From a recent article in Salon:
“Daria” may have started out as a hip soapbox for lampooning suburbanites, but as the series progressed, it really let its characters grow. The clueless teachers, the workaholic parents, even the vacuous fashion club members evolved into complex human beings. And Daria and Jane grew beyond mere smirking social commentators, too, as they grappled to fit dating, college pursuits, and even their own hypocrisy into their narrowly idealistic worldview.
