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kerpingtack) wrote2009-08-01 10:00 pm
kerpingtack) wrote2009-08-01 10:00 pm
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the gossip girls!
I have watched the first three episodes of the first season of the Gossip Girl (I am not comfortable with calling it by its correct name yet. Give me time).
At first I had a long bulleted list of complaints but then I went online looking for lulzy commentary to cheer me up, and now I have decided to take a strictly CAPSLOCK view of this wretched show. Life is too short to bitch about rich white people and their horrid problems all the time. Blair is very delightful though. And I suppose I'll just wait for Chuck to become amazing. Does someone stomp on his dick later so he is no longer attempting to RAPE people? The RAPIST thing is really hanging over my head right now. C'mon, universe, make sense!
(Here's my bullet list of complaints anyway.)
thoughts on Gossip Girl
the first episode
- why would a teenage girl call her brother to ask if a dress looks good on her? what?
- narration = annoying
- Nate is a weasel. What an asshole.
- Chuck is hilariously overdone.
- Dan looks like that one kid in Prince of Tennis.
- why are all the guys so fucking weird looking?
- mmmm white people everywhere
- I especially like how the only three non-white people (Blair's followers, the hotel concierge) have like two speaking lines. without names.
- LOL RUFUS?! THAT'S the dad's name?
- in showing how hawwwt a 14-yr old is...??
- so much blonde hair swinging around
- yeah ummm ATTEMPTED RAPIST
- hey asshole your sister almost got RAPED, stop making plays for your dick
the brunch episode
- Blair looks like a doll, she's so dainty and picturesque. Leighton Meeeeeeeeeeeeeester should never have blonde hair, it completely washes her out.
- the problem with having shows about rich people and the exclusive socialite life is that historically not only has the actual composition of this social class been whitey white white, but the IMAGE of who is rich and powerful has always been white as well. so you have a choice between reinforcing that image or trying to break out of it. if you want a frothy superficial show without getting deep, like GG clearly is, then you're going to have to tokenize and whitewash minorities, because otherwise you are going to HAVE to address race. if you take diversity seriously, you would have to change the blueprint of the show and also grow some morals. hahaha how lucky that we don't have that problem here.
- the show's key into my heart is siblings. and if they give the Asian girl and black girl names. and personalities. and moar Blair.
- fuck Nate.
- is the greater sin on television to be boring or repulsive? because Nate is a dull fuckhead and Chuck is a RAPIST. RAPIST!
- the dad's disappearing facial hair
- FUCKHEAD. And he looks like Zefron.
- judging girls and male dominance piss fests!
- what exactly is Dan's problem with Serena? he didn't even KNOW her a year ago. why is this supposed to be a big deal? wtf
- what the fuck gives Nate the right to be pissy with Blair? Nate is an asshole.
the Ivy Week episode
- lots of Humphrey family conferences
- making a mockery of American myth of meritocracy. that's cool by me actually.
- god this show is boring.
- Blake Lively's hair is so so gorgeous, even if it looks ratty half the time.
- the count for non-white people with speaking roles is up to FOUR now. thank you, lady psychiatrist
- this Eric kid's neck is weirdly long
- god Blair is fucking precious looking.
- this show is so boring. what is happening. why am i supposed to care. arrrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhh
- Chuck and Nate are so homogay together.
- I'm just really sick of all white casts and I'm taking it out on GG. man, what did I expect, it's not high quality television. like, the OC was pretty much all white too, and I loved it the first season (and the last). rich and good-looking = white.
- Blair looks a lot like Minka Kelly, without the ~obstinate chin. Not gonna lie, I kind of like her.
- SURPRISE LAST SCENE. oh man that was actually effective. like i was moved!
I AM GOING TO KEEP WATCHING UNTIL IT STOPS BEING BORING DAMNIT.
At first I had a long bulleted list of complaints but then I went online looking for lulzy commentary to cheer me up, and now I have decided to take a strictly CAPSLOCK view of this wretched show. Life is too short to bitch about rich white people and their horrid problems all the time. Blair is very delightful though. And I suppose I'll just wait for Chuck to become amazing. Does someone stomp on his dick later so he is no longer attempting to RAPE people? The RAPIST thing is really hanging over my head right now. C'mon, universe, make sense!
(Here's my bullet list of complaints anyway.)
thoughts on Gossip Girl
the first episode
- why would a teenage girl call her brother to ask if a dress looks good on her? what?
