The news ofanyaughts-era reality show streaming on Bravo is always exciting to me (if either of my parents, who spent a significant amount of money to educate me, are reading that sentence, sorry), but I have to admit that Imespeciallyexcited about the streaming availability ofNYC Prep, the 2009 Bravo show billed as a real-lifeGossip Girl, given that Im an alum of two of the fancy New York City private schools featured on the show.
As a new ninth-grade student andGhost World-styleone-bestie loserin high school, I watchedNYC Prepwith all the disgust of the peoplerecapping it for Gawker, telling myself that out in the real world, at least people found some comic value in how supremely wealthy and entitled many of my classmates were.
Now, though, I have a weird empathy for the kids featured on the show, mostly just because I genuinely believe thatnobodyshould be on reality TV while their soft, precious brain (however coddled and Burberry-addled it may be) is still forming.
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That said, Im not above revisiting their foibles for entertainment value, so lets dive in, shall we?
