#mary anne and camp bsc

[revisitingstoneybrook]

#86 Mary Anne and Camp BSC: Chapter 9

Ugh, sorry again for the delay in posts! I’ll make sure to stay on top of this so I can actually get to some NEW books soon!

In this chapter, it’s the return of Jackie the Walking Disaster, so get ready to be beaten over the head with examples of how clumsy he is.

Now we get an(other) entry from Kristy in her handwriting this time about the cookout. Though...when did Stoneybrook Academy (SA) become SMS? Weird. Inconsistency #3! Oh, and the BSC girls should be quaking with fear because look who's joining Camp BSC now...Jackie Rodowsky! Turns out his family had been on vacation, so now he was going to come to camp. So get ready for endless, over-the-top examples that he's a Walking Disaster. While Karen's brattiness goes unnoticed. Favoritism!

And why are Archie and Shea not coming? Shea’s older (I forget if he’s 9 or 10), so I guess that makes sense he may be too old. Archie’s 4, he’s the same age as Andrew and Jamie, so he isn’t too young. Jackie kind of overshadows his brothers anyway.

Jackie shows up at Camp BSC just in time for the cookout and right off the bat, he drops the napkins in the dirt. Whoops. The kids clear a space for the campfire, and they bring out the food: Turkey hot dogs, baked beans, coleslaw and s'mores. Mary Anne says they got turkey hot dogs because Dawn refuses to eat beef or pork. Sure thing, Your Highness! She adds the kids won't know the difference between turkey and beef hot dogs but I call bullshit because there's a definite taste difference! 

While the kids roast hot dogs, Ricky pesters Logan, asking if he knows any ghost stories. Logan says he doesn't believe in ghosts and Ricky looks at Logan as if he just told him there's no Santa Claus. And since we're talking about ghost stories, Karen joins in and tells the group that ghosts are everywhere and there's even ghosts that eat hot dogs! Ooooh spooky. Are there ghosts that eat loudmouth, obnoxious bratty kids too? I sure hope there are.

Logan tells Karen in a very nice way she's being a pain in the ass. “He'd encountered Karen's world-class imagination before!” ARGH. This double-standard pisses me off. Karen isn't annoying and bratty...she's funny and has a wild imagination! Don’t these girls ever get sick of Morbidda Destiny or Ben Brewer?

Oh, and Jackie's turning his hot dog into a black, burnt mess and as he eats it, he spills his baked beans. Because, you know, he's a WALKING DISASTER! We get it, Nola Thacker! The kid's clumsy! Kristy reassures the kids that there will be ghost stories, because they're a real camp that has cookouts and you tell ghost stories at cookouts. It's sad she had to stick that last part in there because her stepsister and her friends have put a damper on everything.

Nicky says Pow should have come because he'll eat up all the food that everyone's spilled, leading into a discussion about everyone's dogs. Which means when Shannon says something, we have to reiterate that it's Shannon Kilbourne saying it, not Shannon the dog. Because dogs are known to talk, so we have to distinguish. And this is the first time I’m hearing of Shannon being at the camp - hi, Shannon!

They go into the barn for ghost stories, and Karen tries to frighten everyone with the mention of the...Barn Ghost. Logan, who's prepared for this, tells her that the Barn Ghost only comes out after midnight and can't follow you home because it's just the ghost of a barn mouse. Thank you, Logan.

Logan attempts to tell the story of the guy with the yellow ribbon around his neck but Charlotte, of all people, finishes the sentence up “and when he untied it, his head fell off,” and asks for something good and scary. Are we sure this is Charlotte Johanssen, and not another Charlotte? Because she's as big of a scaredy cat as Mary Anne is!

Mallory then tells a bloody and morbid ghost story with everyone dying. The sitters aren't too amused but the kids love it. The ghostie forgot to mention it was about a family of eight kids and all but the eldest died at the hands of an evil ghost. The eldest then sold the bodies to Sweeney Todd and with the money, got a nose job and some dibble sparkly sweatshirts.

Karen then tells one of her stories. Let me guess - is it Morbidda Destiny or Ben Brewer? Oh, it's the one about the cave full of vampire bats. I guess she made this one up on the spot. Mary Anne even tries telling one about a ghostly cat, which she says kind of happened to Dawn once. Um...wasn't it Mallory and the Ghost Cat? 

Geez, even the ghosties hate Mallory! Now Dawn's stealing her mysteries! Inconsistency #4 in this book!

Kristy then manages to scare the shit out of everyone (including Karen) with the story of a ghost that hated cookouts and haunted them. She says the ghost spotted a group of kids go into a barn and then Logan jumps out and scares everyone. Take that, Karen! I guess they were afraid because the book says the campers cried out “Eeeeeeehhhh,” which I guess is supposed to be shrieking.

Oh, and when roasting marshmallows, Jackie burns his to a crisp and adds that into a s'more. Because, you know, he's a WALKING DISASTER, DAMMIT.

#babysitters club #bsc #snark #mary anne spier #mary anne and camp bsc

[ft-nostalgia]

The most Baby-sitters Club thing to happen in the Baby-sitters Club show is absolutely in the finale when they're all losing it at Camp Moose head and Claudia says, "Kristy, do something!" To which Kristy's (obvious) response is to pull her BSC President hat out of her back pocket (bc of course she keeps that thing on her) and call an emergency meeting.

#the bsc #the babysitter's club #claudia kishi #kristy thomas #mary anne spier #dawn schafer #stacey mcgill #camp moosehead #i swear officers it's not my queue i've never seen it before

[starlilt]

ALRIGHTY HERE I AM!! KACEY ANALYSIS TIME!!

but first, for your consideration:

okay thank you. here we go.

hello user starlilt and welcome to my What In The Fuck tedtalk. thank you for coming.

okay so if kristy and stacey weren't supposed to be explored/canon or at the very least implied in later seasons, what in the world was the focus on them for? i'll explain. so we get to the first ep of season 2, in which kristy is feeling out of place in her new home, missing camp moosehead and her friends/the bsc, who are each doing their own thing apparently. she's sitting by the pool, lamenting all of this in classic kristy fashion, when she spots stacey. now, let's talk about the way she said this: "i miss camp, i miss my friends, i miss....STACEY!" this sets stacey apart from the rest of her friends, highlights her...hmm....as well as following the order of priorities in a lot of shows: friends (just mentioned), family (which were already covered in kristy's re-introduction), crush/romantic interest. now, this might not have been intentional, but it did distinctly set stacey apart and left her with one box to fall into. AND stacey was the only one who came. none of her other friends. just her. why was their relationship so highlighted not once, but twice? (at the end of the ep)

but back to the basics - stacey sees kristy and jogs over to hug her (holding out her arms to initiate it and sinking/almost flopping into it, but kristy lets go quickly in a nervous fashion), obviously happy to see her, but when kristy hears it's sam who brought stacey there, she's crestfallen and asks if stacey was there to hang out with her at all. two things - why make it so clear that kristy is jealous and upset over stacey's supposed interest in sam? it literally could not be clearer that she can't stand it. why?? second thing - kristy was very, very vulnerable and almost meek asking that question, which is SO out of character for her?? why does she let her guard down?? why is she so upset?? why does she have the most heartbroken expression ever watching stacey go??

^^ a visual aid.

also, she says "stacey just hugs boys now, i guess" in a tone that comes off as jealous, and it's as if she didn't watch mary anne literally kiss a boy at camp?? what's different?? it just seems SO INTENTIONAL.

and a couple of minutes later, something so inexplicable happens i couldn't even make it up if i tried. but before that, the bsc has their first meeting after summer and reconvenes. kristy gives sensible advice to mary anne about logan and stacey rejects it. kristy pounces on her, voice teeming with restrained jealousy, and states it's what she would do, to which stacey insists that sam texted her. the bsc gets excited, but it's worth noting that stacey implies no leftover infatuation for him whatsoever, and she didn't tell claudia or mary anne. it's shown she tells them everything about boys, so the fact that she didn't tell them proves it truly wasn't a big deal, and she doesn't like him anymore!! but wait, it gets better! when stacey says "i mostly hung out with kristy!" you can see claudia raise her eyebrows knowingly and glance down at mary anne. AND THEN MARY ANNE MIRRORS IT AND LOOKS AT KRISTY. THIS IS A LEGITIMATE SHOT. THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON IT.

^^ yet another visual aid.

this shot was 100% intentional. mary anne raises her eyebrows in a knowing way and tilts her head. i cannot think of a single explanation for this other than "mary anne knows kristy likes stacey and is being smug about it." this shot is a direct response to "and i mostly hung out with kristy." like what in the world. and, to add MORE evidence, the next shot is kristy looking at stacey fondly/with a smitten smile as she talks. i could not make this up if i tried.

