![]() it's not just our actual story and our life, and our friends and family. “The absolutely necessary thing was somebody who would continue to let us in that creative collaborative process because. “We really needed a strong partner who could take us down that path.” What does this look like? What is it missing? What can you keep? What do you fictionalize?” Sara said. ![]() “We are storytellers but we needed somebody who would actually be able to. ![]() While it’s based on their real life, this doesn’t feel like a biopic (even though we’d certainly watch one of those as well), it really does feel like a cool, ‘90s teenage-centric show, which just happens to be based on the lives of these Canadian music sensations. The Quin twins both praise Clea DuVall’s ability to really transform their memoir for the screen in an innovative way. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 13: Sara Quin, Railey Gilliland, Clea DuVall, Laura Kittrell, Seazynn Gilliland and Tegan Quin arrives at the Amazon Freevee Hosts 90's Dance Party For New Original Series "High School" at No Vacancy on Octoin Los Angeles, California. It wasn't perfect, you listen to our recording or you see the video of us in high school and it's the energy we exuded, and a lot of the energy was like, ‘I can do this thing,’ and people would watch it and be like, ‘how are they doing that?’” We were like, let's make this real and have them perform for each other, and be amazed and have them do their thing. but we see men struggle and suffer, and we’re like, it’s hot to watch them figure it out. ![]() “I think when you see women playing music on television, it's often made to sound perfect because we want women to be perfect. you're going to have to see them struggle and figure it out.” She was like, no, you have to believe that they learn and you can't do it at the beginning, you have to get to know them first. “There were definitely early meetings where it was like, 'can we see a guitar right away? Can they be musicians in the first episode?'” Tegan added. “I wanted to see, what are the ways we're going to see Tegan and Sara struggle with becoming musicians that maybe boys don't have to deal with,” Sara said. Railey and Seazynn Gilliland star in "High School." (Michelle Faye /Amazon Freevee) 'We want women to be perfect'Īnother authentic aspect of High School is that it actually shows these teens learning how to play the guitar and become musicians, and it’s not perfect. I have not seen that in a queer story before.” Like is Sara staring across the drama room at that mysterious girl because she thinks her hair is awesome and she's thinking about chopping it off and dyeing it? Or is she wanting to go out with her? We don't quite know. unspoken looks between women that don't necessarily have to be romantic, they can just be exciting. “I think to be able to capture that on screen is big, and I know we did that with the memoir, but I think it is even more elevated by the show. “When we first came into adulthood, a lot of queer people would say that is a very unusual experience in high school, most people who are queer are sort of, especially in our generation, they kept it under wraps, they were certainly not feeling attracted to friends and having secret make-outs, or getting drunk and making out with a girl and then not talking about it later. “Part of our adolescent experience as queer teens who were not yet officially out was, yes, there were secret relationships, but there was also just chemistry with a lot of our friends,” Sara told Yahoo Canada during TIFF. A time where each day was an opportunity for us to shift and change, and understand ourselves better, all through some growing pains. Throughout High School, all under the guise of this attractive ‘90s grunge nostalgia, there is this great commitment to telling this story in a way that feels far more authentically raw and complicated, but with a real sense of innocence that we all felt as teens. They are both fiercely attracted to music, while on their own personal journeys of exploring who they are in their adolescence. Making its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), High School tells the story of Tegan and Sara going to a new high school in the 1990s, and initially, seemingly drifting apart. 28), starring TikTok sensations Railey and Seazynn Gilliland, Cobie Smulders and directed by But I’m A Cheerleader star Clea DuVall. Famed Canadian musical duo, Tegan and Sara Quin, have transformed their memoir “High School” into a show with the same name (available on Prime Video in Canada Oct.
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