'Riverdale': A Coming of Age Story
'Riverdale': A Coming of Age Story
When I first saw the CW trailer for the show, Riverdale I was amused and skeptical. The idea of all our favorite goody-two-shoe bathroom comic friends transformed into sexy soap stars was as bizarre as it was intriguing. I went from passively enjoying the drama, to anxiously awaiting each new episode every week. We have been exposed to Ms. Grundy’s forbidden and very illegal romance with Archie Andrews, the Southside Serpents' gang violence, Betty’s interesting and awkward sexualized dark-side, and so much more. Riverdale is a community whose justice system seems to depend on teenagers meddling in police investigations. This makes me wonder when a sexy Scooby Doo soap will be syndicated on the CW — I would probably watch it. Jughead, whose character is far more interesting and complex than I had expected, writes for the local school newspaper which has as much political relevance as CNN. It is through Jughead’s narratives we are exposed to what I believe is the main theme of Riverdale: teenagers coming of age. Let’s examine the four main characters to support my view.
