Word: beek
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Starring James Van Der Beek, John...
Dawson, uh, James Van Der Beek, is the second string quarterback who sees no action on and off the field until the town hero is sidelined by a tendon-tearing sack. His band of yuk-ups consists of a jolly redneck Billy Bob, a Casanova with a strategically placed cowboy hat, and a black running back who's only purpose, it seems, is to fulfill a hopelessly contrived racism subplot. Throw in a dash of T & A, a pinch of pecs, the trampy, whipped cream bikini-wearing blond cheerleader and bring to a simmer in a cauldron of frothy beer...
...only comic relief from this overload of testosterone comes in the form of Van Der Beek's little brother, whose sissy religious inclinations threaten the very masculinity of their overbearing father. He literally has a cross to bear, bows with regal reverence to the barbecue grill and even at one point starts a cult with other neighborhood kids. How sweet...
...quality. Next week brings Halloween: H20, featuring Dawson's regular Michelle Williams. Then the college comedy Dead Man on Campus, with Alyson Hannigan of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The teenpix parade marches into the fall by the dozens, including Varsity Blues (with Dawson's James Van Der Beek) and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (Party of Five's Jennifer Love Hewitt...
Call it Clearasil Realism. "His characters are incredibly honest," says 20-year-old James Van Der Beek, who plays Williamson alter ego Dawson in the new TV show. "They say things teenagers are thinking but don't necessarily say, especially about sexuality." Dawson is a high school sophomore, aspiring filmmaker and overall sweetheart. He's the rosy lens through which we observe Williamson's latest assemblage of troubled, fumbling teens, notably the two competitors for Dawson's heart: Jen (Michelle Williams), the new girl in town whose dark past will emerge in time for the February sweeps, and his childhood...