Girlhood is a divine experience, a period when young women begin to discover who they are and who they might become. From “Under the Bridge” creator Quinn Shephard, Netflix’s teen drama “The Body” is a twisted coming-of-age narrative that pays homage to the 2000s, specifically films like “Bring It On,” “Jennifer’s Body” and “Mean Girls.” While those movies dealt in subtext, this series is deliciously and unapologetically queer, with one young woman standing firm in who she is while the other is frozen in denial. Set at a Catholic high school somewhere in the Northeast, “The Body” is a raunchy, campy show about friendship, desire, identity and belief systems.
\n\nThe eight-episode series opens on Halloween 2004. At St. Barth’s Catholic School, co-captains and best friends Anya Butler (Kristina Bogic) and Elise Zakaria (Sara Boustany), who call each other “wife,” hold emergency tryouts for the school’s all-girls dance troupe the Lions. Star dancer Maddie Delaney (Shirley Chen) has broken her ankle, and with the regional competition two weeks away, the team needs to fill her spot. Among the auditioners are Lisbeth Anderson (Geena Meszaros), who is new in town, and Grace Franklin (Sofia Wylie), the niece of Father Sam Franklin (Nnamdi…
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