Where Are They Now?
Snakkle Looks Back at the Cult Hit My So-Called Life
At the top of many people's "gone too soon" lists, My So-Called Life (1994-1995) lasted only one season but left an indelible mark on TV and popular culture. What other show dealt so honestly with teen romance and angst, friendship and longing? And its mid-'90s grunge style was pretty great, too. It also launched the career of Claire Danes, who starred as the intelligent, imperfect Angela Chase. By Nina Hämmerling Smith
Wilson Cruz (Rickie Vasquez)
Then: Rickie was a revelation for the time: an eyeliner-wearing gay teenager who was neither a caricature nor a tragic figure. He survived the trauma of coming out and being kicked out (a story line that directly paralleled Cruz’s own) in a way that spoke to a generation of gay teens who’d never had a role model like him on TV, paving the way for the likes of Glee’s Kurt and Blaine.
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