The O.C.'s Marissa Cooper: The Darkness Behind The Beauty

At first glance, The O.C.’s Marissa Cooper might seem like the epitome of the ‘poor little rich girl’ trope – she’s gorgeous, lives in a mansion in southern California, and never seems to be having a good time. But the show gave us a chance to see beyond the outer facade of Marissa’s seemingly-perfect life and into the darkness hiding beneath that beautiful surface. Marissa was a complex young woman trying to figure out who she really was in a world that was intent on telling her who she had to be. Let’s take a deeper look at Marissa’s attempts to break out of her gilded cage, find real connections, and grow.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Marissa Cooper
00:42 The O.C.'s Tragic Beauty
03:51 Finding Deeper Connections
09:39 An Early Goodbye

CREDITS
Executive Producers: Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
Chief Creative Director: Susannah McCullough
Producer: Jessica Babineaux
Writer: Jessica Babineaux
Narrator: Charly Bovina
Video Editor: Dan Wolff