- narration = annoying
- Nate is a weasel. What an asshole.
- Chuck is hilariously overdone.
- Dan looks like that one kid in Prince of Tennis.
- why are all the guys so fucking weird looking?
- mmmm white people everywhere
- I especially like how the only three non-white people (Blair's followers, the hotel concierge) have like two speaking lines. without names.
- LOL RUFUS?! THAT'S the dad's name?
- in showing how hawwwt a 14-yr old is...??
- so much blonde hair swinging around
- yeah ummm ATTEMPTED RAPIST
- hey asshole your sister almost got RAPED, stop making plays for your dick
the brunch episode
- Blair looks like a doll, she's so dainty and picturesque. Leighton Meeeeeeeeeeeeeester should never have blonde hair, it completely washes her out.
- the problem with having shows about rich people and the exclusive socialite life is that historically not only has the actual composition of this social class been whitey white white, but the IMAGE of who is rich and powerful has always been white as well. so you have a choice between reinforcing that image or trying to break out of it. if you want a frothy superficial show without getting deep, like GG clearly is, then you're going to have to tokenize and whitewash minorities, because otherwise you are going to HAVE to address race. if you take diversity seriously, you would have to change the blueprint of the show and also grow some morals. hahaha how lucky that we don't have that problem here.
- the show's key into my heart is siblings. and if they give the Asian girl and black girl names. and personalities. and moar Blair.
- fuck Nate.
- is the greater sin on television to be boring or repulsive? because Nate is a dull fuckhead and Chuck is a RAPIST. RAPIST!
- the dad's disappearing facial hair
- FUCKHEAD. And he looks like Zefron.
- judging girls and male dominance piss fests!
- what exactly is Dan's problem with Serena? he didn't even KNOW her a year ago. why is this supposed to be a big deal? wtf
- what the fuck gives Nate the right to be pissy with Blair? Nate is an asshole.
the Ivy Week episode
- lots of Humphrey family conferences
- making a mockery of American myth of meritocracy. that's cool by me actually.
- god this show is boring.
- Blake Lively's hair is so so gorgeous, even if it looks ratty half the time.
- the count for non-white people with speaking roles is up to FOUR now. thank you, lady psychiatrist
- this Eric kid's neck is weirdly long
- god Blair is fucking precious looking.
- this show is so boring. what is happening. why am i supposed to care. arrrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhh
- Chuck and Nate are so homogay together.
- I'm just really sick of all white casts and I'm taking it out on GG. man, what did I expect, it's not high quality television. like, the OC was pretty much all white too, and I loved it the first season (and the last). rich and good-looking = white.
- Blair looks a lot like Minka Kelly, without the ~obstinate chin. Not gonna lie, I kind of like her.
- SURPRISE LAST SCENE. oh man that was actually effective. like i was moved!
I AM GOING TO KEEP WATCHING UNTIL IT STOPS BEING BORING DAMNIT.
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I WISH I COULD STOP BUT DAMMIT I CANNOT!
OMG I named my Bunny Rufus after him! TRUE STORY!
OMFG I HATE NATE. KILL THE BITCH!
CHUCK AND NATE HAVE TEH GAY SECKS EEEEEEVVVVVVERY NIGHT! How does Blair not see that shit?!
Dan is a D-Bag, but gets better... sorta.... BETTER THAN NATE! Honestly. 90% of the guys on that show are D-Bags. BUT I STILL LOVE IT. And I dunno why I love the rapist ;;;-;;; he isn't that attractive! I BLAME THE SCARVES DD:
BLAIR IS MY FAVORITE AND I THINK THAT IS WHY I WATCH THAT SHIT SO MUCH. FFFFFFFFFF!
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RUFUS IS LIKE THE BEST LOOKING GUY ON THE SHOW, WTF
IS THAT ON PURPOSE???
CHUCK AND NATE ARE SO GAAAAAAAAAAAY
SOMETIMES FOR EACH OTHER
EVERYONE SEEMS TO LIKE RAPEY CHUCK SO I FIGURE THERE MUST BE SOMETHING REDEEMING ABOUT HIM
BLAIR IS AWESOME, SHE IS TINY AND BADASS!
HAY I'M GLAD I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO CAPSLOCK WITH YOU ABOUT!
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ITS TRUE! I'M LIKE I WOULD TOTALLY HIT THAT OVER ALL YOU PREPPY LITTLE BITCH BOYS!
