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...engaged in a much more exciting project at the momentoshe has been commissioned to write a pilot for a risqu high school drama series slated to air on the Fox Network next year at the earliest. And although the project was originally the brainchild of a Fox producer, Rosow, a prize-winning young playwright, infuses it with a unique, artistic flavor as original as her choices at Leverettis salad...

Author: By A.c. Marek, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Where Sitcoms Come From | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...think this sitcom will really bring a fresh, honest look to this kind of drama,i Rosow said with smile. iJust because itis not written by someone 20 years out of high school who decided to look back. I think for that reason the characters are made more realistic. They lack the eloquence or even the self-awareness that a 35-year-old has when evaluating high school problems.i...

Author: By A.c. Marek, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Where Sitcoms Come From | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...drama, a project Rosow describes as ieMy So Called Lifei meets the movie, eKids,ii focuses on the problems of self-doubt facing a young, female painter, Alex. As a character whose lack of image had made her remain outside the mainstream high school community, Alex is taken aback when the popular, iparty girls,i at her Los Angeles high school attempt to integrate her into their social strata. Thrown into the milieu is Sage, Alexis best friend, a savvy nymphomaniac, and Curtis, the cute new boy who has just left Colorado to escape the haunting memory of his fatheris...

Author: By A.c. Marek, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Where Sitcoms Come From | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...Rosow, herself the product of a similar Los Angeles private high school, has tried to incorporate the drug use, sexual experiences, party scene and rave life that she sees as the reality for many Generation X high school students. By ending each 15-minute segment of the pilot in a party atmosphere, she says she aims to emphasize the two playing grounds-school life and party life-where the high school experience unfolds. Rosow openly admits that much of her script is drawn from personal experience...

Author: By A.c. Marek, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Where Sitcoms Come From | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...think in the end that is really the way all good scripts are written,i Rosow said. iEvery character Iive ever created has had at least a small aspect of my own self, or what I desire to become or not to become. Alex in that way isnit completely me, but rather, everyone Iive ever identified with and really understood their plight.i...

Author: By A.c. Marek, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Where Sitcoms Come From | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

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