Gossip Girl
With the spouse away for a few days, DIH is in full possession of the remote. And last night she took advantage of the situation by checking of the new TV series "Gossip Girl."
"Gossip Girl," for those of you who (choose one) a) are hopelessly out of touch or b) have better things to do with the few days God allots us on earth, is based on the novel of the same name. Basically it's filthy rich high school- oh, I'm sorry, "prep school" kids in Manhattan. They do cool things like wear designer clothes, cut class, snark about each other and commit statutory rape. All in the spirit of "finding themselves," of course.
In the interest of saving the general public the time and the tedium of watching "Gossip Girl" DIH will share her observations.
1. Only in Hollywood do girls' school uniforms include neckties. Probably feeds some kiddie porn image somewhere.
2. Sooner or later DIH expects a class-action lawsuit against the producers of "Gossip Girl." The clear case of discrimination: a simple matter of black and white. All the good girls are blondes, all the bad ones brunettes. They might as well have worn cowboy hats.
3. The bar at the New York Palace Hotel is a lot more attractive on film than it is in real life. This bar features promintently in Gossip Girl. It's a pretty distinctive setting: there's a huge tent-like structure behind the bar that thanks to LED lighting is constantly changing colors. DIH and the spouse stayed at the stunning hotel a couple of weeks ago with a group of fellow Minnesotans. Being Minnesotans, of course, at first we all thought somebdoy was camping in the bar, but that turned out not to be true. In real life thebar is way too noisy- loud music in a freakin' cave, for Pete's sake, On TV the sound is well modulated. The characters can actually hear each other speak.
4. No matter how cruel, shallow, and vicious the children in "Gossip Girl" may be, they will never, EVER commit the unpardonable sin of SMOKING A CIGARETTE. Not once. That would violate all Hollywood's ethics. And since it only has the one, they like to make the most of it. So don't worry that your kids will get tth idea that smoking is cool from wathcing "GG." They're safe on that one.
5. They will, however, get to see a lot of cool kids drinking martinis. And let's be honest, martinis are undeniably cool. Those long-stemmed glasses, that crystal-clear liquid, that 100% alcohol... and there's some Vitamin C in the lemon twist, don't forget. Health, health, health, darling!
6. The coolest thing about prep school life: there doesn't seem to be much "school" involved. Wild parties, lavish apartments, eye-popping wardrobes, and an obscene amount of money to spend, but no actual school. How cool is that?
DIH expects a storm of protests about "Gossip Girl." Most of them will come from concerned parents' groups, or maybe even TV critics. But she will bide her time waiting for the big one: surely the New York Palace Hotel will sue for defamation. If half the underage drinking goes on in that bar as "Gossip Girl" suggests, they're gonna lose their license pronto. So if I were you, Palace lawyers, I'd get on the stick right away.
"Gossip Girl," for those of you who (choose one) a) are hopelessly out of touch or b) have better things to do with the few days God allots us on earth, is based on the novel of the same name. Basically it's filthy rich high school- oh, I'm sorry, "prep school" kids in Manhattan. They do cool things like wear designer clothes, cut class, snark about each other and commit statutory rape. All in the spirit of "finding themselves," of course.
In the interest of saving the general public the time and the tedium of watching "Gossip Girl" DIH will share her observations.
1. Only in Hollywood do girls' school uniforms include neckties. Probably feeds some kiddie porn image somewhere.
2. Sooner or later DIH expects a class-action lawsuit against the producers of "Gossip Girl." The clear case of discrimination: a simple matter of black and white. All the good girls are blondes, all the bad ones brunettes. They might as well have worn cowboy hats.
3. The bar at the New York Palace Hotel is a lot more attractive on film than it is in real life. This bar features promintently in Gossip Girl. It's a pretty distinctive setting: there's a huge tent-like structure behind the bar that thanks to LED lighting is constantly changing colors. DIH and the spouse stayed at the stunning hotel a couple of weeks ago with a group of fellow Minnesotans. Being Minnesotans, of course, at first we all thought somebdoy was camping in the bar, but that turned out not to be true. In real life thebar is way too noisy- loud music in a freakin' cave, for Pete's sake, On TV the sound is well modulated. The characters can actually hear each other speak.
4. No matter how cruel, shallow, and vicious the children in "Gossip Girl" may be, they will never, EVER commit the unpardonable sin of SMOKING A CIGARETTE. Not once. That would violate all Hollywood's ethics. And since it only has the one, they like to make the most of it. So don't worry that your kids will get tth idea that smoking is cool from wathcing "GG." They're safe on that one.
5. They will, however, get to see a lot of cool kids drinking martinis. And let's be honest, martinis are undeniably cool. Those long-stemmed glasses, that crystal-clear liquid, that 100% alcohol... and there's some Vitamin C in the lemon twist, don't forget. Health, health, health, darling!
6. The coolest thing about prep school life: there doesn't seem to be much "school" involved. Wild parties, lavish apartments, eye-popping wardrobes, and an obscene amount of money to spend, but no actual school. How cool is that?
DIH expects a storm of protests about "Gossip Girl." Most of them will come from concerned parents' groups, or maybe even TV critics. But she will bide her time waiting for the big one: surely the New York Palace Hotel will sue for defamation. If half the underage drinking goes on in that bar as "Gossip Girl" suggests, they're gonna lose their license pronto. So if I were you, Palace lawyers, I'd get on the stick right away.
Hey, who is Omar? Is he offering DIH a free sunny vacation somewhere as a reward for her work which is "really good written"??? Who is the other part of his us? I'm so confused :)
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Omar is clearly aswindler. I have to notify the authorities about him. DIH
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