Dawson Leery was the Tony Soprano of fictional teenage nonsense
The whiny, manipulative anti-hero of ‘Dawson’s Creek’ had an ugly cry and a terrible haircut. For a certain generation watching the show on Sunday mornings on Channel 4, it was absolutely thrilling to be exasperated by him. And it’s why the death of his portrayer, the actor James Van Der Beek, hits so hard, writes Adam White