Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between)

Talking as Fast as I Can focuses extensively upon the long-term impact of pop culture, emphasizing the nostalgia that can result when young people are raised with a specific television show and look back upon its most memorable moments with fondness. Graham demonstrates the many ways in which popular culture has influenced her life, given that she played a key role in a show that became popular enough to warrant a reboot years after its first iteration concluded.

Notably, Graham relates the impact of pop culture on her own life. When she was growing up, she was influenced by the golden age of Hollywood and by the shows that were popular in the heyday of her childhood during the 1970s and 1980s. For example, she recalls watching all of the older American musicals and becoming inspired to perform on Broadway. Now, as an older woman, Graham has the perspective to reflect on the pop culture icons that influenced her life. As she reflects, “I’d rather keep pushing the rewind button on my Radio Shack tape recorder and be the geek who knows the lyrics to the songs from every Judy Garland musical ever” (24). Now that Graham is older, she is grateful for the pop culture of her youth, given that shaped it her as a person and influenced the course of her life.