Yesterday, the Daily News featured Sarah Jessica Parker's annoyance with Sex & The City girls taking over New York. Now, it brings us the story of how Gossip Girl is trying to recapture the same magic, via the glory that is a modern-day advertising offensive (in both senses of the word).
I manage to avoid Times Square, so the billboards aren't that big a deal (hell, I had one staring at me for several months--by the way, every single male cast member of that show looks identical), but these "IT guides" give me a bit of worry. Apart from the spate of foolish suburban girls getting robbed/carjacked/murdered every other weekend, there's one other concern: these fools will be strolling down 7th Avenue at all hours looking for these "hot places," while 99% of us will be trying to get from point A to B.
I'm not too keen on these talking billboards either.
2 comments:
you are so right about the male cast members of gossip girl looking identical to each other.
speaking of talking billboards, i saw a film about times square around the 40s and 50s. apparently, there was a billboard advertising cigarettes that actually blew smoke. by comparison, talking billboards seem kinda low-tech.
looks like i may have confused things. it seems that the smoking billboard was a relatively recent phenomena:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E6DF1F3BF93AA25757C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print
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