The Tuesday Gossip Girl Reality Index
Every Tuesday, the previous night's Gossip Girl is reviewed by New York Magazine and assigned scores according to its arbitrary but funny "reality index."
Below are some of the highlights (some realistic, some very far from it), from the publication's analysis of this week's episode, "New Haven Can Wait" ...
- Can we just say that Jenny, a.k.a. Taylor Momsen, is SO genius at adolescent sulk? Possibly that is because she is actually 15, but still. Plus 1.
- Even Serena knows better than to wear a skanky-ass top like that to a college interview. Not that we're complaining personally. Minus 2.
- Lily appears in Page Six as Serena's "unidentified friend." Page Six would definitely know who Lily Bass is, but they'd also definitely try to block out any reminder of the fact that the hot eye candy they're featuring is underage. Plus 2.
- Blair's meltdown in front of the director of admissions? She's too composed and clever for that. But we totally would have. So only Minus 3.
- Blair calls Brown "an enclave of trustafarians and children of celebrities" who "major in drum circles and semiotics, whatever that is." Ha! So true. She also spits out stereotypical private-school phrases, like "Everyone knows that the only real Ivies are the holy trinity: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton." Plus 3.
- This deserves a separate point. Serena is a terrible student. The show talks about this incessantly. Far more famous kids want to go to Ivy League schools. They wouldn't be so gaga over her, no matter how shiny her hair is. Minus 3.
- Also, bonus for undermining "knowledge is power" for a generation of 'tweens. Power is tits and hair extensions, kids. Live it. Plus 1.
- Why is Vanessa the boss of Rufus? Jenny should have had the sh!t grounded out of her after last episode, don't you think? Minus 3.
- Thank God at least Nate wants to go to USC. What, did Yale suddenly become the only school in America? Plus 2.
- Where did Chuck get hookers in New Haven? Minus 5. And since when are there that many straight guys in a room at Yale? Minus 5.
October 14th, 2008 11:56 AM
I agree with the Yale isn't the only school in america, But c'mon, next season, they will all be in college, so they have to all be in the same one, or wouldn't it be really boring?
October 14th, 2008 3:41 PM
"Blair's meltdown in front of the director of admissions? She's too composed and clever for that. But we totally would have. So only Minus 3." - In the books Blair's interview is similar to the one of the show, or at least really bad, so they took it from the books.
October 15th, 2008 12:20 AM
Yes, always everything it's hard for Blair.!
and easy for Serena
i'm tired of this.
i hope some day Blair gets something thar Serena really wants, like everything she has stole from Blair. and we'll se how she feels.
Blair is prettier(L)
Gotta Love Queen B.
October 15th, 2008 12:24 AM
and a time ago i see a comment about
why people thinks that leighton was a better actress than blake, and the comment said that was because of the caracter.
i don't think so
the actor makes the caracter no the caracter makes the actor!
so all this people that thinks Leighton is a better actress
it's because a reason, don't think so?
and i don't hate serena
but blair rocks!
October 15th, 2008 12:32 AM
S.waldorf is so totally right!!
Leighton carries the role well
the witty lines and comments are just the icing
on the cake. I like Blake as well but there are times
when I can't understand a word like she's mumbling.
Overall though the casting of the show is just PERFECT!
October 15th, 2008 3:25 PM
yess,
the cast it's perfect !
(i don't like vanessa she should be prettier)
and yeah everything it's harder for blair it sucks!
October 15th, 2008 3:27 PM
and jen me too !!
sometimes i can't understand what Serena is saying!
October 15th, 2008 5:45 PM
yes july because sometimes she gets into this whiny-mumbly phases, and u dun understand a word she says..
October 15th, 2008 7:21 PM
So agree ;)!
and i think she looks a little older, even she's older than leighton
October 15th, 2008 7:22 PM
sorry i mean she's younger than leighton
October 17th, 2008 5:35 AM
This deserves a separate point. Serena is a terrible student. The show talks about this incessantly. Far more famous kids want to go to Ivy League schools. They wouldn't be so gaga over her, no matter how shiny her hair is. Minus 3.
I SAY AN EXTRA MINUS 3 MUST BE GIVEN TO THIS SUBJECT. PLUS. THEY INSULTED YALE UNIVERSITY BY SHOWING THAT THEY'd ACCPET A SERENA OVER A BLAIR TYPE OF STUDENT...SUCH AN INSULT!!SO ANOTHER MINUS 3 FOR THAT
October 17th, 2008 5:36 AM
I ALSO HATE HOW EVERYTHING HAS TO BE SO HARD FOR BLAIR AND HOW EVERYTHING IS SOO EASY FOR SERENA. THE WRITERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE SHOW ARE PUSHING IT TOO FAR THAT ITS BECOMING SO DEPRESSING.
October 17th, 2008 5:38 AM
"i hope some day Blair gets something thar Serena really wants, like everything she has stole from Blair. and we'll se how she feels."
I AGREE!!