In season 2, the Hulu drama serves up a whole lot of toxic masculinity.
Gossip Girlrevolved around the neg-heavy, nausea-inducing “love story” between bright-eyed college coed Lucy Albright and her borderline-sociopathic beau Stephen DeMarco , casting their problematic coupling and frequent sex scenes in such a warmly lit glow that it bordered on glorification. But the second season does a fine job establishing that destructive fuck-boy behavior can lurk in less obviously nefarious corners.
The weak link, ironically, is the show’s juiciest sell: that incessant and often infuriating push-and-pull between Lucy and Stephen. Graciously, season two sees Lucy more often with revenge on the mind than romance when it comes to her ex, a welcome reprieve for those of us who spent season one shouting, “Lucy, you in danger, girl!” in full Whoopi Goldberg voice at the TV each week. But there is no rest for the wicked, so even when they’re nottogether, Stephen is never too far, with a slight or barbed bit of gaslighting ready on the tongue.
Despite White’s game villainy, however, Stephen’s near-cartoonish manipulations pale in comparison to the already terrifying and sadly recognizable everyday exploitations that the young women experience this season: waking up drowsy and unclothed in a bedroom you don’t recognize, watching your prince charming devolve into a violent brute, and having no one believe you when you cry wolf.
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