Sienna Tohar - week 8 - comfort shows

 Like a lot of seniors right now, I’m basically consumed by my work. I’m having a hard enough time keeping up with how much I need to do at the same time as college applications (but that would have to be for a whole other post). 

    Anyway, while I feel like there’s a lot I can talk about regarding school work, expectations, college applications, extracurriculars, clubs/honor societies, standardized testing, and jobs, I think I’ll save that for another day. I want to focus on positive stuff for now!

Since I’ve had a lot to do all school year so far, my only free time during the day is basically my lunch period (that is,  if I don’t have to attend a meeting or work/study. I’m still busy after school with other meetings and work so it’s easy to just sit and relax for a moment). Something I love to do during lunch at home in between classes is spend time catching up with my latest shows while I eat. Right now, I’m currently watching Schitt’s Creek and I’m completely obsessed! I don’t know what it necessarily is about it, but it honestly feels like such a “comfort” show and just makes me laugh and generally feel better (especially when I have a bad day or receive bad news about something). 

It’s basically about this family who was incredibly rich and suddenly lost everything all at once. A long time ago, the family bought a small and simple town by the name of Schitt’s Creek as a joke, but it ended up being all they had left at that point, so they had no choice but to live there and abandon their fancy-schmancy lives. Each character is so funny and “lost” in their own world, so seeing them deal with real life with all their mannerisms and adaptations is so entertaining (especially the reactions of the town’s citizens to their behaviors and occasional lack of knowledge on basic “regular-people” things). Because the children (who are grown adults) are spoiled and the parents can’t be bothered to do familial activities, the family hasn’t really bonded or connected at all throughout their lives, so through their newfound humility is when we actually get to see them grow through their struggles and become close to one another (since, now, they have no other choice). However, it’s still funny to watch their fruitless yet dramatic arguments, though. A fun fact is that the actors who star as the son and father of the show are real life son and father (they write and produce the show together. Another character in the show is also directly related to them in real life, so they are quite literally working with actual family). 

I started thinking about how in quarantine, it’s so easy to become irritable, especially with family or those around you all the time. I know that both from my end and my parents’, we’ve become a bit annoyed and frustrated at times, but shows like this just remind me of how irrelevant all those small arguments really are. Also, my mom is a big fan of the show (we watched it win all or almost all of the Emmys for comedy series) and she enjoys re-watching old episodes with me, and I love seeing her obsess over the show as much as I do!

Have you been frustrated with your family at all during quarantine? Have you watched any fun comedy shows? Do you have a “comfort” show? Until next time!