![]() ![]() (Seemingly all of her clothes on.)Īt a time when baby-doll dresses were considered risqué and slutty was not yet a prerequisite way to describe a girl’s Halloween costume, Rayanne seduced not by taking it all off, but by putting it all on. So I had to make it happen.” Here are seven ways in which Rayanne was, as she would so often say, “happening.”ġ. “I see everything in, like, slow motion, and I think, Something has to happen,” Rayanne once told Angela’s sister while inadvertently handcuffed to her parents’ bed. That can mean singing a sultry rendition of the Sesame Street theme song while waiting in line at the movies it can also mean, unfortunately, ODing on drugs and/or sleeping with your best friend’s ex. You know how Sex and the City fans always say they’re a Carrie, but their real lives probably more closely mirror one of her sidekicks? I think My So-Called Life worshippers are all Angelas who aspire to be Rayannes, insisting that every moment be a heightened adventure. The Complete History of Angela’s MSCL Wardrobe I wanted to live in her bed and just be her. ![]() To co-opt how Rayanne’s mom once described Angela, Rayanne’s mere existence, even as a fictitious supporting character who appeared but weekly on my TV, ramped up my black-and-white world into brilliant color. Where had Rayanne Graff been all my life? This 15-year-old ragamuffin-nymph who served as the devil perched upon one of Angela’s shoulders during MSCL’s lone season was so electric, so jagged-edged, so heart-stoppingly cool, I might die. Just ’cause it seemed like if I didn’t I would die … or something.”įrom the opening three minutes of My So-Called Life’s pilot - during which teen protagonist Angela Chase is persuaded by new friend Rayanne to scam money off strangers (disastrously) and dye her hair red (iconically) - I knew exactly what Angela was voice-over-ing about. “So, I started hanging out with Rayanne Graff. But right now we are in the middle of our My So-Called Life Power Hour and it’s time to honor Angela Chase’s friend Rayanne Graff. We’ve counted down the season’s 100 best episodes, presented an oral history of the first season of Party of Five, tested your Friends knowledge with an S AT-style exam, and so much more. We’ve been looking back all week at the hugely influential 1994–95 network-television season, which found new shows Friends and ER hobnobbing on the same schedule with Seinfeld , The Simpsons, and The X Files. ![]()
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