Hillsborough's Gossip Girl

The relationships with other outside characters in the show also show innovative friend structures, such in the episode ‘Neighbors’, where the group befriends a younger, more wild groups of young adults, in which only Jess, who opens up her mind, can fit in with (Neighbors). New Girl features many quirky relationships, partially because the characters are quirky themselves. The characters in this show reflect real world struggles, and show the different ways, in which people with different personalities, deal with them.

For example Serena van der Woodsen, mainly known as the ‘it girl’, has left Manhattan to go to a boarding school because of her bad habits of men and drugs. She later comes back as a different person until Gossip Girl reveals the truth behind her fleeing and is hated by her best friend, Blair Waldorf. She then finds herself going on and off on relationships with the same men like Dan

Similar to Sontag’s “Notes On Camp”, which “proposes a comic vision of the world” (Sontag 288), Ryan Murphy’s “Scream Queens” utilizes comedy to portray issues prevalent in society today. By “dethroning the serious” (Sontag 288) and being “playful” (Sontag 288) and “anti-serious” (Sontag 288), “Scream Queens” effectively accomplishes this feat. The TV series “Scream Queens”, deals with numerous social issues in society such as homosexuality, racism and eating disorders. However, through its comedy and lack of seriousness, this series is able to provide a sense of bluntness and harsh reality of these issues. By adopting this unique approach, this TV series’ use of comedy works, as it depicts these social issues in its true light, which many believe are non-existent, subsequently leading to society’s ability to tackle these issues directly and ‘head on’.

Since the show went on air way back in 2008, people got pretty obsessed pretty quickly. And it’s not just fans - the show became critically acclaimed, taking home Golden Globes, Emmys, and a slew of other awards.

Young girls watch these movies and expect that high school should be a particular way. Unless you have a full figured woman’s body like Regina George’s, then you will not be “the in girl”. Although each of these films glamorize the lives of the popular girls in school, they have clear moral values on how being catty will ultimately have you end up ruining your reputation.

This is especially the case for the show’s target audience. Although the show is a great watch for people of all ages, the target audience is those between the ages of 18 and 35. The storyline of the show does have mature content that is geared towards those with mature mindset. The show discusses topics such as death, marriage issues, and self-image matters.

I. Attention getter: (show slide of pregnant girls) How many of you have ever seen television shows like “16 and Pregnant”, “Teen Mom”, or “The Secret Life of an American Teenager”?

"Well she always told me they were soooooo in love, but yesterday she just seemed so angry she was breathless. I heard her tell one of her friends that she had some dirt on Ryan and that she was going to make his head burn and bring him down as

Amanda Bradshaw was proud to say that she lived in Cambridge her whole life. She grew up in the run-down town it once was, and she absolutely loved it. She would spend days by herself, wanting to explore every inch of Cambridge. Before blooming into a more confident girl, Amanda was incredibly quiet as a child. She would only speak up unless she was directly spoken to, as she had trouble making friends. This didn’t bother Amanda too much, as she preferred being reserved to herself. Going to school was a battle everyday, as she was pushed around and bullied by most of the girls in her class. Everything changed when she met… Jesse Aarons. He was her first friend/best friend at the time, as her opened her eyes and helped her find the courage to

Tabloid Scandals, Sabotaging Co-Stars And Mental Breakdowns Rock Lauren's World. And The Paparazzi Are Everywhere, Catching Every Juicy Second.

In sociology, the term deviance refers to behaviors or attitudes which go against certain cultural norms. It is evident that deviance is a fascinating topic not only for sociologist, but for television industry and its viewers, as well. In recent years, increasing number of shows begun to feature individuals violating every kind of social norm from folkways to taboos. The Secret Life of the American Teenager, an American television series on the ABC Family television network, is one of the many contemporary shows that portray deviant behaviors on national television. It’s intended for the target audience of teens and their families who are trying to cope in a culture where teen girls and boys are sexually active.

The hugely popular television series Desperate Housewives acts as the perfect analogy for the glossy suburban vernacular. Created by Marc Cherry and ABC studios in 2004 it has become one of the most popular television series of the 21st century. The drama series follows the lives of four women living on the fictional street of Wisteria Lane. The first season of the series begins with the shocking suicide of a housewife and the subsequent explorations for the reasonings behind her untimely death. Throughout the show the dark secrets of these four women’s lives dramatically unfold, highlighting the fact that the image of this beautiful and serene suburb is anything but realistic. Taking into consideration the fact that Desperate Housewives

As I was watching a few television series on Netflix, I have concluded that most of these productions demonstrate young women being involved in love triangles. Some television series that stood out to me were the Vampire Diaries and One Tree Hill. Both of these television series are filmed in a high school and college setting. Young women are illustrated as being involved in love triangles where they have to choose between a guy that either has a great or horrible reputation when it comes to their past in general or their past relationships.

time that we tv junkies love, (One Tree Hill, and Gossip Girl, to name a few.) There are

In James Madison University’s production of The School for Scandal as an audience member you enter the theater seeing the pictures of all of the characters like a family tree in the lobby then once you walk in you are immersed into the world of School for Scandal. From the harpsichord of popular songs from different eras and the odd set that is in front of us made you wonder what is going to happen and how it helps the story. The play focusses on gossip between one family and their friends and the tangling love triangle between characters. In this play, it shows how the class hierarchy effects our society and people of higher classes are ones to gossip and spread rumors rather than lower classes.