The best part of My Life As Liz isn't its protagonist. Nor is it
the the array of cliches about high school life, complete with
evil blondes and school-wide talent shows. It's sidekicks Taylor
and Sully.  MTV's My Life As Liz follows Liz Lee through her
senior year of high school, juxtaposing school scenes with Liz's
acerbic monologues. Any one who has been watching MTV with any
regularity knows they have a very loose sense of "reality" -
scenes are routinely scripted, re-shot, and edited to create
plot arcs.  During the opening episode, we meet Liz heading to
burn pictures of her old self (re: her with blonde streaks).
Later, Liz is trying to do an edgy video project for a class,
when her teacher assigns her to instead shoot a profile on
Taylor Terry, the stand in for the "cute, popular hateable"
stock character that resides in most teen flicks. Interestingly
enough, the pilot episode is eerily reminiscent of "Monster", an
episode from season two of Daria. In "Monster," Daria is chooses
to make a humiliating