Okay, let's face it Beverly Hills, 90210 is the best show of all time. It just is. No ifs, ands, or buts. It's a fact. Don't attempt to dispute it. Moving on...
I'm wavering between moderately to majorly upset that Jackie Taylor passed on due to cancer in this week's 90210. There was so much more to explore with Jackie's character, but I take solace in the fact that Jackie is now safe and unaltered by the new writers from her original glory. Back in the golden age of the series her wardrobe was dope. Jackie was and is extremely aesthetically pleasing. Super matchy matchy just how a womyn with that much self-respect ought to dress. Her hair, California blonde and perfectly quaffed. Her bathing suits? Her clip on earrings?? I mean come on. So put together. So much pizazz. She defied her age and did what ever she wanted. Rightly put herself above all others. Everything she was I respect: married several times, former model, alcoholic, coke habit, rehab survivor and not to mention the most spectacular MC at the West Beverly mother daughter fashion show ever. Let's be honest, did Jackie ever utter a word that wasn't true?
Aside from the character's total awesomeness, Ann Gillespi, who played her, was an outstanding actress. I don't believe she ever got her due credit for making Jackie's character bigger than life. She took that show to another level. Ann Gillespi, wherever you are... you rock the tree tops! You really do. I freaking adore you. You lived and breathed Jackie Taylor and for that I applaud you. Job well done! Bravo!
Here is some of her best work : part 1 part 2
Here's a fun little montage of mother daughter footage to a tune of Taylor Swift.
This video montage is genius. If it weren't for using scenes from the slumber party at Brenda's where Kelly is crying about sleeping with an older football player (not about her mom), it would be flawless. I couldn't agree more with the sentiments or with your tribute to Jackie Taylor. An amazing character that shall not be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteJackie Taylor is my role model, a goddess, a queen, in the best Samantha Jones tradition, decadent with a splash of motherly concern. The brilliance of 90210 is that it establishes as no other TV series the genius of, "art imitating reality shows."
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