The Real City ?

As a regular viewer of Laguna Beach and then The Hills, I was quite interested in seeing what MTV had up with The City, a show that would feature New York City and all of the and all that can happen here. The series revolves around Lauren Conrad’s close fashion industry friend, Whitney Port. Anyone who has watched The Hills, knows that Whitney is the quiestest and least dramatic of the pack. Rarely does she have boy drama, fighting, or the crazy party life of her counterparts. So it’s hard to imagine how someone known only as being LC’s emotional dumpster and tag along friend would be able to carry her own show and/or make it interesting.

After watching the first 2 ep’s of The City, it’s quite clear, this spin-off is already on life support. Whitney has always seemed as someone who gets anything she wants in life without really struggling for it. Her switch from People’s Revolution to Diane Von Furstenberg was arranged by her old boss, and somehow miracously she can move 3,000 miles across the country and already have some close girl friends, a boyfriend, and a guy fighting with her boytoy for her attention. The boyfriend is a “musician” and I use the word loosely as we have not really seen him sing or play one note but are supposed to believe that he must be some sort of Australian Mozart since he has 5 o’ clock shadow and long hair.

Overall the major plot points of this new spin off are very weak. I can’t imagine 16 year old girls are dying to know the hardships of working backstage at fashion shows as we’ve seen it for the past 3 years on The Hills, not to mention the countless other fashion shows and channels. The guys in this show are bland at best. No Brody Jennar’s, Justin Bobby’s, or Spencer Pratt’s to hate or love as instead we’re left with whiny emo kids fighting over camera time. The locales in NYC are about as good as LA, and MTV will surely get these kids into the hottest spots in town.

This reality show provides teens a fake idea of what young adult life is about. It shows a great city with personalities and not the other way around. Teens can be attracted to it because of the magical environment that it creates. Similar to Gossip Girl in a sense that it takes them to an unreal world. WHat we need to worry about is that if viewers expect this life there is no doubt that we will find a lot of frustraded young girls.


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