Reconsidering Amanda Bynes, a Truly Underrated Comedian

One of the early-aughts archetypes that gets praised today is that of the teen comedienne—think Lindsay Lohan, Raven-Symoné, or any number of girls featured in the now mythical 2003 Vanity Fair profile, “ Teen Engines: Riding with the Kid Culture .” But before any of them, there was Amanda Bynes. Twenty-five years ago, Bynes made her debut on Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy show All That, inadvertently kicking off a renaissance of tween and teen TV and film. In an era of fervent 2000s revisionism, it’s worth reconsidering Bynes—an actress whose contributions are often eclipsed in the public memory by her Twitter-enabled… Read Full Article