XOXO, unrealistic portrayal of High School students

Recently, as I was watching Gossip Girl, I found two things that related to what we talked about this week in class. Yes, for once, Gossip Girl has helped me instead of distracting me!!!! Yay!!!  In class, we talked about the Preface of The Bluest Eye which surprisingly related to Gossip Girl.  In The Bluest Eye, the author purposely made one part have no spaces, creating a frantic mood and symbolizing that there was no space and the person feels trapped.  I found it so hard to believe that the author could put so much thought into that, but the way one part of Gossip Girl was filmed made me realize that every detail can change the mood of each scene.  In the show, the scene was set at a party and the viewer could obviously tell that something was about to be revealed because of the intensity.  The scene switched perspectives frequently in a way that made the mood very frantic.  That directly relates because there was no time (space) between each perspective creating a scene that makes the viewer feel anxious for what is about to happen.  Also, the music that was playing in the background sounded like tribal music getting faster and faster, building up the suspense.  On a side note, similar to the negative effects barbies have on young girls, characters in TV shows and movies also have a negative impact on the viewer.  In Gossip Girl, the characters in the show seem like they are so much older and mature than a high school student, making real high school students feel as if they should be more like them.  This is because the actors and actresses are so much older.  Blake Lively was twenty years old in season one, while she was only supposed to be a junior in High School.  Also, surprisingly, Monique Coleman, playing Taylor McKessie, was twenty-six when they filmed High School Musical, while she was also supposed to be a junior in High School.  This inadequate portrayal of age is very damaging to young girls because they will think that they are going to look that mature when they are that age, but most will not.  If a high school student is watching a movie that unrealistically portrays teens their age, they may wonder why they look so immature compared to the characters, clouding and distorting their thoughts about themselves and who they should be.  I know when I was in elementary school, watching these movies, I could not wait until I was in High School so I could have a boyfriend that looked like Zac Efron, look more mature and like an adult, wearing tons of makeup, and of course randomly break out into song at school, but not many of my wishes as a young girl came true now that I'm actually in high school.  Making movies and TV shows more accurate to how high school students actually act and look would stop these predetermined ideals of high school and would most likely raise many teen's self-esteem levels.