A brief biography of joan of arcadia
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Joan of Arcadia
It&#;s tempting to imagine the first Joan of Arcadia story pitch to network executives: &#;Think Joan of Arc meets Rock &#; Roll High School! The Supreme Being—sometimes disguised as a slab of adolescent beefcake—drops in for heart-to-heart chats! Every TV-loving teenager will love it!&#;
It&#;s a pity the show airs on Friday nights, when few self-respecting arbiters of teenage cool would be anywhere near home or the family television set. Nevertheless, Joan is garnering healthy enough ratings to attract some glowing coverage from entertainment magazines, and is likely to win renewal into a new season.
Don&#;t be fooled by the lovely and befuddled Joan Girardi (Amber Tamblyn): Joan of Arcadia uses many teen-friendly elements in its recipe, but it&#;s a show adults may watch without shame.
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&#;.. by TeeJay
What if a cute teenage boy walked up to you and told you he was God? You&#;d laugh and tell him he&#;s delusional, right? Except he tells you things that no one else can know. And I mean no one. This is what happens to Joan Girardi, a year-old girl, newly moved to the city of Arcadia with her family. And she&#;s just as stunned as the next girl.
Joan (Amber Tamblyn) is a normal teenager, living with her mother and father and two brothers in a house in suburban Arcadia, Maryland. Her father, Will (Joe Mantegna) works with the police department, and her mother, Helen (Mary Steenburgen) helps out as an office assistant at the high school, where she later becomes the art teacher. Joan&#;s younger brother, Luke (Michael Welch) is a math and science genius, who has skipped a grade so that he is in some of her classes at the high school. Feeling the need for a fresh start, the Girardis moved from Chicago to Arcadia after eldest son, Kevin (Jason Ritter) was paralyzed
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Joan of Arcadia
Millions of people speak to God. What if God spoke back? Life just got a hell of a lot more confusing for teenage Joan Girardi, who already deals with feeling out of place in her family : her police chief father, her somewhat overbearing mother, her geeky younger brother and former football star older brother, now paralyzed. They'd never believe her if she told them that God is talking to her. Does Joan have a higher purpose on earth, or are these strange conversations just in her head?
| Role | Credit |
|---|---|
| Director: | James Hayman , Neal Israel , Marc Flanagan |
| Director (Season 2): | Rob Morrow |
| Cast: | Joe Mantegna , Mary Steenburgen , Amber Tamblyn , Annie Potts , Russ Tamblyn , Louise Fletcher , Cloris Leachman , Shelley Long , Aaron Paul |