1 BACH MSCL HOMEWORK EPISODE 5

Episode 5: The Zit

The Annual Three Rivers Mother-Daughter Fashion Show is approaching. Rayanne's slut potential and Sharon's hooters get mentioned on a sophomore girls list and Angela gets a zit.

Angela discovers a pimple at the same time that Patty wants her to participate in a mother-daughter fashion show. Angela does not want to be the center of public attention, but Patty seems to need it for approval and neither can fully understand the other's attitude. At school, the "Sophomore Top 40" rates Sharon as "Best Hooters," and Rayanne as "Most Slut Potential.

You can see that Patty and Graham mid-life crisis scenes cleverly parallel Angela´s tough teenage years. In the pilot episode Angela´s rebellion is reflected by her newly dyed red hair, which is an action that her parents don´t fully understand. But in the next episode, when her mother Patty chops off her own hair, the family is equally shocked. Angela and Patty´s lives are almost parallel at that moment.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EPISODE:

1.     Angela fights with her mother, Patty, over her mortification at the idea of participating in a mother-daughter fashion show. Angela is struggling with her own insecurities; What is the result of the "Sophomore Top 40" list at her highschool? Is Angela on that list in any category?

2.     What does Angela´s pimple represent?

3.     Rayanne urges Angela to pop her pimple. What does that mean? What is Angela´s reaction to Rayanne´s suggestion?

4.     What does it mean when Rayanne says: "Living causes a scar!"

5. Explain Angela´s metamorphosis at the end of the episode? what does the word metamorphosis correspond to?

6. Why does she say that life is a prision?

7. “Why do girls have to tear each other down?”__ Sharon. Comment on this sentence. Do you agree with it?  If you think this is true, do you think men do the same?

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