As a 90s kid, I loved Disney's 'So Weird' for its use of faith, sacrifice and the paranormal. As an adult, I still do.
“So Weird” (IMDB/Disney Channel) As a kid, my favorite show was about death. Well, not just death: it was also about faith, sacrifice and trying to make sense of life’s ineffable mysteries. Strangest of all, I watched it on the Disney Channel. ran for three seasons from 1999 to 2001. It was Disney’s attempt to create a kid-friendly version of “The X-Files,” tapping into an in-vogue fascination with ghosts, alien encounters and other paranormal phenomena. In practice, it became something more: a meditation on mystery and mortality. It was an enormously important piece of art for ...
Source: americamagazine.org
