Gossip Girl has a 4.5 star rating on tvguide.com. Why are the ratings for this show so high? You can state your opinion, but mine is that because the lives of the characters are glamorized.
The show's main characters are 4 white, heterosexual females and 3, white heterosexual males. Their ages are all late teens, early adult. The only people that are possibly over the age of 40 would be the parents and the only slightly heavier person I have seen on the show is Dorota. The others all seem to have the perfect body.
The leading roles in this show are the women. They also outnumber the men so I think that gives them a sense of power. The women characters dress in a preppy New York style but can also wear some sexy, revealing things at times. I think that the women characters are portrayed as strong and confident women, but they can also be catty, rude and arrogant. They are no women minorities and none are homosexual.
The intended audience of this show would be teenagers. I think that mostly teenagers watch this show because this show is all about gossip and that's what teenagers like to hear, see and watch.
I think that this show portrays women in a good way. I don't think that all women are like the women on the show, but it's TV. Of course they are going to spice it up a little bit. I like how the girls in the show are shown as confident and seem to be able to handle anything. Overall, I think that this show get's an A- on the portrayal of women.
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