Kevin Williamsonis both prolific and unsung.
Maybe its his early-aughts stretch of TV work that didnt quite click.
That show is calledDawsons Creek.
To speak with colloquial frankness,Dawsons Creekrips.
Is this really how kids talk?That was the question.
This was Williamsons third time illustrating this aspect of his style.
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The first was just two years prior to the shows debut.
In 1996,Screamwas released and went on to make $173 million on a $15 million budget.
It rewrote the rules of horror movies, perhaps irrevocably.
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No more could your characters be intolerably ignorant of what kind of movie they were in.
How significant a paradigm shift this was, it was easy to overlook the other rule being rewritten.
That of how to handle teenage characters.
The influence ofMy So-Called Lifeon every teen drama that arrived in its wake cannot be overstated.
It made life look hard and relatable, but it did not find an audience when it needed it.
Pop remixes of alt-rock bangers.
He was soon boxed out of the motion picture variation of his career, for the most part.
That writers influence is more felt in the realm of television.
As such, it is time Kevin Williamson got added to the list.
The highest of his highs have by now earned more than just a passing reference.
