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We watched, like everyone else, the new version of 90210 on Tuesday night. But we were left with some questions that have gotten under our skin and we just can't get them out of our heads. Not just your, why weren't there more Brenda/Kelly scenes?, and really, could they just make the whole show about Tabitha? questions, there are deeper and more weighty issues that we hope the series will address ASAP.1. How soon until Mr. Matthews gets arrested for statutory rape?
Or at the very least fired for having sex with a student? From the way he was talking to Adrianna about all of her personal issues, and her simmering and unexplained anger towards him, it's only a matter of time until they hook-up. And if these two don't, we wouldn't put it past Naomi to use their friendly bar side flirting against him the next time she needs to get a good grade on a paper.
2. Why would Ethan get a blow job in the parking lot?
Ethan was trying to keep his extracurricular activities with other slutty gals a secret from his real girlfriend Naomi. So why on earth would he let a girl give him oral sex, in his car, in the middle of the most jam packed school parking lot ever. He doesn't even have tinted windows. Besides, could he not go underneath the bleachers like a normal kid?
3. Will Brenda try to break up Mr. Matthews and Kelly Taylor?
Hell, yeah! From the way Brenda was sizing him up when he walked off with her pal, seems like it is probably only one episode until she goes all hot for teacher. And then, let the claws come out. Maybe Mr. Matthews would get bored of dating a chick with baggage like a kid anyway, but with 90210 of yore still burning brightly in our memories, this one seems like a given.
4. When will "siblings" Annie and Dixon hook up?
Don't even pretend like this didn't cross your minds too. These two were laying all over each other in bed. And they are way too involved in each other's lives, sharing all their little secrets. And since there is technically no blood relation between them, it's only a little gross, and not incestuous. That would take this show to a level the classic one couldn't even touch.
5. Does Ethan have time-traveling abilities?
See. Not all our questions are sex-related. But dopey Ethan high-tailed it out of Naomi's sweet sixteen about the same time as Silver/Annie and Dixon and headed to the beach, and was already in his wet suit and in the water before the other kids even got there. Either he's got pull with the valet, or he's got some super-fast abilities hiding underneath that wet suit.
6. What teenager likes a guy because he's "frighteningly honest"?
Maybe an honest guy would float your boat. Maybe even a very honest guy would be nice. But "frighteningly" honest? Is this a quality Midwestern girls look for in their men? And if Annie thinks she's going to find a guy who tells the truth all the time in LA, she's got another thing coming. She'd be better off finding herself a dirty bad boy who is just sort of frightening instead. That's way easier... and hotter.
7. Did Naomi have an unfortunate run in with an electrical outlet?
Not all girls with curly-tresses can afford to keep them under control. But Naomi's got money to spare. She didn't notice $200 missing from her purse, or her missing Chanel purse for that matter, and didn't blink before dropping $800 bucks on a dress for a practical stranger. She can afford to have her hair straightened by professionals, she can even pay up for that fancy Japanese treatment, because she looked smokin' hot with her flattened tresses. Maybe that's why Ethan dumped her. Or maybe he was just a teenager who couldn't keep it in his pants. Either way.
8. How did Harry immediately recognize Annie's paper?
Harry (the least authoritative principal on TV since Mr. Belding, or that one who got eaten by a snake on Buffy) immediately recognizes that his daughter gave her paper on A Tale of Two Cities to her new frenemy Naomi. If you put this blog in front of my mother without a byline and asked her who wrote it, there's no way she'd know it was me. Even if she knew I wrote about 90210. So how the hell did Harry recognize Annie's paper? And how did it end up in his office any way? Mr. Matthews could have brought it too him, but wouldn't he have searched the internet first for papers if he though Naomi was cheating?
9. How did Silver get invited to Naomi's birthday party if they hate each other?
Naomi's mom is a bitch and clearly on top of the guest list, so how did Silver, a girl that the entire school hates, including the guest of honor, make it past the door? Navid and Dixon had a work reason for being there, but Silver and Annie should have been persona non grata. Especially since everyone knows Silver would turn any follies into one of her "blogisodes." Oh, and what unhip writer on the show tried to make that a real word? They're called "webisodes," 90210 folks. "Webisodes."
10. How did Silver and Naomi get tattoos at the age 12?
Silver and Naomi are both sporting little tramp stamps that, supposedly, are the Chinese characters for Friendship. But Silver explains to Annie that she and Naomi were friends in middle school when they had a falling out. So they'd have been under 13? Did they both have the most understanding parents ever who took them, or just really good fake IDs? Did Kelly Taylor approve this? God, that would be so like her.
Bonus Theater Geek Question: How did West Beverly get the rights to do Spring Awakening?
So here's the deal. Basically the rights for all shows are tied up while they are in their Broadway run (and sometimes during their touring stints). Schools around the country have to suffer through the same old crap like Grease and The Pirates of Penzance because legally, that's all that is allowed. (Can you tell I was a high school drama queen?) I guess money talks. And presuming this is fantasy land and that's what they thought would be cool for the show, couldn't they have also ponied up for a better choreographer? Because Adrianna had some lame ass moves, and Annie's freestyling imitation needed some major help. Perhaps this is why the fantastic Brenda Walsh is rumored to be coming in to help this suffering production.
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