Fodien: May 12, 2008 - 08:35 PM PST
Yeah. I must admit i don't know much about American school systems in general but I gathered that much. But the show doesn't really have much emphasis on them ever really being in class/school in general.
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dex2988: May 12, 2008 - 08:01 PM PST
Everyone who goes to private school in NYC is extremely privileged. They learn more there than most college kids ever do. It's not so much a statement on how great New York is, but how shitty most of everywhere else is. I'll say it again: No Child Left Behind has eroded the level of intelligence throughout the nation's public schools. The worst part is that most kids today have nothing to even compare it to.
Fodien Said:
Although I must say it does not feel like these are teenagers. I feel like they should be in their 3rd year of university, not high school...but then again i really have no idea what it's like for the extremely privileged in NYC so who knows.
Everyone who goes to private school in NYC is extremely privileged. They learn more there than most college kids ever do. It's not so much a statement on how great New York is, but how shitty most of everywhere else is. I'll say it again: No Child Left Behind has eroded the level of intelligence throughout the nation's public schools. The worst part is that most kids today have nothing to even compare it to.
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Fodien: May 12, 2008 - 07:46 PM PST
eek! me too
Me three.
This show in no way embodies anything similar to my life. It's still loads of fun to watch. I have to admit when i first saw ads for it in the fall i thought it looked really stupid but i ended up catching the second half of the first episode while waiting for my other new favourite show Pushing Daisies and became addicted.
Although I must say it does not feel like these are teenagers. I feel like they should be in their 3rd year of university, not high school...but then again i really have no idea what it's like for the extremely privileged in NYC so who knows.
cumgranosalis Said:
lilsey Said:
Gossip. Girl. Is. My. Guilty. Pleasure.
I LOVE CHUCK.
I LOVE CHUCK.
eek! me too
Me three.
longin4purpose Said:
Some people who watch that show just dont appreciate the same things you do Brian. For some people, this is a show that embodies their daily lives albeit a little over-the-top. There are different tastes for different people, and that's what producers look for.
This show in no way embodies anything similar to my life. It's still loads of fun to watch. I have to admit when i first saw ads for it in the fall i thought it looked really stupid but i ended up catching the second half of the first episode while waiting for my other new favourite show Pushing Daisies and became addicted.
Although I must say it does not feel like these are teenagers. I feel like they should be in their 3rd year of university, not high school...but then again i really have no idea what it's like for the extremely privileged in NYC so who knows.
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sarahbbo: May 11, 2008 - 10:53 AM PST
I do too like 'Gossip Girl', I'm reading the first book, it's easier for me - because I'm French, to read that kind of light books in English! Easier than T.S. Eliot.
I love fashion so much that it's a real pleasure for my eyes to see the clothes in the show!
And Brian, I loved so much 'Studio Sixty On The Sunset Strip' too!
I would love that more TV shows about writers exist.
I love fashion so much that it's a real pleasure for my eyes to see the clothes in the show!
And Brian, I loved so much 'Studio Sixty On The Sunset Strip' too!
I would love that more TV shows about writers exist.
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longin4purpose: April 29, 2008 - 11:24 AM PST
shows that fit my tastes get cancelled.
R.I.P. Arrested Development
(at least The West Wing got four good years, and even three bad years after that...)
Sometimes that happens. It sux sometimes.
brianbunnell Said:
longin4purpose Said:
Some people who watch that show just dont appreciate the same things you do Brian. For some people, this is a show that embodies their daily lives albeit a little over-the-top. There are different tastes for different people, and that's what producers look for.
shows that fit my tastes get cancelled.
R.I.P. Arrested Development
(at least The West Wing got four good years, and even three bad years after that...)
Sometimes that happens. It sux sometimes.
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faeriel: April 29, 2008 - 07:56 AM PST
shows that fit my tastes get cancelled.
R.I.P. Arrested Development
(at least The West Wing got four good years, and even three bad years after that...)
Aww, me too....
R.I.P Arrested Development
R.I.P. Veronica Mars
brianbunnell Said:
longin4purpose Said:
Some people who watch that show just dont appreciate the same things you do Brian. For some people, this is a show that embodies their daily lives albeit a little over-the-top. There are different tastes for different people, and that's what producers look for.
shows that fit my tastes get cancelled.
R.I.P. Arrested Development
(at least The West Wing got four good years, and even three bad years after that...)
Aww, me too....R.I.P Arrested Development
R.I.P. Veronica Mars
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MEOutLoud: April 28, 2008 - 07:56 PM PST
well if it's providing you';re dad with a job than I'm all for Gossip Girl.Not watching it, but at least the existence.
I don't watch lol, just happy it's still going.
