I Am Chuck Bass

Discussed: Advantageous Misinformation In Capitalism, The New York Narrative, Bacchus Was A Raver, George Lucas Just Had To Remaster (Ruin) ‘THX-1138,’ Arundhati Roy Said To Capitalize Important Things, Staying Power of Sexual Double Standards, Well Coiffed Love Triangles, ‘Zabriskie Point’, Metaphors of Snow, André Bazin, Grammar Is Not Our Forté – Forgiveness Is Yours,

GROWN-UP GRAVITY IN THE HYPERSEXUALIZED ADVERTISING AGE

Yet another misnomer we Modern Men of Gossip Girl face, is the uncorrected-by-the-CW notion that Gossip Girl is a show by, about and for gallivanting-around-New York, sexed up pretty young things with randy one track minds engaging in unquantifiably hot hot hot around the clock Bacchanalias of Penthouse-ian excess. While dismissive headshakes and Puritanical THX tisking initially resonated throughout our doubting friends, once we explicated GGs thought-out, grown up, tempered and utterly mannered depiction of teen sexuality, the hubristic shroud of doubt slowly began to fade away. (…)

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Discussed: Dan & Serena (Derena), Crazy Girlfriends, The Humphrey Bullshit Tolerance Level (it’s in the genes), Quintessential Chicago Acid House Tracks As What Gets You Through.

A girl I know dropped me a note earlier this week saying “Just watched the latest Gossip Girl. Poor Serena.” I was stunned. With all of the shit Dan has put up with from this girl, he’s finally free and people are saying “Poor Serena”??

Things Dan Has Put Up With Beyond All Reason:

Blair Waldorf, a rape attempt on his sister, Chuck Bass being Chuck Bass (see above), Serena vs. Vanessa, Serena’s early-season-one-era crazy mom & grandmother, the whole Georgina thing, Serena always standing him up (ONE of our bloggers can relate to him on THAT one) and that’s just a small helping.

And now look at the preview for this week! This girl is NUTS. Listen Dan, you got out exactly when you should have. It’s going to suck for a bit, and let’s face it, Serena is very hot and pretty damn cool (at times) but it’s time to move on (just like you did this summer – high five buddy!).

And like most emotions, this one can be best summed up by a track off Mike Dunn’s 1988 Acid House masterpiece “Face The Nation”…take it away Mike!

Mike Dunn - Set Me Free (Song For Dan)

And here’s that preview:

Discusssed: Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1777 Comedy of Manners, Variations in Menu Ordering Options for Straight Men, The One That Got Away, Royalty Are Insane, Overcoming Your Inner Douche, Being So Emo It Hurts, The Deus Ex Machina, The Dick Wolf Hedgemony, Electric Vs Manual Razors

OMG. Or, more precisely, OMFG.
Tonight, in our book, was Season 2’s first real episode of Gossip Girl.

This is where it all really starts, setting the action back in the city, with the bulk of it in the penthouse of ill repute – The Waldorf School for Scandal. While the previous two episodes were all well and good, they merely were the buffalo wings before the fried chicken as C would say, or as I would say, the Lemon Baby Arugula Salad before the Olive and Caper stuffed Grilled Trout. (more…)

Discussed: Mumblecore Tween Brainwashing; Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’; Foul-Mouthed Line Flubs; She-Tears; Love Shenanigans; Bertolucci’s Late-’70s Aesthetics; The Ascension of the Chuck Bass as Everyman

Now, I’m sure it didn’t take you long to realize the reason to watch and real moral centerpiece of this whole deal was, and is, Chuck Bass.

No one really makes this clear up front. Least of not Chuck Bass himself.

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Two guys (B & C) blindsided by their love of Gossip Girl, bring you a slightly more masculine take on the Best Show On Television.