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Upon entering college, my interest in “Dawson’s Creek” waned until I perused the official website, www.dawsonscreek.com. On the site, an entire fictional universe has been created. Worthington has its own site too, http://www.worthingtonuniversity.com, which tells you all about the distinguished institution’s history (established in 1787 by Josiah Worthington), its tuition, the majors offered, and the library’s collections...
...real prize is not the Worthington site, but Joey Potter’s personal page, including her résumé, which contains her e-mail address, jpotter@capeside.net (apparently she didn’t have a Worthington address yet). Click on the link, and sure enough, an e-mail window opens...
...that the show is practically judenrein: there are no Jews. True, you’d be hard pressed to imagine a slew of shul-goers in the remarkably goyish Capeside (though perhaps some Yiddin could have had summer houses?) but in Boston? And at an elite university like Worthington (which seems to be a combination of Harvard and Amherst)? By her second day in attendance, Joey Potter should have tripped over a Jew. Yet I never saw a yarmulke...
...Dear Joey, I was surfing the web and stumbled upon your personal website. I was very impressed with your artwork. I see that you go to Worthington. I myself am a student at nearby Harvard. I was wondering if you would be interested in coming to Shabbat dinner this Friday night at Hillel? Let me know. David...
...response. And the show’s writers never added Michael Goldstein, Worthington ’05, as a new Potter love interest...