Let's talk about the pilot episode of Freaks and Geeks. In this episode the title character who we follow through all 18 episodes (because this show was wrongfully cancelled after one season) Lindsay Weir is faced with new and different challenges in high school. Though she is certainly not new to the high school, after the death of a grandparent she herself has changed from what we understand she used to be; she was once a mathlete, and is now considered a "freak." This show deals a lot with stereotypes, and though some play into what we would expect, and others do not, most everything is accurate, and realistic. Lindsay is not a stereotypical girl. Though there are still feminine qualities present, she constantly wears an army jacket, she doesn't appear insignificant (which girls sometimes do) she is very smart, independent, and rebellious. She does not dress "sexy" in any way, she just dresses like Lindsay. She almost plays a heroine role in some cases, like when she stops the kid in the beginning from bullying her little brother, and when she asks Eli (who is mentally disabled) to the dance to (again) stop him from being bullied. This show successfully reveals every layer of some of the stereotypes we think we know and understand, including the feminine perspective. Some stereotypes remain a mystery, but that's a result of perspective.
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