The answer is so simple: 'cause it's awesome. So the question is why only the young like it? I would say the topic is the main reason. I can summerise Gossip Girl in three words: sex, parties, fashion.
The story takes places in the Upper East Side, and as you know the new yorker rich live there. In the beginning, Serena van der Woodsen came back. The rumor-factory strarts working immidiatly: why she had disappeared one year before? And why is she here now? But that's more important, why her best friend, Blair Waldorf isn't happy to see her again? Serena has to find it out that a lot of things has been changed. Blair is rude with her, and not she is the princess as she used to be before. Serena meet with Dan Humpherly, who has been in loved with her for long-long ago, and Dan's little sister, Jenny, whose biggest dream is to belong the cool girls. Of course, the story is not that simple, there are lots of misunderstanding, dangereous love-triangles, rumors and shit-mixing. The misterious Gossip Girl doesn't let us to miss the newest happenings: she writes a blog, where you can information about the hottest gossips. And nobody knows, who is she.
That's enough about the story, let's see the actors! When I first saw Serena in the start-episode when she's only 17, I couldn't belive my eyes: Blake Livley is beautiful, but a little too old for Serena. Now it's not problem, because now they are older, but in the first season, it's .
The tv-series has been adapted from a book-series, called Gossip Girl (what a suprise), and there are a lot of differences. First of all, Chuck Bass. In the books, he is the poser, rich boy, who has an extravagant stlye and the biggest yerk ever, but in the film, he is a yerk too, but what happend with his „amazing” outfits??? And i can't forgive what the director did with Dan and Vanessa. D. was a poetist, who always wears black, thin, coffein- and nicotine-addict, and can't dress up normally. And in now? A totally OK boy. And Vanessa...as Dan, she is an artist, who wears only black, and she shave off her hair. In the film, she is an average girl, and it's sad, cause she is my fav character. And Serena, of course, but in the film her personality don't really come trought, actually if you haven't read the book, you can't understand her fully. And it's true for the others too, all of the characters have been simplified.
Well, Gossip Girl isn't for everybody, but if you like fashion and exciting stories about spoilt, rich teenagers you'll like it. I advice you to start with the book, i think it's a way better, but the film has its own charm and strenght. If you watch the film first then read the book, you can easily be disappointed.
I say goodbye just like GG: You know you love me. xoxo
Author: Alina
