Dayle Loves This: Derry Girls
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I have watched the first season of Derry Girls (all of six episodes) a ridiculous number of times. I watched it on my own, had to show it to Ken, then our Lodger, then again when the second season came out. And then the second season at least once more.
Derry Girls is about a group of high school students in Northern Ireland in the 1990s—during the Troubles. But it’s not about the Troubles. For the average citizen, the Troubles were more a nuisance. In the first episode, there’s a bomb threat that closes a major bridge, and one of the character laments that it’ll affect getting to her tanning appointment.
Derry Girls is about friendship, and loyalty, and being true to who you are and what you believe. The characters are all clearly and delightful individuals, but in the end, they have each others’ backs. The final episode of Season 1 is tear-worthy, and there’s several other bits in Season 2….
The creator and writer of the show, Lisa McGee, lived in Derry in the 1990s and some of the storylines come from her life, which I think adds to the authentic emotion.
The actors have done some funny bits in character online, once you’ve watched the two seasons obsessively (why have you not?). And I’ve heard Season 3 is filmed and will come out in mid-2021, plus there may be a tie-in book!
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