^^ yep.

there is not a single other meaning to this sequence this is not just gals being pals . it is all but outright stating that krisity has feelings for stacey. these reactions are to stacey saying she mostly hung out with kristy. nothing else. w h a t

BUT WAIT. IM NOT EVEN DONE. THERES MORE. IN JUST THE FIRST EPISODE OF S2. at the end of the episode, kristy is growing to love and accept her place in her new home and is, again, by the pool. and lo and behold, there is stacey, who came just for her. JUST FOR HER. why did they deem their interaction earlier in the episode (and kristy's jealousy) so important that they had to repeat it, this time stacey coming just for kristy and no one else?? why take such care to say "HEY, THIS IS IMPORTANT" and set them up SO WELL? and stacey is, again, set apart from the rest. this time, kristy initiates the hug and holds on longer (ahem, acceptance of her crush) and calls her 'buddy' which is definitely the trope of calling your crush by an embarrassing nickname.

kristy, at three A.M, lying facedown on her bed: buddy. BUDDY.

kristy also giggles. GIGGLES. they pull apart, kristy says (fondly) "i'm really happy you could make it", and stacey smiles softly and tucks her hair behind her ear, which is the BIGGEST CRUSH STEREOTYPE EVER.

^^ stacey. honey.

she looks so fond it's hard to believe. they have a moment and smile at each other before they notice the rest of the bsc coming too, which AGAIN sets kristy and stacey apart as their relationship gets more emphasis FOR SOME REASON. they all hug happily, but kristy and stacey remain beside each other and look down at the same time, as if they're flustered and shy.

this is a specific shot that focuses on them only, and it's difficult to tell if this was intentional or not, it might've been coincidental, but a mistake that is that precise and kept in would be very rare. they're also the focus of maybe one or two more shots together, again emphasizing them in a way that is almost pointed.

here. have some more because this scene is SOOOOOOO. feel free to analyze them yourself, i'd LITERALLY LOVE to hear your thoughts :)

these are the biggest, most confusing moments, but there are others. this was just to point out the very precise filming and shot choices, the facial expressions, the highlighting and emphasizing, the lines, and the moments that don't make any sense if they weren't building up kristy and stacey to be canon. the subtext is impossible to ignore and is just short of being made overtly clear!! and if this amazing series makes a comeback, i really and truly believe this is the direction they're heading in :)

WHEW that was so long i apologize bestie. but i just wanted to let you know that i might be insane or THIS MAKES ACTUAL SENSE. i am so so insane about them they are everything to me <33

^^ GIRLS WHEN STACEY'S HEART EYES.......GIRLS WHEN THEM......

they just mean sooooo much to me like popular pretty blonde who lived in new york city "boy-crazy" girl accidentally falling for the impulsive bossy headstrong auburn-haired girl who can be soft only for her and would die for her friends and would study stacey with her piercing brown eyes like she was something worth learning about....something about the bossy impulsive headstrong girl falling for the pretty blonde because she couldn't help it....couldn't help but melt when those bright blue eyes focus on her.....who makes her feel soft and flustered like no one else could and desperately wanting to be the one she sees even though she thinks it'll never happen. how in the world did they put this amazing of a ship in the babysitters club. like. woah.

(also i have some thoughts on claudianne if you want to here those as well <3)

n e ways bestie i hope you like this analysis and im literally so sorry it was this long i've been having a lot of thoughts about them lately.

love u so much and hope you're doing well <3

love your fellow kacey scholar 4lifer,

-anna

HI HI HI HI HI MY WONDERFUL FELLOW KACEY TRUTHER!! finally answering your very lovely ask!!

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i am hearing you and i am agreeing with every word you are saying. i am sitting chin in palm nodding appreciatively at your introspective analysis. they are so narrative parallels in every way and for what. KRISTY HAS ALWAYS SET STACEY APART FROM THE REST OF THE GROUP YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT THIS. like miss thomas what exactly makes her so special….they are so early 2000s rom com coded where like kristy is sitting around being angsty and contemplating the totality of the human experience and then stacey walks on screen and the wind is blowing in her hair and an instrumental love ballad is playing the spotlight is on her and there’s the little animated flowers everywhere and then kristy melts into a puddle of heart eyes and there’s the little planets and stars circling around her head. yeah. that pool scene was basically the more minimalist modern version of that i rest my case.

kristy the take charge and the headstrong who read the art of war for babysitting strategies immediately being reduced to kicked puppy status by one stacey mcgill.

SHE LOOKS SO HEARTBROKEN STOP. insert kristy image next to kicked puppy image corporate needs you to find the difference between these photos there is no difference .jpg.

i love her so much. she was so flabbergasted like stacey hugged a BOY?? willingly?? stacey blink twice he’s my own flesh and blood and i don’t even hug him willingly.

STOP THE LOOK MARY ANNE GIVES HER I WILL NEVER BE OVER THIS. the girl you are so fucking down bad look PERSONIFIED. and kristy looks so caught on like yeahhh she’s so amazing i would do anything for her girl isn’t even trying to deny it she looks so accepting of her fate and i respect her for that.

THERES MORE THERES MORE THE KACEY AGENDA NEVER ENDS!!!! i love winning.

the cinematic parallel between stacey coming over because sam texted her to her coming over solely to support and be there for kristy and only kristy.

kristy is such a little disaster lesbian calling her crush buddy and giggling and twirling her hair your honor i LOVEEE her.

going crazy over all the photos they are so cinematic excellence will not be accepting any other takes except for that these were all intentional and to showcase kacey being all blushy and giggly and flustered and enamored with each other that summer crush type beat.

THIS MAKES SENSE. YOU ARE SO ASTRONOMICALLY INTROSPECTIVE FOR THIS. i love all your little analyses and the detail you went into regarding even the smaller moments and how you provided multimedia evidence (silly little photos which had me smiling at my silly little phone)

GIRLS WHEN STACEYS HEART EYES. GIRLS WHEN KRISTY HEART EYES. GIRLS WHEN KACEY CINEMATIC PARALLELS. GIRLS WHEN USER ENOLAHOMESS SENDS AN ASK 💗💝💘💞💓💝💓💖💘💞💝💝💗💝💖💓💓💖💘💖💗💝💘💝💓💞💓💕💖💗💝💘

they are so everything. the popular blonde fashionista sweetheart with a penchant for math and the calculative judgmental brunette overflowing with opinions on the world and ambition fall in love with each other against the odds. I LOVE THEM THEY ARE SO. yknow what i mean.

my lovely bestie this was so marvelous i enjoyed this so incredibly much it brought me a lot of happiness had me smiling and skipping through a field of daisies. live laugh kacey <3

all the love and salutations from your fellow devoted kacey truther 4lyfe,

shir <3

[benisasoftboi]

Unorganised thoughts on the Netflix Babysitters Club reboot:

Before you scroll past this, people who don’t care about BSC - I really, really recommend this show to any little girls in your life (or boys! But girls primarily). It’s good and wholesome and full of positive messages and I know I would have enjoyed it. I don’t really recommend it on its own to adults who don’t have nostalgia for the books - but you’d probably have a nice time watching it with a kid

So yeah! I really liked it

The casting was very well done - the moment Stacy showed up I was like, that is Stacy McGill, how did they pull her out of a book??? Everyone else looks pretty different to how I always imagined (no one more so than Dawn, for obvious reasons. I approve of the change though, adds some diversity, and she always looked too similar to Stacy anyway), but they embody their characters so perfectly

Well actually, from what little we’ve seen of Mallory, she’s pretty different in temperament. That’s okay, though, book Mal always made me sad

Marc Evan Jackson as Mary Anne’s dad, oh my god, I clapped. Perfect choice, I love him. The Queer Eye bit. Amazing

So we’ve got a lot of social issues covered

Though I do find it really funny that people are like ‘of course it’s talking about trans rights and feminism and internment camps, BSC always covered that kind of thing’ - I’m not sure if it’s nostalgia or narrative convenience that’s causing people to leave out the fact that while yes, they did talk about this stuff, they almost never did it well

Tell me you can go and read Kristy and the Secret of Susan (Very Special Autism Book) without cringing. Tell me 

But I think the show does it pretty well? Though there is that weird kid media thing where they’ll very explicitly talk about trans people, but won’t ever say the word (used to be the same with gay, that seems to be changing though). Anyone know why that is?

