While the diversity of the new GossipGirl’s cast is to be celebrated, we're hoping the reboot won’t dispense entirely with Gossip Girl’s tradition of semi-lovingly skewering the lifestyles of the Manhattan elite
and socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez growing in popularity, is it possible to present a televised view of the 1% that feels suited to the times?’s cast is to be commended—especially since many, including actor Yin Chang, who played Nelly Yuki on the original, have
its insufficient and flawed representation of characters of color—I hope the reboot won’t dispense entirely with’s tradition of semi-lovingly skewering the lifestyles of the Manhattan elite. After all, as the writer Zoé Tsamudzi recently on Twitter, social media is replete with über-rich people attempting to atone for their privilege-related original sins; isn’t the joy of a show likethat it eschews all such posturing, allowing the viewer a keyhole glimpse into what it’s really like to be young, rich, and terrible in New York?
If you’re wondering whether it’s possible to present the upper echelons of New York wealth without sacrificing diversity or cultural sensitivity, allow me to point to the, whose second season premiered on June 11. One of the first season’s best surprises came when Indigo , a too-cool-for-school weed dealer and amateur skateboarder who tries hard to pass herself off as just one of the gang, is revealed to be a New York rich girl whose mother works in real estate.
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