OMG YOU KNOW THAT NATE IS SOOOOOO THE BOTTOM IN THAT SCENEARIO! OMG MAYBE CHUCK HAS RAPED NATE BEFORE!!! OHNOEZ ;;o;;
THERE IS NO REDEEMING QUALITY!!! THEY JUST KINDA CHANGE HIM! IDEK!!! I LOVE HIS SCARFES! SCARVES?! I LOOOOVE EM!
JFC BLAIR IS THE ONE THING THAT KEPT ME GOING THROUGH THE SHOW AND EVENTUALLY MY BRAIN GOT A GOOD SCRUBBING AND I WAS IN LUUUUUURVE!
OMG CAPSCAPSCAPS!!
TRUE STORY I TRIED TO GET BDEN TO REPLY TO ME ON TWITTER! SADLY HE DID NOT *HEARTSBREAK*
OMG THEY DO DO A SUPER CLICHE STORYLINE FOR BLAIR THOUGH! BUUT BUUT BUUUT! THEY MAKE IT SUPER SAD AND IT IS BLAIR AND YOU JUST WANNA PUNCH HER MOMMY AND HUG BLAIR BEAR!
OMFG MISTER MEESTER! I'LL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING ME NEVER BE ABLE TO SAY HER NAME WITHOUT DIEING OF LAUGHTER! OMG I WILL RANDOMLY YELL IT OUT!!! :DD
CAPS WILL NEVER DIE
RAPEY CHUCK IS SKEEZING ALL OVER NATE AND NATE IS A FUCKING IDIOT, WHAT A GR8 COUPLE
THOSE SCARVES ARE MIGHTY CONVINCING
BLAIR BEAR?!?!?! OMG THAT IS THE GREATEST. DOES SOMEONE ON THE SHOW ACTUALLY CALL HER THAT?? ALSO YEAH I CAN ALREADY TELL THAT BLAIR'S MOM IS >( YOU HAVE BLAIR FING WALDORF AS YOUR DAUGHTER, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM
D: BUT BDENNNNNN'S TWITTER IS SO FUCKING CUTE HOMFG
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From this show I have learned that ONLY WHITE PEOPLE ARE RICH! They only have like one or two ethnic friends that hang out in the background... BUT OMG WAIT TILL YOU MEET NELLY YUKI! BEST ASIAN CHARACTER EVAAAAR! I WANT HER TO BE FUCKIN SERIES REGULAR!!!! OMG PLZ KEEP WATCHING FOR MEEE!
What totally won me over finally was finding out that the show runners used all of the "bad publicity" and people who were angry at the show's reviews in their ad campaign! I was just like ... that is awesome on a whole nother level..
YOU DIDN'T USE A LOT OF CAPS IN THIS COMMENT BUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY IS STILL ON SO WHATEVER
DIDN'T THEY DO A SERIES OF POSTERS THAT SAID, LIKE, "OMG" AND "WTF" AND STUFF ON THEM? I THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL TOO
I WILL KEEP WATCHING FOR THE WORLD!! AND FOR A MINORITY CHARACTER WITH AN ACTUAL NAME AND PERSONALITY AND STUFF!! HAY I THINK THEY PUT IN LIKE 5 NON-WHITE PEOPLE PER EPISODE, THEY ARE LIKE THE CLUB BOUNCERS AND BLAIR'S FOLLOWERS AND HOTEL STAFF AND WHATNOT. IT'S LIKE PLAYING WHERE'S WALDO EXCEPT MUCH SADDER
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Dan thinks he's is superior to the Rich Ones just because he is... Upper Middle Class (srsly, with that apartment, he is not poor, he's just not filthy rich) but he is JUST AS ANNOYING AS THEY ARE. Own your bitchiness, Dan.
HAI ITS ME UR SISTER
(Anonymous) 2009-08-02 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)IT GOOD
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I WATCHED SUM
BLAIR PRETTY I TOLD U!
IA ON EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY TWO MINORITY FRIENDS WHO ARE REALLY JUST CARICATURES AND IT SADCATS ME
Hiii! I love you!
LOL "Check spelling during preview"
Re: HAI ITS ME UR SISTER
YA I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME YOU WATCHED THAT ONE EPISODE WITH THE HUGE TABLE AND STUFF, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT EP YET BUT I AM KEEPING MY PEEPERS PEELED!!
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