Who's Afraid of the Teenage Fangirl?
From 1980s Berlin to contemporary stan culture, where does the idea of the teenage girl with a “dangerous crush” come from – and why does it endure?
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From 1980s Berlin to contemporary stan culture, where does the idea of the teenage girl with a “dangerous crush” come from – and why does it endure?
David Robb , April 9th, 2021 08:56 Set in the grimy pre-unification Berlin of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Einsturzende Neubauten, Christiane F. is a stylish, low-budget tale of teen heroin addicts with a cult following – now at risk of being commodified into an idea rather than anything real, finds David Robb Few places have been mythologised in the contemporary cultural imagination more than late 1970s / early 1980s Berlin. With German society in a state of flux, and post-war economic deprivation leading to cheap rents and vast swathes of abandoned industrial space, the western part of the capi...
'Christiane F.' drama on heroin abuse gets a TV remake With the series "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo," Amazon Prime revisits the bestselling biographic novel and movie based on a teenager's story of addiction. Amazon Prime revisits the story of Christiane F. for a new generation In the late 1970s and early 80s, the harrowing story of an adolescent girl name Christiane F. repeatedly made headlines in Germany, leaving the country in a state of shock. The 1978 biographic novel Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo was regarded as scandalous, highlighting how society had failed its weakest members — ch...