Claudia and Janine discussing internment camps was also really powerful. I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one who cried a little

Speaking of Janine, I’m glad she actually is kind of bitchy in this iteration. She never really seemed to deserve the ire she got in the books, they’re all so mean about this girl basically just because she’s smart 

And on the topic of improved characters, GOD do I like show Karen, they took that unbearable little girl and made her absolutely hilarious. Probably helps that Watson isn’t such a terrible father in this iteration

Which he is, in the books. I love Kristy snarking on Watson having his kids so rarely and still hiring babysitters all the time, because I don’t think there is a weekend in the books where he isn’t hiring the BSC. Feel like that might have been a meta joke

Also really liked that the Brewers’ neighbour actually is a witch, in the religious/spiritual sense. Don’t think I’ve ever seen those practices portrayed positively on a kids show. I’m struggling to think of adult shows

Kristy gets a bit more depth here, with a issues with her dad given more spotlight. She could be a really unlikeable character in the books sometimes (I’m all for strong, confident little girls, but not when it reaches the tyrannical levels book Kristy sometimes did - pretty sure there were some books where the other girls were portrayed as genuinely scared of her). Expanding Kristy a little and having her show remorse for her worse behaviour is good for her character  

Also liked that Claudia is just not academically minded, rather than dumb as a brick like she was in the books (’Me just fin’ - actual quote from a ‘letter’ she wrote to her parents in one book)

I love that, in great BSC tradition, every problem in this show can be solved by adding some plucky thirteen year olds. None more so than the camp episodes, which have the girls point out that the counsellors are doing a bad job, so the director’s like... fine, you can be CITs, rather than doing the sensible thing and reprimanding her employees. (You know she just gave them the title to shut them up and offered them zero actual responsibilities beyond token gestures. Or at least, I hope. They’re children)

Notice how all teens are villains that cannot take care of children? Like, the BSA and the counsellors were right, older people are better equipped to look after little kids. The BSC would have had no legs to stand on if those specific teens hadn’t conveniently turned out to suck

(I know that BSC is wish fulfillment for little girls, these are not real complaints, lol. Just adult snarking)

Though WTF parents of Stoneybrook who were planning on continuing to use a service that sent around a video of a little girl having a seizure???

There’s a moment where Lane speaks derisively of Cats the musical and Mary Anne laughs, which I call BULLSHIT on because Mary Anne canonically loves Cats, and I remember this because there’s a book where she and Logan decide to dress up in Cats-inspired costumes for Halloween 

Yeah, that’s right, a heterosexual thirteen year old boy willing dressed up as the Rum Tum Tugger. Like, Mary Anne, honey... 

Mary Anne and Logan were totally each other’s beards, on an unconscious level

Liked that the final shot was recreating a book cover. That was really cute 

So yeah, this a great adaptation - updates the references while keeping the original feel, and uses the cast well. I’m very happy! 

#babysitters club #netflix babysitters club #babysitters club reboot #long post #misc #marc evan jackson

[tvandenneagram]

The Baby-Sitters Club: Mary Anne Spier - Type 1w9

Mary Anne is responsible, meek and caring. She is very considerate to the feelings of others and wants to follow the rules of her father, friends and society.

At her best, Mary Anne becomes more assertive, has more fun and starts to find her voice. She begins to be more in the moment, grows in confidence and stands up for the things she believes in. This can be seen when she asks the hospital staff for a different gown for Bailey as well as when she is directing the play at summer camp and takes charge of the production.

At her worst, Mary Anne becomes overwhelmed with her emotions and doesn’t know how to express herself. As she represses some of her feelings with the other girls and her father, when she becomes very upset she becomes very judgmental and unleashes her thoughts on others. After she has done so she will feel badly about doing so and is critical of herself for expressing her emotions in this manner.

Mary Anne’s father is very protective of her and imposes a lot of strict rules and regulations in her life. She is very careful and mindful of following these requests and goes above and beyond in trying to make sure she adheres to them in exactly the way her father requests. She becomes very nervous when she thinks she may be breaking a rule such as a curfew and tries to avoid doing anything that her father wouldn’t approve of.

Mary Anne is very introverted and socially anxious. She is very personable, polite and friendly and gets along with all the girls in the BSC and is well-liked by the other parents and children she babysits for. Despite this, she is very nervous in social situations and is worried about how others will see her. She likes Logan for a long time but is reluctant to strike up a conversation with him, even after her friends encourage her to do so. As she grows and matures she becomes more self confident and gets the courage to talk to Logan and kiss him.

Mary Anne has a wing 9 as she is more reserved than a wing 2 would be. She is also less likely to overtly express her feelings than a wing 2.

Tri-type: 1w9 - 6w5 - 2w1

Some quotes to describe Mary Anne’s motivation:

“And if at all possible,can you find me a non-blue hospital gown?”

“I’m very aware that I am the least cool member of the babysitters club.”

“Other than the BSC the majority of my social life involves an 83 year old woman.”

“You can’t always tell from someone’s outside who they are on the inside. But if you never ask them, they never get a chance to surprise you.”

“Talking to people I don’t know makes my stomach fall out of my nose. So does talking to people I do know sometime. I think I’m just bad at talking.”

“The other thing I’m afraid of...saying no.”

“This was the job that destroyed all my friendships, But I vowed not to let my personal tragedy interfere with my ability to do good care.”

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[starryheavenstos]

A copy of my thread from Twitter on my thoughts about the new bsc series on netflix

Overall @netflix did a great job with the BSC! Really felt like it stuck to its roots while also pushing it into the modern world.

Also I knew realistically we wouldn't have Baby Sitters on Board be an episode but I'm still sad.

Some more in depth feelings I have about the show as a whole

-marc evans as Mary annes father was best choice

-i miss Dawn's long blonde hair but otherwise thought the change to her character was great

-i wish we saw more of the original charges like Jamie and charlotte and jenny

-janine feels better written. She still feels like Janine but also feels a bit more human

-i understand changing the Logan storyline but I was looking forward to that Kentucky accent

-i know realistically the sea city episode could only be an episode but it felt rushed

-kristys big day was probably the first episode that felt outrageously different then the book...but not particularly in a bad way, it was a good change to make to have to fit it in a 30 minute time slot

-the bridesmaids dress thing was weird though like it's not that big a deal

-i really like how they handled Kristy getting her period, it wasn't a taboo subject but it was still important to her obviously, without it being made out to be this huge ordeal

-im still processing how I feel about the camp moose head/mohawk episodes.

-definitely a good way to introduce Laine and have her and Stacey make up

-im glad Mary Ann is getting more confident but it feels sometimes like they're pushing it too fast? I mean this is the girl who cried when her friends threw her a surprise party

-it was definitely different then the camp mohawk book and I missed some stuff (like Kristy getting a makeover and Mallory and Jessies story) but it works for the tv series

-overall I'm pleased with how the series turned out and hope there will be more! I really enjoy how they're bringing in even more problems that pre teens might deal with in their world's today (the trans episode about Bailey was so good!!)

Anyways Tldr watch The Babysitters Club on netflix

#the babysitters club #bsc #netflix

[oak23]

So my dream for the bsc netflix series is that it gets 3 seasons to adapt the first 33ish books, though the Camp Moosehead arc seems to imply that they're gonna skip Stacey moving away and bringing in Mallory and Jessi at this point avoids the frankly shitty way the bsc lets them join in the books.

I think having the series end with Dawn and Mary Anne becoming step sisters would be a fantastic point to leave the series since up until that point you got several key events (like Sharon Kilbourne and Logan Bruno joining the club, Mary Anne's makeover and relationship, Claudia and Mimi's story arc, Stacey and Laine, Richard and Sharon's arc, Kristy adjusting to being rich, etc) to make it feel satisfying for the old fans but also make it feel cohesive for new fans.

It's also after book 35ish that I feel the series goes off the rails and how much they push the limits of girls being 13 years old having 20 years of continuity build up.

[alittledizzy]

I just started watching the BSC ! And I already love it. Eeek. My weekend sorted now. Also a Clueless reference in the first episode? wow ! Is this adapted from a book? Cuz it feels like it !

Yes! Baby-Sitter’s Club was a book series in the 80s/90s! It literally was my childhood lmao I was a Mary-Ann and was half in love with Kristy. It was one of those series that had a ton of off-shoots too - there were over 100 Karen books published under the series name Baby-Sitter’s Little Sister, and summer camp Super Specials and mystery/spooky ones.

The tv series on Netflix only covers the first ten or so books which just makes me really, really hope that once the world is normal they get to film a second season (preferably before the current girls grow up too much, lol). 

