I just don't understand Gossip Girl
I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#1I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/17/08 at 9:12pm
My roommate and one of the girls from down the hall watch it EVERY Monday night and you are NOT allowed to talk during the show. If I had a penny for every gasp and "Oh my god--NO!!!" I heard tonight, I could get the US out of this recession.
I just don't get it. Anyone else?
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Updated On: 11/17/08 at 09:12 PM
#2re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/17/08 at 9:32pm
I'm with you, I've watched about 5 minutes of the show and I just don't understand the appeal. Its so mindless.
I love when Joel McHale shows clips of Whasshisface Westwick playing hte most serious 18 year old on the face of the planet. its hilalrious.
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#2re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/17/08 at 9:36pm
I have nver seen a moment of "Gossip Girl" except for when Joel McHale mocks it on the Soup. That I love....
#3re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/17/08 at 10:25pm
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#4re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/17/08 at 10:32pm
My 2 roommates TRIED to get me to watch it and I don't get it either... I MIGHT have watched it if it was on with Melrose Place and the og 90210...
but yeah, everyone just screws everyone! It's like Aspect of Love: The TV Series!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#5re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 7:55amI watched the first 5 or so episodes and lost interest.
KFTC!!!!!
#6re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 7:58amI've watched a couple of episodes, and I don't get the appeal either. But then, I don't really watch any of the new programming on the CW now. It's like it was all made for teenage and college aged females.
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#7re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 8:35amJust throwing it out there, if you don't get it then don't watch it.
....but the world goes 'round
#8re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 11:33am
The most of Gossip Girl I have seen is that little clip that VonTussleGirl posted in this thread.
And that is enough for me.
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#9re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 11:39amDon't knock the show. It gives needful employment to graduates of the Ryan Phillipe Pouty Rich White Boy School of Acting.
#10re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:10pm
Oh GOD!
That show is soul killing!
#11re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:15pm
I wanted to like it, since several of my friends are fans. But I couldn't get into it.
I like the commercials for it, though.
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#12re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:18pm
I love it because it's brainless!!!
Edit: But I can understand why you could hate it for the same reason. My whole schedule is AP classes, I need some stupid.
Updated On: 11/18/08 at 06:18 PM
#13re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:26pmI LOVE the show !!! I think it's great fun and has the BEST male ensemble eye-candy on TV ever !!! Different types of guys, and all soooo sexy !!!
#14re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:29pmSeriously though, what is with that Westwick guys character? Is he like terminally serious?
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Broadway Star Joined: 11/3/07
#15re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 6:42pmLol, I totally see what you guys mean. And yet, I can't stop watching. As ridiculous as Chuck is, I think he's my favorite character.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#16re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 7:47pm
I really enjoyed the books. My cousin - who's 7 years younger than I am - got me into them when they came out. They were a bit of a guilty pleasure.
For me, the show doesn't compare to the sleeziness of the books. The books were dirtier. lol I watch it from time to time - though my munchkins are absolutely ADDICTED. You can only talk during commercials. God forbid the phone rings
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#17re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 8:51pmI've only seen one episode the whole way through, but I don't understand how they all hang out in upscale bars. Aren't they supposed to be 16?
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop.
#18re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 8:54pm
Cracking up at VonTussleGirl!
The show mostly sucks, but the people and fashion are hot. It has the occasional redeeming episode. I actually thought the show where Erik came out was handled pretty well.
It's a good show to watch with your friends and only be half into. As in, you don't care if you talk through it or miss a few episodes. It's just fluff.
insertclevernamehere -- Lots of reasons. They're rich. Well made fake ID's and some money thrown at the bouncer. Plus, a lot of them have influence where they go (for instance, Chuck's dad owns or invests in a lot of places) and Serena is near celebrity status, so she can obviously get in.
Oh and they're hot girls. Going to bars. That's usually not that hard.
Updated On: 11/18/08 at 08:54 PM
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#19re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 9:15pm
I have only heard of the show from The Soup. I have never watched this show, the new 90210 show, or any other shows that include tangerine-colored persons that talk about nothing.
Now a show that teenagers can watch and has some valuable life lessons and good acting, I suggest watching Degrassi.
#20re: I just don't understand Gossip Girl
Posted: 11/18/08 at 9:21pm
I like the show and am VERY glad your roommate is obsessed with it Parks- it gives me someone to talk to about it on Tuesdays.
That said - if someone talks during the show, that is fine. I don't even watch it until 9:30 because my roommate and I watch something else when it it on.
It is fun, it is fluff, and I know a LOT of people who watch it for the style.
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