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IDEAL TEEN MELODRAMA
BY: MATTIE SCHANANDORE
TEEN MELODRAMA
 https://One Tree Hill Video 2
 A teen melodrama is a TV show that includes so
much drama and suspense that the audience
becomes attached and can relate to the emotions the
show is trying to convey.
CRITERIA
 Realism- must be relatable and realistic
 Drama-exaggerated events to make the show
interesting
 Message-age appropriate and positive
 Cast of the Show- build fan base
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Character portrayal
Convincing
Chemistry
REALISM
“Why are you a
cheerleader? I mean, no
offense or anything, but
you’re the least cheery
person I know.” -Lucas
Then why do you do
it? I mean, do you
really like it or not?
-Lucas
“If I say I like it then
I’m just another
cheerleader. But, if I
say that I hate it,
then I’m either a liar
or a fraud.” -Peyton
DRAMA
MESSAGE
MESSAGE
Cast of the Show
Students were assigned a partner where they must ask them a series of
personal questions and then create a picture representing their answers.
Cast of the Show
“When we all get
together, it’s always
a special bond. We
lived through it
together” –Hilarie
Burton (Peyton)
COUNTERARGUMENT
“Four years later Haley, a teacher, isn’t applying for food
stamps or stripping to keep her child in clean pajamas;
she is living instead in a nicely appointed house, dealing
with middle-aged problems. Her 22-year-old husband,
Nathan his pro basketball career curtailed, is having a
midlife crisis…” – Ginia Bellafante
WORKS CITED
 Bellafante, Ginia. "They Age So Quickly, at Least in Tree Hill." The New York Times.
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nytimes.com, 28 Jan. 2008. Web. 22 Apr. 2015.
 Bobbin, Jay. "'One Tree Hill': Sophia Bush Refuses to Consider Where Brooke Davis
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