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A 90's TV series that has entered the hearts of millions, and more than a decade after its finale, comes back with another wave of millions of spectators who know every incident, scene and plotline by heart; reciting the lines along with the characters as if they're holding the script, and playing the episodes on repeat in times of both happiness and bitterness. The characters of the series deal with life situations that a "common” person deals with, spontaneously, idiotically, without former experience, and the series tells the tale of six friends who live in apartments in the Manhattan district of New York City, struggling to advance in their various fields, going through emotional experiences and failed relationships in their pursuit of love, suffering from family problems and relatives' implications, all the while learning the values of friendship through life and the good and bad it brings to them. According to Forbes magazine, the series reached 25 million viewers each night, grossing 1.4 million USD for the actors and producers, and billions more for the production company so far. Throughout the past few years, another wave of its trend splashed social media in the whole world, reaching even Arabian countries. What is the reason behind this unparalleled success, then? What secret lies behind the global popularity of this series? How real is the life we see on the screen, and what psychological and cultural impact does it have on the current youth? Simulation of an un-reachable social life "What attracts you most to the series on the personal aspect, and what is the reason behind its sweeping success?” was a question I asked to a number of my friends, and the answer I received in turn was united: the series offers us a social environment that we cannot attain, and as a generation that has lives most of its life on social media, we cannot be like these characters that we love in reality.
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