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We haven't checked in on Gossip Girl since the show was filming around town and the producer touted New York as a main character in each episode. To summarize: the show is like a New York-based version of The OC (in fact it's another Josh Schwartz creation), except the rich kids don't act like kids, they act like their parents. Meanwhile, the omniscient, omnipresent, anonymous oggler Gossip Girl blogs about it all.
So two episodes in, we're ready to delve in to the rich kids New York, and the not-as-well-off Humphrey family's "Brooklynville" (as the aging rocker dad calls it). Seems that both rich and poor can find a proper backdrop in LIC. The kids had a "Kiss on the Lips" party (pictured) which was filmed at popular wedding locale The Foundry, and the owner of the space has a nearby loft which has served as the Williamsburg loft of the aforementioned Humphrey clan. Interior shots for most of the show, including the loft, are being filmed at Silvercup Studios. More locations can be found on the NY Post map.
Back in LIC, Communitea is where the Humphrey men have breakfast. Uptown, however, we're told by Gossip Girl that their world doesn't indulge in scrambled eggs and Sunday papers, it's brunch and "we Upper East Siders don't do lazy." That's debatable. Another non-location-specific flaw: rock dad Rufus Humphrey would have totally been busted for stapling flyers up around town for his band, Lincoln Hawk. Meanwhile Upper East Sider Serena van der Woodsen, who has recently been seen canoodling with Rufus's son Dan Humphrey, doesn't know how to get out of a cab. And as with way too many New York shows, subways haven't yet been acknowledged as a mode of transportation.
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I watched 10 minutes of this garbage. Wow. This is what passes for TV these days?
when did you guys sign on as publicists for the show? This is a nice press release.
i was a big v mars fan, so ill watch anything kristen bell is associated with nowadays.
i like the trashiness of the show. i like that in the pilot the main "bad guy" had not one but TWO attempted rape scenes. i like that the 17 year old main character sits at a bar alone and downs martinis. its all so completely ridiculous i can't help but love it.
the dad flyering scene was hilarious because he kept stapling fliers to those traffic control boxes..which are metal.
i'm not surprised the characters on the show don't take the subway... i once had to give a girl who GREW UP on the upper east side detailed subway directions. she had only taken it a handful of times.
at least they're shooting it in new york and not toronto or a soundstage in LA.
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The only reason why I watch this dreck is due to the awesomess that is Kristen Bell! Anything with her is good, the rest is just a "been there, done that" teen drama trashfest!
if you are a straight male and watch this and not the kitchen nightmares show you are either whipped or not straight. last night's kitchen nightmares was awesome.
I love the show and watch it with my 15 year old...picking out all the inaccuracies of NYC life is half the fun...like, NYC moms do not tell their daughter's "Dah-ling, your ends are dry...put some 'product' on them." nor do they buy dresses for their daughters (Heaven forbid they pick out their clothes for them, no matter how rich or socially prominent they are). In the first episode, BOTH moms bought dresses for their daughters to wear to that dance. It's all too funny!
But truthfully, I wouldn't have put it past my (now) 20 year old daughter to sit and drink Martinis alone when she was 17...though I doubt she would have done it in a hotel bar. Isn't that what hookers do?
Really, now. Who cares?
The cab thing last night was the worst.
PS this show does not hold a candle to the OC
Agree with Matty- Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsey is a far superior program to Gossip Girl. I remember them filming this dreck in front of Packer in Brooklyn Heights cutting off access to the subway while the crew eyes you suspiciously for fear you will swipe a stale cookie off the catering table. Puh-lease! Film this in Vancouver and you couldn't tell the difference anyway. Ah, glad I got that off my chest.
This show will probably have the lifespan of The OC, if not shorter. I wonder if Josh Schwartz has ever -- or will ever -- spin a show with a cast of non-white teenagers who bask in their parents money.
That girl looks like a whore in that pic.
i went to one of those upper east side private schools and have to put my two cents in. this show is pretty spot on.
I would like to bend her over a chair!