#anon asks #bsc asks #Anonymous

[cramergallagher5]

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What should I do if my order hasn’t been delivered but? Shannon invites a bunch of kids over, however Natalie gets actually bossy and acts so imply that the other kids take off. She writes down a bunch of numbers, but then has her last audition. becca cosmetics under eye brightening corrector writes out the speech for him to write and even makes the sign. Mary Anne writes a gushy faux letter to Logan, and the women convince her to sneak out and walk around the lake to give it to him. Mary Anne goes off on her and Stacey tries to let her have two nights off the next week. Mary Anne spends many of the e book worrying about what Logan would say if he knew. The guys meet Mary Anne on the dance and resolve that she’s cute so they cease picking on him. Claudia meets a cute guy when some CITs from the opposite aspect of the lake come over to inform the ladies about a dance. I do know that Claudia mentions how much Stacey loves Peaches and Russ, but I don’t suppose there was a guide when she really met them. Kristy sits for the Rodwosky boys on this e book. At a BSC assembly, Kristy points out that Kwanzaa is just for African-American folks and Jessi gets kind of pissed off.

Unfortunately, PCOS is never discussed, so individuals tend to know very little about the way it affects our bodies. One in all the women has a little sister, Tara, of their cabin who is super imply to Margo Pike. She and Maria each have crushes on Jordan Pike and need him as their date. highlight becca keep preventing over him till they notice that Tiffany actually favored Byron, Maria preferred Adam, and Jordan favored Becca. She forbids her from attending a BSC meeting, so the girls keep calling and making it appear prefer it was an enormous deal. Dawn is kind of snotty on this e book because she acts like Heather both shouldn’t be at camp or ought to make more of an effort to get together with the opposite girls. Dawn says that you might stroll for miles from the camp without seeing individuals. Yes, it had repeat purchases from people who beloved their merchandise, but that's probably not the place the money is made on the earth of fast trend and fast makeup. Her brothers and sisters present up and demand that she change the play as a result of they don't need folks making enjoyable of them. Stacey admits that Toby broke up with her because he didn’t need to feel tied all the way down to her, so she cries to Mallory and Mary Anne.

Mary Anne means that she knit a pair of booties as a result of her blanket design is too complicated, which just sounds crazy. They head dwelling and Mary Anne finds a poem tucked into her bag. Mary Anne suggests they deliver another person, and Victoria decides to take Kristy after stating that the opposite kids are pretty much dreadful. Kristy mentions in the guide that she bought blue Pony sneakers with Velcro right earlier than leaving for camp, however the cowl shows her wearing lace up footwear. I think it received mentioned on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air as soon as and I was shocked. Carol randomly shows up along with her friend’s two youngsters and her dad acquired them tickets to a present. Conveniently, the 2 received jobs helping two households for a month. We’re reminded once more that Jessi is black because she tells us that she met one new black household within the grocery store and another household is without doubt one of the few African-American families in city that she doesn’t know. She will get so pissed that she makes them go away the store straight away.

The shop gave them an additional five-p.c discount, which helps them save cash on every little thing they want. The Pikes determine that they want a new rule. They provide her somewhat makeover simply in time for the dance. Can I choose a particular time of day for my supply? Stacey decides to make everybody keep a journal of their experiences so she can put it together as a book at the end of the summer time. With the list of health issues confirmed to be instantly related to being overweight, I was looking for a approach I could help others with a program I used personally so that I may, with no reservations, advocate it as a means for them to additionally lose the pounds, increase their energy ranges and keep the load off completely. Would purchase once more in the event that they keep making it. The women accidentally hear data she recorded about how Becca is spoiled and Vanessa's household is just too poor to purchase her a new bike. It goes very well and two of the imply girls apologize, while the other one just ignores them.

All of them go to a soccer game, but Victoria bosses round her nanny and ignores the other youngsters. A few of the kids decide to let Mrs. Pike watch the run by means of and see what she says before they drop out. Mrs. Kishi has some big news, however she decides to let Peaches tell Claudia herself. Peaches asks Claudia to help her pick baby stuff, and she says she wants to wait so she will be able to do homework. Peaches takes her searching for baby furniture and asks her for recommendation on every part she buys. The entire club has solutions for Peaches from taking part in the baby music to playing French language tapes. They fall in luv and spend the entire dance collectively. While all this is occurring, there's an enormous all Stoneybrook dance for all of the center faculties in the area. Becca is tremendous excited about the Olympics but dissatisfied that it will not come to Stoneybrook. He makes Jessi promise that she’ll come for a visit after which convinces her that she ought to turn into an actress or model. Jessi goes again to the BSC and suggests that all of them take a month off to do some volunteer work. The BSC is having an issue with a new cost named Natalie Springer.

Turns out that they wound up with a different instructor named Mr. Blankenship. He seems like a typical boring instructor (ha!) till he begins bringing in new cages and tons of snakes. It seems to be like glitter on the pores and skin. Of course, that is the proper base for make-up, however you may even wear it on bare skin to blur some imperfections and get a bit of glow going. On her first sitting job, she is shocked that he (a) doesn’t put on glasses like Waldo and (b) is de facto bad at science, whereas Waldo is a genius. Heather immediately turns into more in style with the opposite girls and Dawn acts like she had something to do with it. Kristy thinks she should go house and loads of different girls do too, however it’s annoying because they by no means actually inform her that or point out it to her mom. Kristy has a rare moment here the place she admits that she feels younger than all of the ladies within the membership as a result of she isn’t curious about boys, makeup, or clothes.

Becca comes residence upset as a result of the kids' Club she's in may should shut down. Kristy, Mary Anne, and Jessi take the children shopping at a warehouse club. Mary Anne’s cabin mates wish to pierce her ears with a needle and she goes along with it. After they discover out that they have been just in the identical marriage ceremony together, they don't need to inform their mates they had been wrong, so they attempt to make them fall in love with a romantic dinner. If anything strive one in all them as a result of I do know you will fall in love with it just like the rest of America has! Since Mimi taught her, it is going to be like having something from Mimi for the child. When she will get dwelling although, she hears Janine on the phone and learns that Peaches misplaced the baby. Becca turns into obsessive about the thought of having sleepovers in a castle, however even she gets turned off. He decides that Dawn will sit for the children with out even asking her about it AND, one in every of the kids has colic.

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COMPANY

STARRING AARON TVEIT AS “BOBBY”

  RAGTIME

STARRING:

ELIZABETH STANLEY AS “MOTHER”

DARNELL ABRAHAM AS “COALHOUSE”

ZURIN VILLANUEVA AS “SARAH”

  KUNSTLER

STARRING:

JEFF McCARTHY AS “KUNSTLER”

  THE BIRDS

STARRING:

KATHLEEN McNENNY AS “DIANE”

SASHA DIAMOND AS “JULIA”

CHRISTOPHER INNVAR AS “NAT”

OBIE AWARD WINNER ROCCO SISTO AS “TIERNEY”

  TAKING STEPS

STARRING:

CLAIRE BROWNELL AS “ELIZABETH”

MILES G. JACKSON AS “TRISTAM”

RICHARD HOLLIS AS “ROLAND”

MATTHEW GREER AS “LESLIE”

HELEN CESPEDES AS “KITTY”

(New York – May 9, 2017) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Michele Weathers, is proud to announce initial casting for the 2017 season.

The 2017 BSC season will begin with Kunstler, starring Jeff McCarthy (Broadway’s Chicago, BSC’s Broadway Bounty Hunter) as the titular character, with Erin Roché (Measure for Measure, The Old Globe) as “Kerry”. Kunstler is written by Jefferson Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey Sweet, and directed by Meagen Fay. Performances begin May 18, with opening night set for May 21, and for a run through June 10.

The Birds will star Kathleen McNenny (Broadway’s The Father) as “Diane,” Sasha Diamond (BSC’s peerless) as “Julia,” Christopher Innvar (Broadway’s The Snow Geese, BSC’s Much Ado About Nothing) as “Nat,” and Obie Award winner Rocco Sisto (The Light Years at Playwrights Horizons) as “Tierney.” Written by Conor McPherson and directed by BSC Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, The Birds begins previews June 15 and opens on June 18, for a run through July 8.

  Christopher Innvar

Kathleen McNenny

Rocco Sisto

Sasha Diamond

Starring in a new production of Ragtime is Elizabeth Stanley (Broadway and BSC’s On the Town) as “Mother,” Darnell Abraham (Side Show, The Media Theatre) as “Coalhouse,” Zurin Villanueva (Broadway’s Shuffle Along) as “Sarah,” J. Anthony Crane (Broadway’s The Country House) as “Tateh,” Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (Broadway’s A Little Night Music) as “Younger Brother,” Anne L. Nathan (Broadway’s It Shoulda Been You) as “Goldman,” Lawrence E. Street (Broadway’s Urinetown) as “Booker T. Washington,” Matt Gibson (Broadway’s Gypsy) as “Willie Conklin,” Allen Kendall (Broadway’s Amazing Grace) as “JP Morgan,” Joe Ventricelli (Sleep No More) as “Houdini,” Eric Jon Malhum (Broadway’s Wicked) as “Ford,” Leanne A. Smith (Rock of Ages, Norwegian Cruises) as “Evelyn Nesbit,” and John Little (Cabaret National Tour) as “Grandfather.”

