![]() If this description is starting to ring a bell, it’s because you’ve heard it and seen it a million times before in 21st century movies and TV: the magical girl who rescues the regular boy from the dullness of his existence without ever really having much concern for herself, really only the faint hint of an inner life. But she’s cute as a pixie! Really, she’s a dream girl. Her mood can change quickly, though, and she makes rash decisions. Her name is Stargirl ( America’s Got Talent champion Grace VanderWaal), and she wears colorful oddball clothes and plays a ukulele and says wistful-cute things about the world and, gosh, she just isn’t like the other girls. A quiet boy named Leo ( Graham Verchere) who’s mourning the loss of his dad has his mundane little life changed by a new girl at school. In many ways, Stargirl is a standard entry in the dreamy-teen canon, which has enjoyed a post- Fault In Our Stars resurgence. One interesting opportunity presents itself in Stargirl, the new teen romance which premiered on the Disney+ streaming service March 13. If you need a break from epidemiology at any point in the next few weeks (or, gulp, months), you could always take a turn over to some cultural anthropology. ![]()
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