Adam Brock: redefining cool since 2008

I sound like a broken record, but The Paper is a really, really, really, really good fucking show. And Adam Brock (pictured above doing some 'sweet dance moves' with his teacher, Ms. Weiss, and the protagonist, editor-in-chief Amanda) is so my favorite. He's the kind of guy who says "OMG, this is like West Side Story" when the newspaper staff erupts into warring factions. He's gayer than Tom Cruise's ladyboner over Will Smith, but he's totally the friend you wish you had in high school. Someone catty and self-assured who goes to see High School Musical on Ice but is still friends with the jocks. 

On the latest episode, he gets voted Homecoming King after exhaustively campaigning for the role against some uberjock. And he says he wants to win because he wants to "redefine cool" and show that even a pretty much openly gay dude whose preferred mode of communication involves screaming, crying, and numerous pop culture references, can be prom king. So suck it.

The Paper

In a surprising coup by MTV, they actually came out with a new show that doesn't suck hairy lesbian balls. It's called The Paper and it's about a group of 70 kids on their school's newspaper who are all awesome Miami types with Jewish mothers. The star of the show, Editor-in-chief Amanda, is totally that type of girl you would have hated in high school but from an adult perspective, is actually kind of a badass bitch.