  Elizabeth Stanley

Darnell Abraham

J. Anthony Crane

Zurin Villanueva

Rounding out the ensemble will be Robb Sherman (“Younger”), Allison Blackwell (Broadway’s A Night with Janis Joplin), Christin Avante’ Byrdsong (Figaro! 90210 at The Duke on 42nd Street), Alex Nicholson (Twelfth Night, The Theatre Project), Danielle James (“True Blood”), Frances Evans, and Elliot Trainor. Ragtime features a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty, with direction from Helen Hayes Award winner Joe Calarco, choreography by Karma Camp, and musical direction by Darren Cohen. Ragtime begins previews June 21, opens June 24, and closes on July 15.

  The 2017 season will continue with the laugh-out-loud but rarely staged comedy, Taking Steps, featuring Claire Brownell (Broadway’s The 39 Steps) as “Elizabeth,” Miles G. Jackson (BSC’s Tribes) as “Tristam,” Richard Hollis (Broadway’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time) as “Roland,” Matthew Greer (Broadway’s The Real Thing) as “Leslie,” and Helen Cespedes (Broadway’s The Cripple of Inishmaan) as “Kitty.” Written by Olivier and Tony Award winner Alan Ayckbourn, with direction from Tony Award nominee Sam Buntrock (Broadway’s Sunday in the Park with George), Taking Steps will begin performances July 20 and open July 23, for a run through August 5.

  Aaron Tveit (Broadway’s Catch Me If You Can, Next to Normal), who returns to BSC after previously playing “Matt” in the 2007 production of Calvin Berger, will star as “Bobby” in Company, along with Ellen Harvey (Broadway’s Present Laughter) as “Joanne,” Lawrence Street (Broadway’s Urinetown) as “Harry,” Jeanette Bayardelle (Broadway’s The Color Purple) as “Sarah,” Kate Loprest (Broadway’s First Date) as “Susan,” Paul A. Schaefer (Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera) as “Peter,” Jane Pfitsch (Broadway’s Cabaret) as “Jenny,” James Ludwig (Broadway’s Spamalot) as “David,” Lauren Marcus (Little Shop of Horrors, Sharon Playhouse) as “Amy,” Joseph Spieldenner (Broadway’s Les Misérables) as “Paul,” Peter Reardon (BSC’s All My Sons) as “Larry,” Nora Schell (Spamilton, Triad Theater) as “Marta,” and Rebecca Kuznick (BSC’s Fiddler on the Roof) as “Kathy.” Featuring a book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, with choreography by Jeffrey Page, music supervision by Darren Cohen, music direction by Alex Shields, and direction by Julianne Boyd, Company will begin previews on August 10 and is set to open August 13 for a run through September 2.

  The 2017 Barrington season will also include SPEECH & DEBATE by Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Stephen Karam and directed by Jessica Holt. Speech and Debate begins previews July 13, with an opening set for July 16, and will run thought July 29. This by Obie Award winner Melissa James Gibson and directed by Christopher Innvar begins previews on August 3, officially opens on August 6, and will run through August 27. The 2017 season will conclude with Gaslight (Angel Street) by Patrick Hamilton and directed by Louisa Proske. Gaslight begins previews October 4, opens October 8 and runs through October 22.

  Additional casting and creative team for all productions will be announced shortly.

  Performance schedules for all productions are available by visiting www.barringtonstageco.org.

  Both single tickets and 2017 season passes are now on-sale and available at www.barringtonstageco.org or by calling 413-236-8888 or visiting the MainStage box office (30 Union Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201). Tickets range from $25 to $69.

In addition to the previous announced 2017 productions, BSC is also proud to announce the following events for their 2017 season:

  From August 30-September 3, Broadway veteran Ed Dixon (Anything Goes, Mary Poppins) brings his one-man show, Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose, to the St. Germain Stage, directed by Eric Schaeffer (Follies). The performance schedule for Georgie is as follows: August 30-September 2, 7:30pm; September 2-3, 3:00pm.

  Two-time Tony Award-winner William Finn returns by popular demand with the next generation of talented musical theatre writers in Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don’t Know But Should…They share a concert of their newest songs with the help of four extraordinary singers, ridiculously talented in their own right. A funny, charming and insightful evening, narrated by Mr. Finn! Concerts will take place June 9 and 10 at 8pm. Tickets range from $30-40.

  On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 7pm, BSC will present Nobody Does It Like Me…The Music of Cy Coleman. Straight from Broadway’s Wicked, the multiple Emmy and Tony-nominated Michele Lee spotlights the music of Cy Coleman (Sweet Charity, Barnum and City of Angels). Including songs from their musical Seesaw, Ms. Lee infuses the evening with stories that tickle the funny bone to ballads that cut deep into the soul. With music director extraordinaire Ron Abel, it’s easy to see how “Nobody Does It Like” Michele Lee. Tickets range from $40-50. VIP tickets, which include premium seating, a post-show reception, and a meet-and greet, are available for $75.

  After many summers of blowing the roof off of our cabaret, on Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 8pm, Joe Iconis and his tribe of musical theater misfits return to the Mainstage for a special one-night-only concert— Joe Iconis and Family TAKE OVER! These musical mavericks will make it clear why The New York Times calls them “The Future of Musical Theatre” with songs about anything and everything that makes you laugh, cry, scream, or drink. Come see what happens when The Family gets out of the basement and is set loose on the Mainstage for our final blowout of summer! Tickets range from $35-45.

  The 2017 Youth Theatre Program production will be BYE BYE BIRDIE. The winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, BYE BYE BIRDIE features a book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. BYE BYE BIRDIE, BSC’s 20th Youth Theatre production, will be directed and choreographed by Julianne Katz (Crazy For You at Lincoln Center, Assistant Choreographer).

ABOUT BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY

  Barrington Stage Company is a professional award-winning Equity regional theatre located in the heart of the Berkshires, in Pittsfield, MA.  It was co-founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and has a three-fold mission: to present top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways of bringing new audiences into the theatre—especially young people. Barrington Stage garnered national attention in 2004 when it premiered William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee which later transferred to Broadway where it won two Tony Awards. In 2009, Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session ran more than ten weeks on Stage 2 and later moved Off Broadway and played for two years. St. Germain’s Becoming Dr. Ruth (which premiered at BSC as Dr. Ruth, All the Way in 2012) played Off Broadway at the Westside Theatre in fall 2013. BSC’s all-time record-breaking musical, On the Town, was originally produced at BSC in 2013.  In 2014, it opened on Broadway with BSC as a co-producer, where it was nominated for four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival.  In 2016, Barrington Stage swept the​ first Annual Berkshire Theatre Awards by winning 20 out of the 25 awards.  In 2016, BSC produced three World Premieres; Presto Change-O, Broadway Bounty Hunter, and American Son, which won the Laurents/Hatcher Award for Best New Play.

  FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT

WWW.BARRINGTONSTAGECO.ORG

Barrington Stage Announces Initial Casting for 2017 Season COMPANY STARRING AARON TVEIT AS “BOBBY”   RAGTIME STARRING: ELIZABETH STANLEY AS “MOTHER” DARNELL ABRAHAM AS “COALHOUSE” …

#Aaron Tveit #Alan Ayckbourn #Alex Nicholson #Alex Shields #Allen Kendall #Allison Blackwell #Anne L. Nathan #Barrington Stage #Barrington Stage CompanyBSC #BSC #Bye Bye Birdie #Charles Strouse #Christin Avante’ Byrdsong #Christopher Innvar #Claire Brownell #Conor McPherson #Cy Coleman #Danielle James #Darnell Abraham #Darren Cohen #Ed Dixon #Elizabeth Stanley #Ellen Harvey #Elliot Trainor #Eric Jon Malhum #Eric Schaeffer #Erin Roché #Frances Evans #George Furth #George Rose

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#86 Mary Anne and Camp BSC: Chapter 8

Wow, sorry for the huge delay in posting! Real life got in the way again, as it always does. I’ll definitely be more on top with posting here!

Where we last left off, the BSC is hosting ANOTHER summer camp for their charges and this time, it’s circus-themed. Karen and her friends are putting a damper on things by bragging that they’ve been to a REAL circus camp. And since it’s Karen, the BSC is doing nothing to discipline her and her friends for being rude to the other campers.

Also, Mary Anne’s dad is on a business trip and she’s starting to get tired of Sharon ordering takeout every night and being messy. Which brings us to this chapter.

