Marcie From ‘Peanuts’ Finally Gets the Spotlight—and It’s Surprisingly Emotional

Whether or not we realized it, most of us have gone through a version of casual therapy since childhood—albeit, through a comic strip.

If you’re a fan of Charles Schulz’s iconic Peanuts comic strip and the countless animated specials it inspired, you’ve gone on a lifelong journey of learning about yourself through his indelible characters. Peanuts began in 1950, meaning that generations of people have had miniature epiphanies about both themselves and human behavior, depending on which character they most related to at any point—or, perhaps more tellingly, which they felt most badly for.

Many of us have gone through a period, when watching Charlie Brown’s exasperation grow as his best intentions go underappreciated by those he loves, that we felt seen. Or maybe it was Linus’ constant tension between deep-thinking, extreme maturity and the desire to latch on to the juvenile comforts of youth (like a security blanket) that resonated. We’ve been attention-seeking Sally, demanding Lucy, happy-go-lucky tomboy Peppermint Patty, or messy-yet-confident Pig-Pen.

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