
For example, 2005's South of Nowhere has a particularly sweet scene between Spencer and Ashley where they talk about how they both just feel kind of unsatisfied when kissing boys. And, again, this is where 2000s shows were, in some ways, much better with this kind of content than 2010s shows. And his removing the door, while a little too much, is also realistically funny, especially with the comment he makes about how if she wants everyone to see what she's upto, she's getting her wish. While the dad is clearly overbearing, his explanation of why he wants Bianca not to engage in these kinds of stunts is clear and succinct.

There's everything - a bunch of guys watching while it happens, Bianca's overbearing dad walks in right in the middle of it and gives her a lecture about online safety and takes her door off for good measure - it's an extravaganza of tropes.īut, somehow, like the sitcom itself, the scene is somehow a more realistic and better representation of something like this than that of 2010s shows.

And it includes a cheap gimmick where Bianca and Dawn try to increase viewership on their web show by engaging in some "Katy Perry action", i.e.

So 2009's ABC Family sitcom, 10 Things I Hate About You (based on the 1999 film of the same name), set between the two Camp Rock films, stars Meaghan Jette Martin, who played mean girl Tess in Camp Rock, as Bianca Stratford and Ally Maki as her friend Dawn.