Sharon’s taking “baching it” to a whole new level, Karen is either smuggling drugs into camp or building a torture device and Becca and Carolyn tell Hannie and Nancy where they can shove their REAL circus camp (just in a nice way).

So Mary Anne is still lamenting her dad being gone and is talking about him as if he's dead, with a “It's funny how you don't miss something until it's gone.” Oh my GOD Mary Anne, he'll be back in a little more than a week! He hasn't been reunited with Alma!

She's slowly turning into Richard though. She misses home-cooked food and is growing sick of takeout. They've ordered from a different takeout place the past few nights (and always requested no Styrofoam containers or plastic forks) and now the sink is full of dirty foil containers and the kitchen's full of garbage. Oh, and Sharon and Dawn don’t feel like cleaning the dishes either, so Sharon brought out the “good” silverware and dishes.

Holy crap. Sharon's probably thrilled because she doesn't have to act like she actually gives a shit about having a clean house. Aren't they worried about bugs or staining the dishes if they're just leaving food on them? But Mary Anne is her father’s daughter and her neat freak side is coming out.

Mary Anne takes a break from being mopey and picks up the newspapers and magazines that Sharon and Dawn let pile up, washes the dishes and changes the toilet paper instead of leaving the new roll balanced on the edge of the bathtub. Sharon, “baching it” doesn't mean living like a slob! Though I guess she's just reverting back to what she was before she married Richard. And Mary Anne keeps whining that she's turning into Maid Mary Anne and doesn't like it. Uh...Sharon and Dawn aren't ordering you to clean the house. You took it upon yourself. Would you please cheer the hell up?

The next day at camp, Karen explains to Mary Anne she needs to work on her real circus project and needs somewhere gigundoly private to do it. Mary Anne finds her a spot and sees Karen put a big, bulging backpack on the table and waits until Mary Anne leaves so she can start working on it. One of two situations here:

1. Karen smuggled a large supply of drugs into camp and is looking to sabotage the kids who didn't go to real circus camp by slipping acid into their lunch.

2. Karen stuck Emily Michelle in the backpack and for her real circus trick, will be building an iron maiden and sticking her in it, reclaiming her title of the youngest sister. Pure evil, I tell you.

Mary Anne then goes to help Claudia with the animal and clown costumes and overhears this little gem of a conversation. Which I'm copying word-for-word here.

Hannie: It's too bad we can't have some real circus acts. Nancy: Yeah. But this isn't a real circus camp, Hannie. Just a, just a...you know. Carolyn: This is a real camp. We're even going to have a cookout tomorrow night. It's fun. I like it. Becca: Don't you like this camp? Hannie: Well, sure. I guess. I mean... Becca: Why don't you like this camp? Just because you're not at a circus camp doesn't mean you can't have fun at this camp. It's just a different camp, that's all. Hannie: Maybe.

Claudia thanks Becca and Carolyn for “being cool kids” and quickly adds in that all the kids are, before Hannie and Nancy bitch about that too. Seriously, who the hell do these little shits think they are? Of course it isn't a real circus camp, none of the BSC are trained professionals, it's a fun day camp for them to hang out with their friends and the babysitters they love so much, why are they being such horrible brats about it? Get the hell over it.

Mary Anne walks past the little kids making their animal costumes, Alicia seems to have forgotten about her mom and is hard at work decorating her Halloween costume with circus decorations. She's going to be a camel, while Andrew and Claire are being lions and Jamie is a tiger. Mary Anne then wanders over to Karen, who screams for her to go away because she's trying to get makey-outey with her husband she's working on her top secret project. Mary Anne yells back “Fine!” and walks away. I was waiting for someone to snap and yell at Karen but I wasn't expecting it to be Mary Anne.

That night at dinner, Sharon sets the table with the fancy tablecloth (geez, she stopped doing laundry too?) and the good dishes and even lights candles. She and Dawn order pizza while Mary Anne glumly fixes herself a salad and takes a burger out of the freezer and microwaves it (Nooo, please don’t tell me she cooked a frozen burger in the microwave). The dining room, Mary Anne says, looks very elegant save for the pizza with olives, mushrooms, green peppers, onions, eggplant and garlic on it.

Sharon raises a pizza toast (Don't tell Kristy, she'll accuse Sharon of stealing her idea!) and toasts the bachelor life with the magical question no bachelor girl should ever forget: Do you deliver? Her and Dawn say it in unison, Mary Anne raises a forkful of salad to go along with it but she's still sulking and moping about her dad. “Not that anyone noticed. Or cared.”

Oh boo hoo...though Nola Thacker did succeed in making her sound like a 13-year-old here.

#mary anne spier #mary anne and camp bsc #babysitters club #bsc #snark

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If you find it hard to believe that three whole decades have passed since 1990, I suggest cracking open a Baby-sitters Club book. In Ann M. Martin’s sprawling middle-grade series about girls in junior high who start their own baby-sitting service, the phones have cords, the sitters keep records in bubbly cursive, all shopping takes place at the mall and “a pink sweatshirt with sequins and a large purple parrot on the front” is the pinnacle of sophistication. Each novel is a time capsule of preadolescence untouched by social media or smartphones or Fortnite or the constant specter of school shootings. It was a more innocent time, one to which Martin (and the ghostwriters who authored later volumes) added an extra dose of sugary sweetness for the benefit of elementary schoolers eager to read about slightly older kids.

The Baby-sitters Club doesn’t seem like a franchise that could survive these cataclysmic times, when the President calls people mean names on Twitter as young people face threats from racist policing to climate crisis—and, since March, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned even friendly bedroom communities like the BSC’s fictional Stoneybrook, Conn. into ghost towns. So it’s a wonderful surprise that the new Baby-sitters Club, a 10-episode Netflix series due out July 3, isn’t an anachronism so much as a tonic. Helmed by first-generation fans Rachel Shukert (Glow) and Lucia Aniello (Broad City), who honed their voices telling lighthearted stories about women who have each other’s backs, the show strikes a shrewd balance between earnestness and humor, freshness and nostalgia, fidelity to Martin’s beloved characters and awareness of how much has changed since her books dominated girl culture at the end of the 20th century.

Unlike earlier adaptations—a short-lived 1990 HBO series and a 1995 movie, neither of which has aged well—the new Baby-sitters is a proper reboot, with an origin story millions of women in their 30s and 40s probably remember in detail but their daughters might not know. It all begins when seventh grader Kristy Thomas’ (Sophie Grace) single mom Elizabeth (Alicia Silverstone, lip-bitingly funny as ever) can’t find anyone to watch her youngest son. Teen sitters never pick up their cellphones. Internet-based babysitting services charge exorbitant fees. “Why is this so hard?” Elizabeth whines, adorably. “When I was a kid, my mother would just call some girl in the neighborhood on a landline. And she would answer, because it was part of the social contract.”

Soon, Kristy—a sporty tomboy whose ingenuity, bossiness, self-absorption and inexplicable fondness for turtlenecks make her a prototypical mini-entrepreneur—is pitching her best friend Mary Anne Spier (Malia Baker) on what will go down in BSC lore as “Kristy’s great idea.” What if parents actually could call one phone number at a predetermined time, reach a whole roomful of responsible young women and nail down a sitter on the spot? It’s a smart way of justifying the seemingly obsolete conceit without which the show could not exist: club meetings, several evenings a week, where the girls cluster around a good old-fashioned landline to set up appointments, compare notes on clients and help each other through growing pains of all kinds.

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Shukert and Aniello manage to update the characters without sacrificing their essences. While fuming over Elizabeth’s relationship with a rich guy, Kristy leans into #girlboss feminism. Mary Anne is still shy, with an overprotective single dad, but now she’s also biracial. Their neighbor and perennial BSC meeting host Claudia Kishi (Momona Tamada) retains her artistic talents, academic struggles, secret sweet tooth and multigenerational household, complete with hilariously condescending older sister and adoring grandma; this time around, her Japanese-American heritage comes to the fore. While New York City expat Stacey McGill (Shay Rudolph) still looks perfect, has secrets and obsesses over boys, her storyline now addresses the contemporary scourge of cyberbullying. Once a blonde treehugger, California transplant Dawn Schafer (Xochitl Gomez) is now Latinx and knows how to wield terms like socioeconomic stratification. (Never mind that every family in Stoneybrook seems to have the money for sleep-away camp.)

This may all sound painstakingly woke on paper, but nothing feels forced about these updates. The main cast is spirited and authentic—Tamada and Grace are especially great—and they look like real tweens, not aspirational Barbies. Stoneybrook gains a thoroughly modern population, from the little trans girl who forms a bond with Mary Anne to an out-and-proud witch (though she prefers the title spiritual practitioner) who leads workshops in her backyard, without losing the tree-lined streets and stately Colonial homes that have always marked it as an all-American town. A standout episode scripted by The Wangs vs. the World author Jade Chang, in which Claudia enters an art contest and learns about her ailing grandmother’s childhood in a Japanese internment camp, develops into a moving representation of a young artist finding her creative voice.

