TVTB #4: Gilmore Girls
By Oyinda Salako Contributor
With the passing of turkey day, the holiday season is more than officially upon us. From food to friends to family, there hasn’t been a more perfect time to sit back and enjoy a comeback greater than dinner table banter.
The revival of one of the greatest television shows to date was uploaded to Netflix on Friday, November 25th. The nostalgia hit hard. When it comes to the revival, there are no spoilers here. Instead, let’s look at the series that spanned seven seasons, seven years, two networks, three incredible boyfriends, and a Luke.
“Gilmore Girls”, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, followed the lives of a mother/daughter best friend duo in the town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut. This coming-of-age drama serves both Lorelei women with the best witty wordplay around town.
Climbing into my pajamas and grabbing a snack for dinner in preparation for watching an episode — the show felt like home. It is so easy to get attached to the world of a quaint small town — and it’s easy to love such unique characters.
Rory is a character that knows what she wants and allows little room for change or the unexpected and her mother Lorelai, is honestly about the same, just a bit more carefree. Quickly, you find yourself crying, laughing, and loving with them through all their choices and sayings. There is always your cast favorite, Luke, and your town favorite, Mrs. Kim.
But both are no match for your favorite boyfriend. This storyline could not have been any more perfectly planned. The timing of each guy in Rory’s life set the stage for which phase her womanhood took her to next. And like any third-party outsider with no real say in the matter, I instinctively became just as excited, intrigued, and suspicious for each one (prime qualities of a virtual best friend).
So as this holiday season continues to ring in, watch a series praised not only for its brilliant writing and performances, but also its powerful dynamic family themes. There is nothing more holiday-spirited than family and that’s what this series is made of.
“So, it’s a show?
It’s a lifestyle.
It’s a religion.”
Happy Holidays! Enjoy the upcoming festivities and good luck during finals week. Until the next TVTB.
A music soundbite: Gilmore Girls
The “Gilmore Girls” theme song is a charming 1970s pop folk song recorded by Carole King and her daughter, Louise Goffin, entitled “Where You Lead.” Originally the song represented the relationship between a woman and a man and how she will always be with him to follow him wherever he wanted to go. But reimagined for this brand new series in 2000, the concept of the series inspired King to re-record it with her daughter to bring a thicker sense of love and connection to the words.
Just as iconic as the theme song, is the series musical composition. The scene and tone changes in the episodes are accompanied by light melodies to attach viewers more deeply to the plot. The music in this show is so beautiful because it served a stronger purpose — as creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, stated, “[the music was] an extension of their thoughts.”
The “la-la’s” of the episode’s scores and the theme song tied you to the characters as the soundtrack of their lives.
