Cinnamon [CLIPP091] by Sophie Forrest
If you Google the name “Sophie Forrest” there’s a good chance you will land on a web-page linking to lots of articles about the Australian actress Sophia Forrest, who was at some point in 2018 rumoured to be dating ex New Zealander actor Russel Crowe (Academy Award winning star of blockbuster film ‘Gladiator’), and who looks vaguely similar to a young Kelly (Jennie Garth) from the TV series ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’. If you Google “Beverly Hills 90210” you’ll know that this show was an incredibly successful teen drama that addressed topical "current" issues of the day such as sex, date rape, homophobia, animal rights, alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic violence, eating disorders, antisemitism, racism, teenage suicide, teen pregnancy, and AIDS. This series took place over the span of 10 seasons between the years 1990 and 2000 - which was also the year ‘Gladiator’ was released. If you were a teenager yourself in the 1990’s you would certainly know 90210 was essential viewing and I heard there will soon be a “reboot” of 902010, although i don't know how i feel about that. Maybe a bit nostalgic and sad. On the other, when we fist heard the song “Cinnamon” by Sophie Forrest we thought we were hearing a "reboot" of another classic from a far away forgotten age: that time was the late 2000’s and the song being “Don’t Go” by an... more
released June 27, 2019