The creators still find space to acknowledge the timeless middle-school growing pains for which the books have prepared so many younger kids: strict parents and absent parents and divorced parents, first kisses and first jobs and first periods. And they bring the same playful wit to these rites of passage that made their past projects so irresistible. Revisiting the older adaptations that I devoured as a kid—particularly the TV version—I was surprised at the extent to which saccharine dialogue and uneven performances rendered them unwatchable as an adult. Yet once I started the Netflix reboot, I found it hard to stop watching (in no small part because the familiar characters and cheerful tone felt so soothing at a time when comfort was in short supply). Shukert and Aniello have said that they want the show to have “multi-generational” appeal, and their referential comedy accomplishes it. There are Handmaid’s Tale jokes. In one scene, Kristy prepares to take out a rival baby-sitting service by reading Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. (The wearying trend of Netflix shows promoting other Netflix shows did, however, ruin any enjoyment I might’ve gotten out of a montage where the girls redecorate a room as a cover of the Queer Eye theme plays.)

Not every artifact of girlhoods past deserves to be resurrected for the current generation. Good riddance, Twilight trilogy, with your super-retrograde take on supernatural romance (but thanks for giving us Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart). Check your privilege with the doorman, upcoming HBO Max reboot of Gossip Girl. If the Sweet Valley High twins—a virgin/whore binary with long blonde tresses and size 6 figures—never give another imperfect reader a complex again, it’ll be no great loss. The Baby-sitters Club takes place in a younger, gentler universe, one ruled by friendship, responsibility and inclusion, not materialism or popularity politics. Though the some of the sitters may love clothes and boys, it’s their “big ideas” and special talents that really distinguish the BSC members. The characters’ appeal endures not in spite of their purity, but because of it.

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BSC Camp

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by missey3455

The Baby-Sitters Club are about to do the camp for the summer... but things hasn't gotten easy. Logan cheated on Mary Anne. How will things get better between them?

Words: 16727, Chapters: 18/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: Mary Anne

Relationships: Friendship - Relationship, Family - Relationship

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#86 Mary Anne and Camp BSC: Chapter 15

Finally done with this book! God, this one was brutal to get through. Coming up next is a favorite of mine, The Ghost at Dawn’s House! But before that, here’s the ending of Mary Anne and Camp BSC.

Richard returns from his business trip and all is well again.

Mary Anne (on crutches), Dawn and Sharon spend the entire next morning cleaning up the sorority house in anticipation of Richard coming home. Because you know if Richard came home and saw the house in the state it was in, he’d probably faint or join Alma. Richard comes home and Mary Anne asks him if he can stop traveling so much. Mary Anne, this is the only he's been away! Or at least I think it is, right? He says he'll see what he can do but asks Mary Anne if she can at least loosen up and not be like a younger, female version of him. They watch the circus video together because what's the first thing Richard wants to do when he gets home.

The following Monday, Mary Anne and Dawn are at a BSC meeting. It's almost 6 and there's only been 2 calls! Kristy's probably frantic, going through the list of clients and wondering what the BSC did to piss them off because they haven't called yet for a sitter. But no. It's a quiet time because a lot of kids are now away at camp (including Natalie, who's at sleep-away camp. Like I said, she’s so out of character in this book). Kristy says The Three Musketeers are already planning their act for the circus camp next year and Claudia is happy because it feels like they're a real circus camp now! Claudia, that was two chapters ago. Get with the program.

They all talk about their plans...Shannon's going to the shore with her family, Mallory's going camping with her family. Everyone tries to imagine the Pikes camping and just thinking of that is a huge yikes. Jessi asks Mary Anne what her plan is. She says, “I'm going to take it easy...That's what summer's for, you know. Sometimes, the best vacation of all is just learning to loosen up!” Taking her father's words to heart. I'm sure Logan's thrilled to hear that Mary Anne will be “loosening up.”

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[revisitingstoneybrook]

#86 Mary Anne and Camp BSC: Chapter 14

Everything works out in the end, as always.

The next morning, everyone's hard at work. Mary Anne helps Karen make a cardboard saw, Jessi revises the animal dance and Logan helps the boys with their high-board act.

The kids then go on their last trip to the park. You’d think they would stay behind so they could get everything done. While they’re gone, Mary Anne makes some circus punch (fruit punch and ginger ale and some of Sharon's Smirnoff with pieces of fruit in it) and candy apples for everyone. Wow, they must have been at the park long. 

The parents and grandparents and siblings and friends and pretty much everyone else in Stoneybrook arrive to watch the circus. Mr. Ramsey's even videotaping and making copies so the BSC can look back on how nuts they were to throw a camp for 20+ kids and have it nearly fall apart because of Kristy's stepsister. Oh, and Sharon even leaves work early so she can watch it.

Vanessa starts things off and things go smoothly, as they always do. The wild animals are good, everyone “awwww”-s when Alicia stops right before jumping over her hurdles to wave at her parents. Jessi managed to save the day and redo the animal dance, giving Hannie and Ricky minimal stuff so it still manages to look good. The clowns are funny and this time Natalie has a costume. Nancy's “leg” falls off again and Karen gets embarrassed when the crowd laughs at that. Yes, yes, your embarrassment nourishes this community. But she gets over it and “saws”the box in half with her cardboard saw. Mary Anne explains how the trick's done, with two boxes put together and Nancy scrunched up in one side. Thanks Mary Anne! I was really worried that Karen was going to actually chop Nancy in half with a cardboard saw!

The boys finish the high-board act (thanks to Logan's help) and the dog training thing has been turned into one with all the kids' dogs in it...Pow, Shannon (the dog, not the person, in case you didn’t know), Carrot and Noodle. This is the book where we learn about Carrot knowing how to say his prayers. Mallory wrote the script, which is about how Dr. Dog, played by Charlotte, helps “heal” Pow after he naps. Charlotte ran off the stage in tears because she was too scared during the Little Miss Stoneybrook pageant but now she can handle performing in front of a crowd I guess.

The crowd goes nuts and as the kids are leaving, Alicia gives Mary Anne a hug and asks her if they can do camp again next year. Mary Anne says yes. Little do they all know they’ll be the same ages again next year.

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#86 Mary Anne and Camp BSC: Chapter 13

Karen and her snotty group of friends nearly ruin the camp’s circus performance and the BSC finally gets off their asses and does some babysitting.

We're greeted with this opening, courtesy of Mary Anne: “If the dress rehearsal is a disaster, that means that the show is going to be a success...Because the Camp BSC circus rehearsal wasn't just a disaster, it was a mega-disaster.” Which means one of three scenarios took place:

1. Claire's plan to do a cover of Suzi Barrett's Baloney Dance is blown when she uses real baloney and Dawn flips a shit and spends hours lecturing everyone about the horrors of meat and where baloney really comes from, leaving no time to actually rehearse.

2. Jackie Rodowsky, while spinning for his dance routine, knocks into Jamie Newton, sending him falling to the ground with a bump on his head, punches Charlotte Johanssen in the face, giving her a black eye, then bumps into the barn, causing the whole structure to collapse.

3. Karen and her little group, the kids who went to real circus camp and think they're better than everyone else, aren't prepared for anything and ruin almost every single act with their snotty attitudes and pretentiousness.

Yeah, fairly obvious what happens.

Vanessa's the ringmaster, wearing white jeans tucked into high black rain boots, a red jacket that belongs to her mom and a white t-shirt that says “Ringmaster” on it. Claudia helped her make it, so you just know it's spelled Ringgmastur. She also has a top hat made out of black cardboard and Karen and the real circus camp kids are probably disgusted by it.

Vanessa delivers her monologue, thankfully lays off the poetry but manages to throw in at the end “No matter how things go, I know that you will like our show!” Old habits indeed die hard. First act is the wild animals, and no, it isn't a reality show-esque peek into a Day in the Life of the Pikes.

The trainers are Nicky and Marilyn and both are wearing blue sweatpants and for some reason, sassy t-shirts. Nicky's says Because I'm the Boss, that's why and Marilyn's says I Brake for Chocolate. Maybe they borrowed them from Kristy and Claudia, respectively. The wild animals are Andrew (a tiger), Claire (a lion) and Alicia (a camel). They do animal tricks, including jumping through a hoop with red, orange and yellow crepe paper “fire” and Alicia jumps over some hurdles. Then Jamie steps in and does a tiger dance. I guess Mary Anne forgot to introduce him. The trainers give out treats and the rehearsal is, so far, disaster-free.

