$Gossip Girl$

article 1:http://www.slate.com/id/2174295/fr/flyout (this one's for Daniel)
article 2: http://www.slate.com/id/2174294/fr/flyout

These two articles touch on something very near and dear to my heart. Yes that's right, television. Sad to say but I am surely addicted. Television is such a huge part of our society and I'm not saying that's a good thing, but it's definitely an enjoyable thing. It can be bad though. It sucks you in. I would much rather watch tv than read a book (I'm sorry Wendy). So on to these articles.

Article 1 is about the new show on the CW called Gossip Girl. Let me just go ahead and tell you that it's amazing. As Daniel and I were sitting in my room last night watching the season premiere of America's Next Top Model, a preview for Gossip Girl, which was to appear next, came on. Daniel looked at me and said "that looks so dumb". I thought I eould give it a chance though. So we watched it. I'm sure Daniel's opinion has changed now because we loved it. The article however seems very two-sided to me. In a way it seems to be trashing the show but then again it seems to say "hey what's wrong with watching trashy tv?" The article also comments on how the tv show has cut out so many things that were in the original book series, which is what the show is based on. Now I haven't read the books but if what the article says is true, maybe I should give books a chance for once and read them. I don't know why the tv show has cut these things out..well I won't say I don't know why because I'm sure they are just trying to censor it, but I don't think they should. I think in our society today there are so many things we see on tv that are all a part of life. I don't think anything should be censored on tv. If you're worried about kids seeing it, put a block on your tv. I want to see the juiciness!!

As for article 2, it talks about how expensive it is getting to make tv shows in this day and time. I can only imagine how much money they spend. But when it affects my favorite show, I'm going to need them to come up with a solution to their spending problem. I'm tired of having my favorite shows canceled because of a lack of money. I hate it when I get lured into a show only to be have it cancelled next season. Other than getting cancelled shows can have major changes done to them if there is a money shortage. The article gives an example the new ABC show Pushing Daisies. They have already talked about replacing the director because he is a little spending-happy. But changing a director changes the whole show.

The two articles go hand in hand because to have a a great show like Gossip Girl, you have to have money. Everything is going up in cost. I can't imagine how much advertisements for these shows must cost. But I'm going to need them to work it out because I'll be sad if they cancel another one of my shows.