Earlier today I applauded the writers of Beverly Hills, 90210 for showing some restraint and I hafta say I'm doing the same thing today as it's occurred to me how shocked I am that they never had Brandon play the ridiculous 80/90s trope of "white guy discovers geriatric blues musician who never got his due & tries to get him the credit he deserves" trope; the entire scenario was just sitting there waiting to be plucked and again, to the show's credit, they never tried tasting that previously oh-so-generously-juicy fruit.
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