Whoops, spoke too soon! The dancing animals are next. Jessi choreographed their dance because that's her one personality trait. Since she's such a good dancer, she made sure to incorporate stuff the kids can do really well into the dance. Stuff we never hear about again, like Margo being able to turn “terrific” cartwheels and Becca's ability to walk on her hands. If you remember our snark on Little Miss Stoneybrook...and Dawn, Jessi said Becca has awful stage fright but I guess that doesn’t count anymore.

Anyway, Becca's dressed as a goat and Margo a bird. The other two kids in it, Hannie and Ricky, obviously have no idea what they're doing, having spent all their time and energy folding their arms and turning their noses up at Camp BSC, bragging that they went to a real circus camp instead of rehearsing. 

And the whole circus begins to unravel. Ricky screws up for the umpteenth time, proclaims that real animals wouldn't be dancing in a real circus anyway, and throws in the towel, Hannie following his lead. Becca asks them what’s the big deal and Ricky says, “No real animal in a real circus would ever do that.” Yeah, well in real life, two 7-year-olds don't get married on the playground to the strains of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star either. So shut the fuck up.

Margo tells them it's their circus and they can do whatever they want. Ricky calls their circus dumb and Margo responds with an “OH YEAH?!?” which makes it sound like she's ready to cut a bitch. Go Margo! 

But before Margo can lay the smack down on Ricky, Vanessa runs in and calls for a curtain, shooing the animal dancers out of the ring before it turns into a bloodbath. Dammit!

As they're ushered away, Becca asks the two snobs, in a “wobbly voice” if they know any of the steps and says in a very roundabout way that they ruined the act. Do the BSC do anything and tell Hannie and Ricky they need an attitude adjustment? No, they just sit there.

The clowns are next - David Michael, Matt, Carolyn, and Natalie. They do clown stuff in clown makeup and wave water guns around. Oh wait. Natalie's the only one not in a costume. Ok, did they all plan this out beforehand like a protest? We'll ruin the circus camp since it isn't a real circus like the one we were in. Kristy stops the music with a slam of her hand...she turns the tape player off, she didn't smash it, though that would have been hilarious. She shouts at Natalie why the hell she doesn't have a costume or makeup on. Yes, be assertive! For once in this godforsaken book.

Natalie responds, “It didn't look like a real clown costume. So I just never finished it.” What the hell? Might I add, Natalie Springer in the Little Sister books is this shy, wimpy girl with droopy socks who gets picked on a lot. She’s been ridiculously out of character this whole book. David Michael defends their costumes, saying they're real but Natalie ignores him. She probably tells herself she doesn't have to deal with this public school scum. Kristy, whose patience is starting to finally wearing thin, orders Natalie to go sit with Mary Anne.

But it doesn't stop there! Natalie keeps bitching on the sidelines, like an angry parent at a Little League game. As the clowns squirt each other with water guns and their makeup runs off, Natalie complains, “The water's making the clowns' makeup run! That's because it's not real clown makeup!” Real makeup still runs, Little Miss Droopy Socks. David Michael, in an amazing move, runs into the audience and dumps oatmeal all over Natalie and angrily tells her that's a real clown trick. 

Go David Michael! Now go dump it on your sister!

Kristy tells them to stay in character and the clowns finish their act, shooting Looks at Natalie the whole time. Can it get worse? It sure can, because guess whose act is next...

Vanessa announces Karen's surprise act - she's going to saw Nancy in half. Oh shit...she wants things to be real? Karen’s going to dismember Nancy!

Getting things off to a very obnoxious start, Karen says in her loudest Outdoor Voice, “THIS WOULD BE BETTER IF WE WERE A REAL CIRCUS CAMP WITH REAL PROPS! But we had to make our own. We hope the audience will understand.” So after the whole clown fiasco, you get this little brat trashing Camp BSC and the BSC themselves for hosting a crappy program. Do the BSC do anything to defend their honor? Of course not, Karen’s their Golden Child! They still sit there and do nothing.

Vanessa isn't standing for it though. She's all WTF because she's supposed to be the one doing the announcements. Uh, Vanessa, Karen tends to do whatever she wants when she's performing. Just look at her class Thanksgiving play. Karen fires back by insulting Vanessa's outfit, saying she looks like a bandleader in a parade, not a ringmaster, because she's holding a baton. WEAK. Vanessa, much like her sister, looks like she's about ready to attack Karen but instead explodes with “Cut it out, you two! Or you will soon be through!”

Karen then rolls her eyes at Vanessa. Whoa, that takes guts. I would never roll my eyes at a kid older than me when I was 7! She sticks Nancy in a cardboard box and soon there's thumping inside after Nancy climbs in. Oh no, she filled it with rabid badgers, who are now attacking Nancy!

Oh wait. No badgers. Two strange, lumpy legs appear out of one end and Nancy pokes her head out of the other one. Logan cracks up and Mary Anne tells us that they're stockings stuffed with toilet paper. Geez, Karen. I thought you were going for accuracy and real-ness. The legs wiggle to show that it's really Nancy and Karen pulls out a small saw, which she holds high in the air. 

Oh, NOW the babysitters react! They all jump up when they see Karen holding a saw but they wouldn't say anything when she was being rude to everyone? Kristy demands to know where she found it. Surprised and sheepish, Karen says she found it lying around in the barn. Nice, BSC! You're hosting a camp for little kids and didn't think to look around the barn for anything dangerous like a SAW?!

Also just need to echo a commenter from when I posted this on LJ. I don’t want to hear the BSC gush over how intelligent and gifted and smart Karen is again when the dumbass brought a REAL SAW to her circus performance, thinking it would be ok.

Kristy asks Karen what possessed her to use a real saw in a circus act and Karen responds with, I kid you not, “Pretend to saw people in half. Kristy! This is a REAL saw because you need REAL things if you are going to have a REAL circus!” No contractions, as always. And who the hell does she think she is, giving that attitude to her older sister, while in a subtle way insulting the BSC? I’m surprised Kristy didn’t do this:

Actually, I’m not surprised. No matter if it’s a BSC book or a Little Sister book, Karen Brewer is always getting away with murder.

Kristy takes a moment to collect her thoughts, then FINALLY says something to Karen and the circus snobs. It took you this long, Kristy? And even what she says is weak: “Karen, I'm glad you and your friends went to circus camp. But that doesn't mean you know everything about circuses. And let me tell you, a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.”

What the hell? Does the BSC not believe in yelling? Where's the, “Look, you guys have been nothing but rude and mean to everyone here, including me and the other sitters. Just because you went to circus camp doesn't mean you know everything. You owe us all apologies because you’ve ruined the circus performance.” There, I wrote Kristy's dialogue, thank me for my help in preparing the manuscript, Ann Martin!

Karen, ever the “it's my way or the highway” type, frowns at Kristy's words of wisdom. What a little brat! Mary Anne then finds her backbone: “Everyone who was at the circus camp learned things. But true performers always do what they are supposed to do. And you guys haven't done that. Now it looks like the circus might not go on.” Ok, she managed to get some guilt-tripping in there but why are they lobbing softballs? They don't have to pull them all over their knees and spank them but at least let them know what they did was wrong and has put the circus performance in jeopardy!

One of Nancy's "legs" falls out, breaking the awkward silence and the sitters laugh at it. And FINALLY, Karen says she's sorry. Nancy too. Yeah, you guys practically destroyed the circus and put a damper on the whole camp and now you say you're sorry? God, this book just made me hate Karen more than I already did. Kristy assures everyone that they'll try and salvage what they can in time for the performance and tells Karen ominously, “We'll talk later.” Which translates to “I'm going to give you another weak talking-to about how you should behave, then we'll tell Watson the Millionaire, he won't punish you and he’ll find a way to reward you somehow.”

The other real circus acts are failures too. Bobby and Chris do a high-board act, which they obviously didn't practice. Hannie and Linny attempt to have Noodle the Poodle do tricks - that falls apart too because Noodle won't listen to any of their commands. Linny tries explaining it away with “A real circus dog...um, takes a long, long time to train, I guess.” Was he not paying attention to what Kristy and Mary Anne just said? Well, he's made to look like a fool in front of everyone and all the Circus Snobs have been put into their places. Somewhat.

The BSC realize they have their work cut out for them between now and tomorrow, so Kristy calls an ~EMERGENCYMEETINGOFTHEBSC~ and they huddle together after telling the kids to sit down with their partners and be quiet. For the first time in, well, forever, Kristy asks the BSC “What are we going to do?” Since this is a BSC book, they all have ideas for how to save the circus. Mallory has an idea to fix the dog act, Mary Anne has an idea to change around Karen and Nancy's act and Logan says he'll fix up the high-board one. The show will go on! 

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