Instead, it’s filled with kids far cooler and way meaner than our heroines. (Cue the Mandy Moore theme song.) The clueless BFFs wander into school on their first day, expecting it to be overflowing with adventure, discovery and opportunity. The ladies don braces and a tragic, rainbow-colored wardrobe to play dorky, underdeveloped pals Maya Ishii-Peters and Anna Kone, navigating their first year of middle school, circa 2000. Produced by Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone), the series reads like a painfully honest, R-rated version of “Degrassi Junior High.” The funny-smart concept finds the adult Erskine and Konkle cast as 13-year-old versions of themselves- surrounded by a cast of actual 13-year-olds. Maya Erskine (“Betas,” “Man Seeking Woman,” “Casual”) and Anna Konkle (”Betas,” “Maron,” “Rosewood”) remember that time all too vividly, serving as the creators/ writers/ stars behind Hulu’s semi- autobiographical tragi-comedy “PEN15.” (And if you can’t translate that title, just put yourself in a 13-year-old mindset.) At the time, of course, it was a hellish torture for tweens, sandwiched between the prepubescent freedom of elementary school and the faux responsibility of high school. In retrospect middle school was a ridiculous time.
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