Beverly Hills 90210 Creator Earned Repercussions for a Singular Episode

Darren Star created the infamous teen drama, Beverly Hills 90210.” The sweat scene could have earned Star repercussions from the producers. The scene is from Season 1 episode 21 titled ”Spring Dance.” The episode where both Brenda( Shannon Doherty) and Kelly( Jennie Garth) wore the same dress to the prom. However, it is also the episode where Brenda and Dylan( Luke Perry) had sex for the first time. Brenda enjoyed it.

The star disclosed to People Magazine,” [The producers]had a lot of notes. Everything about sexuality was hard to deal with.“ Initially, they were like, ‘Where are the parents? Where are the teachers?’ And I’m like, it’s not a show about parents and teachers. It’s a show about these friends who were there for each other, solving each other’s problems.”

The show was the first to be seen and told from a teenager’s point of view.

When Shannon Doherty passed away Star professed,” what she brought inspired me to write toward Brenda even more. She’s an incredibly special, dynamic person. I was thinking about Brenda and Shannen, and I feel like my career has been defined in so many ways by writing strong women.

Shannen gave Brenda so much spirit and determination and complication.”He further stated,” She was herself an independent spirit who felt everything deeply. She captured something about being a teenage girl who really was a powerful girl.” He was correct on Doherty. Most girls could identify with Brenda.

Do you think the producers of Beverly Hills 90210 were right in making Darren Star write a scene where Brenda was remorseful? Or should they have let things be so that Brenda could go through all the emotions and think about any and all repercussions of having sex so young?

Photos X and Wikipedia