Sara Dahan-Roxin
Teacher name
ENC 2135
19 January 2016
Overprivileged Spoilt Teens “Gossip Girl here! Your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite (anonymous blogger, 2011).” Gossip Girl, a staple for milennial’s alike. This show has become popularized over the years due to it’s multitude of drama and scandal. Gossip Girl is a teen drama that revolves around the lives of seven teens living in New York City’s renowned Upper East Side. It focuses on five main characters: Blair Waldorf, Serena Van Der Woodson, Nate Archibald, Dan Humphrey-(Lonely Boy) and Chuck Bass. The show also gives a glimpse into the lives of the main characters families as well. Similar to the life of modern day celebrities, these characters experience …show more content…
It is convenient, easy and you do not have to wait a week to find out what happened in the next episode; the best part is that there are absolutely no commercials. The ability to watch a show at anytime with no interruption with added benefit of the ability to pause, rewind, fast forward as many time as you would like is a blessing. A person can spend hours watching any series of television that they would like for hours or even days on end. The convenience alone is the reason that many of us have signed onto this social network and continue to use it over watching a show on a conventional TV. Part of the unfortunate nature of these streaming networks is that they can come become addictive, one can go hours on end without realizing that you have not moved or done anything else for hours on …show more content…
Depending on the week whether it was a one hour or two hour special, this was the one time that I would put up with irritating commercial breaks, and cliff hangers in order to have my fill of the Upper East Side drama. Each week was filled with new drama and heartbreak. For someone it could become addictive but for me it was just a pleasurable activity that helped the time pass. Once you do begin to watch it though, you begin to fall in love with the different characters and discover their various love triangles. From that you begin to imagine what it would be like to apart of this mysterious world in which they live because you already feel as though you are apart of
Teacher name
ENC 2135
19 January 2016
Overprivileged Spoilt Teens “Gossip Girl here! Your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite (anonymous blogger, 2011).” Gossip Girl, a staple for milennial’s alike. This show has become popularized over the years due to it’s multitude of drama and scandal. Gossip Girl is a teen drama that revolves around the lives of seven teens living in New York City’s renowned Upper East Side. It focuses on five main characters: Blair Waldorf, Serena Van Der Woodson, Nate Archibald, Dan Humphrey-(Lonely Boy) and Chuck Bass. The show also gives a glimpse into the lives of the main characters families as well. Similar to the life of modern day celebrities, these characters experience …show more content…
It is convenient, easy and you do not have to wait a week to find out what happened in the next episode; the best part is that there are absolutely no commercials. The ability to watch a show at anytime with no interruption with added benefit of the ability to pause, rewind, fast forward as many time as you would like is a blessing. A person can spend hours watching any series of television that they would like for hours or even days on end. The convenience alone is the reason that many of us have signed onto this social network and continue to use it over watching a show on a conventional TV. Part of the unfortunate nature of these streaming networks is that they can come become addictive, one can go hours on end without realizing that you have not moved or done anything else for hours on …show more content…
Depending on the week whether it was a one hour or two hour special, this was the one time that I would put up with irritating commercial breaks, and cliff hangers in order to have my fill of the Upper East Side drama. Each week was filled with new drama and heartbreak. For someone it could become addictive but for me it was just a pleasurable activity that helped the time pass. Once you do begin to watch it though, you begin to fall in love with the different characters and discover their various love triangles. From that you begin to imagine what it would be like to apart of this mysterious world in which they live because you already feel as though you are apart of