The_Catalyst Said:
MEOutLoud Said:
I'm kind of happy it's doing well, my dad works for the crew of this through his union so if the show does well it keeps him having work, the writers' strike really hurt him financially. It would be the best if he got to work on QL but different coast
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.I don't watch lol, just happy it's still going.
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brianbunnell: April 28, 2008 - 07:26 PM PST
shows that fit my tastes get cancelled.
R.I.P. Arrested Development
(at least The West Wing got four good years, and even three bad years after that...)
longin4purpose Said:
Some people who watch that show just dont appreciate the same things you do Brian. For some people, this is a show that embodies their daily lives albeit a little over-the-top. There are different tastes for different people, and that's what producers look for.
shows that fit my tastes get cancelled.
R.I.P. Arrested Development
(at least The West Wing got four good years, and even three bad years after that...)
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longin4purpose: April 28, 2008 - 11:44 AM PST
Some people who watch that show just dont appreciate the same things you do Brian. For some people, this is a show that embodies their daily lives albeit a little over-the-top. There are different tastes for different people, and that's what producers look for.
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lilsey: April 27, 2008 - 01:29 PM PST
I think that was the point...
flowrktty Said:
the show seems to be a weekly drawn out version of cruel intentions.
I think that was the point...
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The_Catalyst: April 27, 2008 - 08:38 AM PST
That was a good movie, but the original was better.
flowrktty Said:
the show seems to be a weekly drawn out version of cruel intentions.
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The_Catalyst: April 27, 2008 - 08:38 AM PST
well if it's providing you';re dad with a job than I'm all for Gossip Girl.Not watching it, but at least the existence.
MEOutLoud Said:
I'm kind of happy it's doing well, my dad works for the crew of this through his union so if the show does well it keeps him having work, the writers' strike really hurt him financially. It would be the best if he got to work on QL but different coast
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flowrktty: April 26, 2008 - 03:19 PM PST
the show seems to be a weekly drawn out version of cruel intentions.
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bananarchy: April 26, 2008 - 03:02 PM PST
The thing that bothers me about Gossip Girl (I've forced myself to watch it twice - maybe time to invest in cable?) is that there are a bunch of teenagers running around having sex, drinking and being generally reckless all the time. I know this makes an impression on kids because it did when I watched similar shows as a teen. I thought that my life was supposed to be dramatic and hectic and careless. I wish that someone had said "save it for your 20s kid!", but America wants to see teens doing bad things. I find it creepy that any adult wants to watch shows where (fictional) sixteen year olds have sex. Whenever I see that I just think "ewwww... somebody poor a bucket of cold water on those two." It's one of those things that I know happens, but I don't want to see it! Especially as an adult.
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cumgranosalis: April 26, 2008 - 12:05 PM PST
eek! me too
lilsey Said:
Gossip. Girl. Is. My. Guilty. Pleasure.
I LOVE CHUCK.
I LOVE CHUCK.
eek! me too
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MEOutLoud: April 26, 2008 - 11:32 AM PST
I'm kind of happy it's doing well, my dad works for the crew of this through his union so if the show does well it keeps him having work, the writers' strike really hurt him financially. It would be the best if he got to work on QL but different coast
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The_Catalyst: April 26, 2008 - 10:34 AM PST
I never got into Gossip girl...looks to...what's the word...retarded?
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greeneyeliner: April 25, 2008 - 04:55 PM PST
I have to say that I too, am one of the few in here who enjoys me some Gossip Girl. The fact that it's so ridiculous is one of the best things about it! I am also one of those people who enjoys watching AWFUL movies just to poke fun so that explains that. However, for those people who are really into it and don't recognize how silly it is there is also a very obvious message in it which is that gossip can really screw things up for people and that even people with tons of money still have problems, which I think is a good thing for young viewers to see. Even though there are a lot of other ways for them to learn it (real experience) they might as well put it in a hip show with lots of cute people!
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thatonegal: April 25, 2008 - 07:11 AM PST
i agree with you...i like gossip girl (the books and the show)and although i don't relate to the people in the show at all, sometimes i like watching different people live completely different (and sometimes ridiculous) lives.
but hey-- everyone has a guilty pleasure, and this just happens to be mine.
cumgranosalis Said:
ok Im gonna be the black sheep on this thread and just say it. I love Gossip Girl. I have read the book series which is kinda based on a persons real life. I appreciate the books more then the series but it's entertaining
i agree with you...i like gossip girl (the books and the show)and although i don't relate to the people in the show at all, sometimes i like watching different people live completely different (and sometimes ridiculous) lives.
but hey-- everyone has a guilty pleasure, and this just happens to be mine.
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grasshopper: April 25, 2008 - 04:05 AM PST
Ok, so I found the article (I'm pretty sure) and I must say that speaking as an educator, Gossip Girl is most definitely NOT a teen show. It is market targeted for teenagers but is in no way, shape or form a show appropriate for teens. Why do you think the 28 year old "girls" as was quoted before and I thought funny, watch it? The content is sublimely mature - it's sex in the city for 6th graders and may as well be relegated to soft porn in its writing if not the actual filmed screenshots.
