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That new show on the CW, Privileged? Okay, not great, but there's one thing it conveys really accurately: The Look. In the two episodes that have aired so far there have been instances where the kinda dorky, neurotic protagonist, Megan, says something lame or nerdy and her two snotty teenage tutoring charges give her a look of such whithering scorn and contempt, of "I have no idea what you're talking about and I am certainly not going to waste the energy thinking about it because you're weird and insignificant" that, whenever I see it, I get a vicarious chill and am immediately transported back to 7th Grade. I'd forgotten about The Look, the most powerful weapon in a mean girl's arsenal, until yesterday. When I got it. From an American Apparel employee. More »
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Salon's plucky TV critic Heather Havrilesky has an essay up bemoaning the current state of CW teen dramas, all of which idolize the uber-wealthy and their ridiculous spending habits. "As our country abandons its middle-class roots to become a nation of very rich and very poor, our television screens reflect this shift in the Armani-clad Manhattan prep school teens of Gossip Girl, the mansion-dwelling twins of Privileged and the original spoiled teens of 90210, reimagined as painfully skinny model-gorgeous mean girls, earnest bad boys and heartthrobs with wonderful manners who throw money around like young sultans," Havrilesky writes. (They are also predominantly white.) More »
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When I heard that there was going to be a black kid on the new 90210, I celebrated for about three seconds. Then I read that he was adopted. What a fucking cop out. It's been 18 years since The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, 24 years since The Cosby Show and 33 years since The Jeffersons. Why can't there be a black kid living in an affluent neighborhood who has his own money? Or has ONE rich black parent? A lawyer, doctor, politician, sports star, rapper, something? Because, thanks to The OC, Laguna Beach, The Hills, and Gossip Girl, it's not like we don't see enough wealthy young white people in primetime. More »
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