When I was a junior in college the guys in my house started watching more than our fair share of Degrassi. For those of you who don’t know, Degrassi is a Canadian high school drama currently in it’s 9th season. It is kind of like Saved by the Bell, except they deal with all the most messed up issues that most American shows don’t touch. For example, they have episodes in which one main character is revealed as a cutter, another main character gets gonorrhea and there is Columbine style shooting that leaves a main character paralyzed (there is also an episode about how that character has a problem of erectile dysfunction after being paralyzed.)
So I know a fair amount of people that watch Degrassi in the US and since it is a Canadian export which has run for 9 seasons I figured it must be huge over there. In our hostel we have met tons of Canadians and I have asked them all if they watch this show (as a really nerdy icebreaker.) To my dismay none of them watch it. At all. What the hell?
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