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I read an interesting post over at Megan McArdle’s blog about the absence of Jewish characters on Gossip Girl – especially considering that the show takes place in New York City and not, say, the rural South (not a slam, it’s where I grew up and there are very few Jewish people in rural North Carolina).
It got me thinking about what other ethnic groups are missing from the show and whether it’s a purposeful marketing decision or whether it’s a representation of the population of an elite private school on the Upper East Side. I personally would expect it to be WASP-y but then I didn’t go to private school on the Upper East Side (in contrast, I went to public school first in a rural community and then in a city).
The only real “ethnic” roles on the show so far belong to Nan Zhang (as Kati) and to Nicole Fiscella (as Isabel).
What do you think? Who is missing? Is it a fair representation?
What’s the point of asking for a Jewish character on Gossip Girl?
The producers/writers (no doubt Jewish themselves) will just make this character a horrible geek/nerd, and probably cast the ugliest person they can find for the part, just like on almost every other teen show in history to feature a Jewish character. So what’s the point?
seriously, get a life. it’s just a show!
To Josh’s comment – no they wouldnt get the ugliest person. In the OC they got Adam Brody (Y)
And also, in the book Jenny Humphreys jewish. And Michelle Trachtenberg is too, although Georgia Spark isnt.
[...] things: they are all impossibly good looking, fashionable, young… and white. This, of course, isn’t a new revelation. But as the show’s popularity – and cast grows – the omissions are becoming more [...]
for the love of god… are you reallly concerned about this? gossip girl is totally a jewish product placement venue… every guest musician, every cultural reference plug is jewish… every time someone is spot lighted, i wiki them and guess what, they’re jewish. But the O.C. was far worse about this. remember the HUGE deal made about Rooney in one of the episodes? Rooney is just one in a multitude of examples I could list. Gossip girl is 100% jewish.