This year, TV has given us not one - but three - fantastically
sharp-tongued, don't-mess-with-me young female characters. And 'sassy
girl' is a character archetype we can totally get on board with.
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| From L-R: Chloe (Big Little Lies), Erica (Stranger Things), Lady Mormont (Game Of Thrones) |
First, we had Chloe in Big Little Lies,
an eye-rolling, music-loving, dude of a seven-year-old, who put the
neurotic mums of Monterey to shame. Then we had the sheer joy of Lady
Lyanna Mormont in [Game Of Thrones,
a 10-year-old whose unwavering bravery, loyalty, and steely-eyed
determination - not to mention her knack for mic-dropping in a room of
grown men - makes her the ultimate badass.
And now we have Erica - Lucas' little sister in Stranger Things 2.
She steals every scene she's in, whether she's piss-taking her brother,
ripping his friends on his walkie-talkie, or pouring syrup on her
breakfast. The girl is hilarious.
It used to be that
young girls in TV shows were there as the spoilt prissy foil to their
adventurous brothers. Or the screaming, terrified child who needs
saving/protecting. BORING. But in 2017, we've got a new kind of pre-teen
for girls to look up to - and adults like us to admire. Let’s hear it
for funny, feisty, zero-f*ck-giving Queens of Sass.
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