Edibles Are Having A Moment
I keep reading about today's modern superteens, and how they're always communicating across seven media platforms at once and taking Adderall in order to fit even more accomplishments into their days, and I'll confess, I never really believed it. When I see teenagers (which is rare, because they don't go to the gym in the afternoon or The Grove on a weekday or to Souplantation...ever), they never seem to me to be getting much more done than I am, and when I ask them for Adderall they never give me any. But this week I've spotted a trend on TV that makes me think there might be something to this multitasking reputation.
"Why get high and snack later," muse TV teens, "when I could do both at once?" Enter edibles.
In the latest Awkward., the kids crash a fancy private school kid's party, where Jake (Brett Davern) grabs a cookie from a passing plate.
When Jake then gets too distracted from his mission to extricate Tamara (Jillian Rose Reed) -- or, rather, her sweater -- from another partygoer's snagged nose ring, we learn that the seemingly innocent sugar cookie is actually a space cookie. At least one Palos Hills kid manages to have fun.
Jake's edible encounter comes just a day after Emma (Olivia Cooke) got a peace offering of a chocolate cupcake from Gunner (Keenan Tracey) on Bates Motel. Bored at the reception desk, as anyone would be, Emma devours the tasty dessert...
...and gets super-high. Living in what is apparently the weed capital of Oregon and being unable to smoke even a little of it because you have cystic fibrosis is a cruel irony of Emma's existence, but edibles give her the chance to fit in, and by "fit in," I mean get unwittingly stoned.
This trend having been spotted, I am counting on seeing it when Parks & Recreation returns with new episodes. April (Aubrey Plaza) may not quite be a teenager anymore, but I can see her bringing in a few blondies for a party after work and one (or seven) finding their way to an oblivious Leslie (Amy Poehler), who'd then have to get through a City Council vote high as hell.