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The Little Darlings connection


I remember reading an article at the time that one of the writers went to see the movie 'Little Darlings' and that's how they got the idea for Jo. Jo is based on the Kristy McNichol character, Angel, living with a single working-class mom. They even recreated the hot-wire scene out of the movie where Jo hot-wires the van so they can sneak off to the Chug-a-Lug.

I liked the other girl they were in jail with in the second episode. They should've gotten her to play Jo. She was convincing as a tough-ass. She didn't have a name on TFOL, but the actress' name is Susie Goddard.

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Oh really, that's cool. I saw the movie Little Darlings. Now that you have mentioned that, Jo does act like Angel.

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