picking up the DVDs. But I will say that a decade ago when Noggin regularly ran Daria marathons, the show took a different character to me. Watching all those episodes concentrated together showed almost all the characters growing, often with the influence of Daria. Except for one, Daria herself. Even when the show introduced plotlines when she could grow in her perspective, like how she hurt her best friend Jane when she dated Jane's boyfriend, Daria never changed. At the beginning of the marathon, it was like, yeah Daria, tell it like it is, dealing with Quinn & her hopeless friends, brainless jocks, wigged out teachers, disconnected parents, etc. But by the end I was left feeling, "can't you find any joy in your world? Even the completely vapid Quinn has managed to grow in her perspective of life. Don't you see that the world isn't as bleak as you treat it? And all these supposed losers are no longer on their obnoxious trajectory?" But those are the foibles of a long-running series. If you change the qualities of a character through the course of a series, you risk losing the audience that was drawn to it in the first place. But without some evolution, the series eventually grows tiresome but to the most die-hard fans. But as a cartoon, Daria never fails to deliver quality writing and fun entertainment. Just don't subject yourself to too many episodes in a row ;) This piece poses some interesting points. One must remember that there was a big cultural shift starting about 9 years ago. While it was a laughable statement, people proclaimed the “end of irony”. A character steeped in sarcasm no longer had cache with the producers and advertisers in this new cultural zeitgeist.

At the same time we saw an 80′s style backlash against strong female characters. We went from a world of kick-ass heroines like Buffy to damsels in distress like Bella Swan or Elena Gilbert.

I was a big fan of Daria when it was out & am interested in picking up the DVDs. But I will say that a decade ago when Noggin regularly ran Daria marathons, the show took a different character to me. Watching all those episodes concentrated together showed almost all the characters growing, often with the influence of Daria. Except for one, Daria herself. Even when the show introduced plotlines when she could grow in her perspective, like how she hurt her best friend Jane when she dated Jane’s boyfriend, Daria never changed.

At the beginning of the marathon, it was like, yeah Daria, tell it like it is, dealing with Quinn & her hopeless friends, brainless jocks, wigged out teachers, disconnected parents, etc. But by the end I was left feeling, “can’t you find any joy in your world? Even the completely vapid Quinn has managed to grow in her perspective of life. Don’t you see that the world isn’t as bleak as you treat it? And all these supposed losers are no longer on their obnoxious trajectory?”

But those are the foibles of a long-running series. If you change the qualities of a character through the course of a series, you risk losing the audience that was drawn to it in the first place. But without some evolution, the series eventually grows tiresome but to the most die-hard fans. But as a cartoon, Daria never fails to deliver quality writing and fun entertainment. Just don’t subject yourself to too many episodes in a row ;)

]]> By: Simone http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 Simone Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:33:05 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2051#comment-1720 As much as I loved Daria (a few people used to call me that at school) I know exactly where her disciples are- right here. The one thing that they forgot to tell you is that all of the clueless people in the show are the ones who wind up being your boss because they know how to play politics at the office much better that the snarky, intelligent, outsider ever could. I truly applauded the role models that stress to young women that they do not need to be sex symbols in order to be happy, but I think that I’d love it even more if they could illustrate for us how to be smart, fully realized, and successful. As much as I loved Daria (a few people used to call me that at school) I know exactly where her disciples are- right here. The one thing that they forgot to tell you is that all of the clueless people in the show are the ones who wind up being your boss because they know how to play politics at the office much better that the snarky, intelligent, outsider ever could. I truly applauded the role models that stress to young women that they do not need to be sex symbols in order to be happy, but I think that I’d love it even more if they could illustrate for us how to be smart, fully realized, and successful.

]]> By: Millennials Magazine http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 Millennials Magazine Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:21:53 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2051#comment-1712 [...] A recent headline on the blog of the Paris Review, the sort of print publication for which I have always felt a retroactive affection despite not having been present for its glory days nor frequently having read it even in its recent years, asked a provocative question on a highly unexpected topic: “Where Are the Darias?” [...] [...] A recent headline on the blog of the Paris Review, the sort of print publication for which I have always felt a retroactive affection despite not having been present for its glory days nor frequently having read it even in its recent years, asked a provocative question on a highly unexpected topic: “Where Are the Darias?” [...]

]]> By: Jessica Roy http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/22/where-are-the-darias/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 Jessica Roy Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:59:32 +0000 http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/?p=2051#comment-1502 [...] writing on everything from “fear of a Black hermione” to reaction pieces to “Where have all the Darias gone?” to amusing forays into embarrassing elementary school [...] [...] writing on everything from “fear of a Black hermione” to reaction pieces to “Where have all the Darias gone?” to amusing forays into embarrassing elementary school [...]

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