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TV review: Gossip Girl
The new Gossip Girl reboot is more diverse, but the characters are not even half as appealing as those of the original series. PHOTO: HBO
Jul 16, 2021 06:00 am
GOSSIP GIRL (M18)
Watching the sequel to the popular teen drama of the same name that ran from 2007 to 2012 will just make fans of the original miss it even more.
And come to the realisation that its successor - currently showing on HBO Go - is but a pale replica of the real deal.
Sure, Kristen Bell's familiar voiceover for the anonymous and omniscient blogger-narrator known as "Gossip Girl" ("your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite") is the aural equivalent of comfort food.