One of my favorite teen soaps growing up is getting a reboot. HBO Max has ordered a revival of the hit Canadian teen soap.
The series, will feature 10 episodes, and will feature Lara Azzopardi (The Bold Type), and Julia Cohen (The Royals, Riverdale). The revival is set to premiere in 2023.
Degrassi is a show that follows students at Degrassi High in Toronto, Ontario, and the new series “explores a group of teenagers and school faculty living in the shadow of events that both bind them together and tear them apart. The show travels deep into the hearts and homes of diverse, complicated characters, as they struggle to find their new normal, reaching for hope, redemption, and love.”
Besides Aubrey “Drake” Graham getting his start on the series, and becoming one of the biggest hip hop stars in the world, I loved that Degrassi didn’t shy away from complex where characters and hot button topics.
Seeing a character like Marco (Adamo Ruggiero) was definitely a life changer, and Adamo even said that playing Marco even helped him cone to terms with his sexuality.
“What Marco gave me is a community,” Ruggiero said to the AV Club. “In the promotion of the show, I connected with a queer world. He just busted open this door of a world that probably would have taken a lot longer to find.”
I’m looking forward to seeing queer representation on the revival (including casting actual trans actors in trans roles), and HBO Max also revealed that if you can’t wait another year for the revival, you can catch up on all 14 seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation this spring.
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