What happens when everyone on your 1990s TV show became a superstar except you?

If shes remembered at all, its as the one who went nowhere.

But the 90s is still probably my favorite decade pop-culture-wise, just because it was so formative for me.

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Its not likesomepeople know who they are; everybody onearthknows who Britney Spears is.

How would that manifest itself in your life?

And what kind of life would you have after that?

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Which sounds kind of deep.

The books actually a romantic comedy and a road trip.

We talk about people like that almost in mournful terms, or pitiful terms.

But theres a lot of people who actually just decide to leave the business.

Although I think so much bad stuff goes along with it, too.

Holly Danner doesnt necessarily leave fame willingly.Thats true.

She wishes that she had.

Have fun shattering people.

But she actually tries her hardest to stay in the game.

And she has a couple near-misses.

And shes the oldest freshman in her dorm.

But then family drama intervenes and kind of pulls her out of college as well.

She ends up helping her sister raise her niece.

And that definitely pulls her out of the game.

How dare they attempt to erase me from this part of my life.

I may have peaked as a human at age 11, they cant pretend it didnt happen.

So shes determined to disrupt the anniversary somehow.

Is it because she kind of is a drag for them now?

But that goes into sort of her frustration with not being invited after all these years.

She figured they would at least vouch for her.

[Laughs]

Why would they snub her?

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