And YES, I know that teens today are different than when I was a teenager watching 9-0, which by the way my mother, no wait, my mom liked the show, my father refused to let me and my sister watch. I was in junior high and I think my sister in high school but that show ran well into my college years.
If I were a parent, which I am not yet all praise to the Lord above, my child would not under any circumstances be allowed to watch this show unless supervised by me and even then would not watch it because I cannot stand it for more than 5 minutes at a time, if that. I love the format of the show, the technology, the upper class yada yada yada but honestly I don't have to watch that to have that as somewhat of a reality. All I have to do is go to my retail job in the high fashion district of Houston. AND I CAN'T STAND FALSE PRETENSE and uppity heirs. I can be uppity with the best of them all the time laughing in my head in regard to their sad, smoldering and crumbling identities.
Yet I don not pity them. Feeling sorry for the ignorant has never helped anyone myself included. I find an education in the art of diplomatic honesty is always the best policy.
But back to the show - One person mentioned liking the show and I see why you would. Especially having read the book - that's the case for me many times. I'll read a book, love it, find myself mainitized to the television/film version and be hooked. But, watch your influences. Television is ananother form of conditioning. "TV Rots Your Brain," some people say. Well, I wouldn't go that far - I'm with Traenchel on this one. Bad television choices, bad choices come from somewhere. TV has been the World's Educator from the day of the radio (but tv didn't exist in the day of the radio, one might say... yes it did - the technology just hadn't been realized yet). And it will continue to be the case until the Second Coming. So loves watch what you watch, it could be slowly forming the person you are by way of your selective choices and selective memory. C'apiche? Farewell.
And YES, I know that teens today are different than when I was a teenager watching 9-0, which by the way my mother, no wait, my mom liked the show, my father refused to let me and my sister watch. I was in junior high and I think my sister in high school but that show ran well into my college years.
If I were a parent, which I am not yet all praise to the Lord above, my child would not under any circumstances be allowed to watch this show unless supervised by me and even then would not watch it because I cannot stand it for more than 5 minutes at a time, if that. I love the format of the show, the technology, the upper class yada yada yada but honestly I don't have to watch that to have that as somewhat of a reality. All I have to do is go to my retail job in the high fashion district of Houston. AND I CAN'T STAND FALSE PRETENSE and uppity heirs. I can be uppity with the best of them all the time laughing in my head in regard to their sad, smoldering and crumbling identities.
Yet I don not pity them. Feeling sorry for the ignorant has never helped anyone myself included. I find an education in the art of diplomatic honesty is always the best policy.
But back to the show - One person mentioned liking the show and I see why you would. Especially having read the book - that's the case for me many times. I'll read a book, love it, find myself mainitized to the television/film version and be hooked. But, watch your influences. Television is ananother form of conditioning. "TV Rots Your Brain," some people say. Well, I wouldn't go that far - I'm with Traenchel on this one. Bad television choices, bad choices come from somewhere. TV has been the World's Educator from the day of the radio (but tv didn't exist in the day of the radio, one might say... yes it did - the technology just hadn't been realized yet). And it will continue to be the case until the Second Coming. So loves watch what you watch, it could be slowly forming the person you are by way of your selective choices and selective memory. C'apiche? Farewell.
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kelibox: April 24, 2008 - 11:05 PM PST
People love and thrive to know who has what and where they are an who they know.
Human civilization = rat race.
who has the most. x amout of yhats. lol
kidding.
yeah not everyone is like this- but when people are left with nothing to talk about-
what do you talk about?
oh thats right- everyone else.
I'm sure "gossip girls" in their sense is very real.
there are "gossip girls" wherever you go and people like to be in their business whether or not they like or dislike them.
In my case I am friends with my towns "gossip girls"-
though I refuse to share my knowledge with them.
Alot of their discussions -yes- have to do with gossiping.
american thrives it.
brianbunnell Said:
i just read an article in New York Magazine about this tv show, called "gossip girl," and i got really pissed off...
apparently, it is a show about young people in new york who have social troubles and frequent a blog. and, based on the plot descriptions in the article, it blows. but people love it, and it is turning hugely successful (again, according to the article)...
i am starting to think that television producers don't actually underestimate the intelligence of the viewing public. maybe the public really is that dumb.
apparently, it is a show about young people in new york who have social troubles and frequent a blog. and, based on the plot descriptions in the article, it blows. but people love it, and it is turning hugely successful (again, according to the article)...
i am starting to think that television producers don't actually underestimate the intelligence of the viewing public. maybe the public really is that dumb.
