Review: Privileged (drama series)

Monday, March 2, 2009

Genre: comedy, romance, glamour and drama.

The plot: The story revolves around Megan Smith, a down-on-her-luck Yale graduate who takes up a tutor's job with the Bakers, a rich and influential family (if you can call two sisters and their aloof grandma a family)

The good: The show was good in the characterization department, Megan is haunted by her own rules and nervous tension and always seems on the edge of a breakdown but still manages to be pretty cute at times. The Baker sisters have good chemistry between them (Rose is particularly adorable). The stories are okay although there are a few too convenient coincidences.

The bad: It is not sure whether the show is over or there will be a second season at this time. As things stand there are a few too many loose ends for my liking.

The ugly: The show has an important character (the chef at Bakers place) who is gay and his love affair is also followed in the series. A few scenes I found to be particularly cringe worthy (nothing too explicit, thankfully) but then, I am biased, so just thought about putting in a word of warning!

I'd rate it between 7 and 7.5 on a scale of 10...(7.2/10)

Image: (c) 2008 The CW Channel/CBS Broadcasting Inc.

3 comments:

Vics said...

It's produced by the same channel that aired Gossip Girl and the storyline has a whiff of GG as well, tell me if its better than that because from the review I don't seem to think so!

Hussain said...

Well, I havent seen GG so cant compare really, its definitely cute and doesnt have as many underlying currents of intrigue as I have gathered there are in GG...:)

Vics said...

GG is better then!

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