Gossip Girl is an American drama television series based on the popular book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar.
Narrated by the omniscient yet unseen blogger “Gossip Girl,” the series revolves around the lives of socialite teenagers growing up on New York City’s Upper East Side who attend elite academic institutions while dealing with friends, family, jealousy, and boyfriend issues.
It seems, gossip girl is a rampant depiction of teen drinking, sex and drug use, The popular US latest drama will certainly draw the ire of anyone concerned with the lax morality on television today.
However, the show differs pretty much from the book in one key aspect, parents. Clearly, parents involvement and responsibilities seems to be more prominently seen on tv than it is in the books.
The show also adds morality that’s missing from the books by making the characters more sympathetic. Serena feeling remorseful and is working on changing, Nate and Blair are messed up because of their demanding parents, and how Jenny changes and desperate acts in order to fit into high society.
Nevertheless, the show still won’t be popular with parents wanting to shield their children from growing up too fast.
In a world where racy photos of Disney Channel star Vanessa Hudgens surface on the Internet, however, it appears that early teenage sophistication is a reality whether it’s depicted in the media or not.
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