People love and thrive to know who has what and where they are an who they know.
Human civilization = rat race.
who has the most. x amout of yhats. lol
kidding.
yeah not everyone is like this- but when people are left with nothing to talk about-
what do you talk about?
oh thats right- everyone else.
I'm sure "gossip girls" in their sense is very real.
there are "gossip girls" wherever you go and people like to be in their business whether or not they like or dislike them.
In my case I am friends with my towns "gossip girls"-
though I refuse to share my knowledge with them.
Alot of their discussions -yes- have to do with gossiping.
american thrives it.
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_re: April 24, 2008 - 05:16 PM PST
i'll admit i also read the books (gasp)... hey, i was a teenager! when the series came out i was interested (since i knew all the characters and all)... i watched a couple episodes, it didn't hold my interest like the books did... maybe i'm just too old now, maybe the show isn't as good as the books, maybe all of the above.
cumgranosalis Said:
ok Im gonna be the black sheep on this thread and just say it. I love Gossip Girl. I have read the book series which is kinda based on a persons real life. I appreciate the books more then the series but it's entertaining
i'll admit i also read the books (gasp)... hey, i was a teenager! when the series came out i was interested (since i knew all the characters and all)... i watched a couple episodes, it didn't hold my interest like the books did... maybe i'm just too old now, maybe the show isn't as good as the books, maybe all of the above.
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Franchise: April 24, 2008 - 01:41 PM PST
excellent points, trench. i wasn't exactly blaming the networks... i was thinking more about the millions and millions of people who enjoy trite soap-operas (perhaps because they are not aware of the more literate programming)...
and i kind of figured that there would be some people around here who like the show... i guess it is too late to apologize to you people, and it would be insincere, anyway. (oops)
my favorite show of last year was aaron sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." yet another example of "brilliant but cancelled..."
I actually remember watching that show and enjoying it. Matthew Perry starred in it right? Chandler Bing!
brianbunnell Said:
trenchael Said:
Television isn't dumbing down America. Network TV is not responsible either.
People consume it, networks make money...
I think too often that people look for someone else to blame...
People consume it, networks make money...
I think too often that people look for someone else to blame...
excellent points, trench. i wasn't exactly blaming the networks... i was thinking more about the millions and millions of people who enjoy trite soap-operas (perhaps because they are not aware of the more literate programming)...
and i kind of figured that there would be some people around here who like the show... i guess it is too late to apologize to you people, and it would be insincere, anyway. (oops)
my favorite show of last year was aaron sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." yet another example of "brilliant but cancelled..."
I actually remember watching that show and enjoying it. Matthew Perry starred in it right? Chandler Bing!
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Franchise: April 24, 2008 - 01:38 PM PST
Are you by chance baggin on my beloved Friends show? Yes I'm into Friends. Not because of the writing, but because if you mute the sound and watch Jennifer Aniston really closely, you can tell that the studio turns up the AC way up.
LOL!
raygunray Said:
Will writers please find a new setting for god's sake. The biggest problem youth have in NYC isn't their love lives, its paying rent. That is what I liked about "Rosanne" it took a realistic take on middle American and made if funny. It was a hit. It was a show about the rest of us. You can't sell a show about that anymore. Its all about whiny white kids in the big city drinking coffee from big mugs on comfy couches.
Are you by chance baggin on my beloved Friends show? Yes I'm into Friends. Not because of the writing, but because if you mute the sound and watch Jennifer Aniston really closely, you can tell that the studio turns up the AC way up.
LOL!
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brianbunnell: April 24, 2008 - 01:29 PM PST
excellent points, trench. i wasn't exactly blaming the networks... i was thinking more about the millions and millions of people who enjoy trite soap-operas (perhaps because they are not aware of the more literate programming)...
and i kind of figured that there would be some people around here who like the show... i guess it is too late to apologize to you people, and it would be insincere, anyway. (oops)
my favorite show of last year was aaron sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." yet another example of "brilliant but cancelled..."
trenchael Said:
Television isn't dumbing down America. Network TV is not responsible either.
People consume it, networks make money...
I think too often that people look for someone else to blame...
People consume it, networks make money...
I think too often that people look for someone else to blame...
excellent points, trench. i wasn't exactly blaming the networks... i was thinking more about the millions and millions of people who enjoy trite soap-operas (perhaps because they are not aware of the more literate programming)...
and i kind of figured that there would be some people around here who like the show... i guess it is too late to apologize to you people, and it would be insincere, anyway. (oops)
my favorite show of last year was aaron sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." yet another example of "brilliant but cancelled..."
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cumgranosalis: April 24, 2008 - 01:22 PM PST
ok Im gonna be the black sheep on this thread and just say it. I love Gossip Girl. I have read the book series which is kinda based on a persons real life. I appreciate the books more then the series but it's entertaining