Jordan tries to sleep with Angela repeatedly, it isn't that he can't think of her in that way (although he does recognize that she isn't going to just sleep with someone she hardly knows: "but you, you're not like that"). But putting that aside, I don't think that's the issue here.
To justify what transpired between JC and Ray, I've convinced myself it is because Jordan respects Angela too much to mar her purity, while Rayanne is a dirty old rag.Īgain, I'm not sure if this is your'e actual feeling, or what you imagine Jordan thinks, but I really take issue with this kind of thinking - this madonna or whore mentality. (In fact, it sometimes seems like Jordan opens up to about anyone who talks to him.) More often than not, it seems to me like Jordan dosn't really care what people think of him (although clearly not always, case in point, he doesn't leave the classroom when Vic tells him they will talk about him behind his back) Ex: He talks to Brian and Rickie inside and outside of school numerous times. Wham-bam-thank-you-maam!" The epsiode made it clear that it was, "jus this thing, that happened," very spontaneous and of the moment Jordan is not calculating "Rayanne is a slut, so I can sleep with her now and not have to deal with it later." If you can't see that in the scene in the parking lot, it is clear the next day when Jordan approaches Rayanne to check in with her.Īlso, while Jordan's actions are influenced by his friends, that does not stop him from interacting with marginalized characters. Also, I don't think that Jordan's actions were premeditaed as you seem to suggest: "Jordan respects Angela too much to mar her purity, while Rayanne is a dirty old rag. She is beautiful, impulsive, exuberant, warm, infuriating, many things, but not that. Also, you may have just been writing in what you percieve is Jordan's crude view point, but Rayanne is not "a dirty old rag". I dont think that it was destined to happen, or "in the natural order of things", simply because Jordan is sexually experienced and Rayanne takes pleasure in having "slut potential". I think that you have successfully pigeon-holed all three of them. To justify what transpired between JC and Ray, I've convinced myself it is because Jordan respects Angela too much to mar her purity, while Rayanne is a dirty old rag.
Angela is tolerant of others, it shows in her circle of friends, while Jordan sticks with the same group of cronies (less tolerant of others).
This episode always reminds me of Somekind of Wonderful and Pretty In Pink. Though Angela (wholesome, stable) has made herself available for Jordan (lost), I think he feels out-of-place with her, even though being with Jordan feels right to Angela. Jordan is a bad-boy and Rayanne will do just about anything. Isn't that the way things usually happen? We stick with what we know, with what feels comfortable. Meret wrote:I see it as the natural order of things.
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