BostonHerald.com - the Edge: Lust for `life': ABC scores with drama about sex-obsessed teens
The TV adaptation of Melvin Burgess's Doing It hits US smallscreens tonight... ...
Depending on your memories of high school, ABC's new drama ``life as we know it,'' premiering tonight at 9 on WCVB (Ch. 5), is either one of the most honest or most troubling small-screen depictions of teen angst.Given that we're talking about high school, maybe it's both.
Based on British author Melvin Burgess' controversial young adult novel ``Doing It,'' ``life'' focuses on boys obsessed with sex. In the show's most daring move, the girls also are obsessed with sex and finding ways to enjoy it on their own terms without guilt or shame.
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