Comments on: Josh Schwartz: manufacturer of perfect men, ruiner of lives http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/11/13762/josh-schwartz-manufacturer-of-perfect-men-ruiner-of-lives/ A daily newsmagazine of campus and culture for Northwestern University. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:54:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: chuck klosterman http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/11/13762/josh-schwartz-manufacturer-of-perfect-men-ruiner-of-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-68267 chuck klosterman Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:46:06 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/?p=13762#comment-68267 Klosterman, Chuck. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto. Scribner: New York, 2003. pp. 1-18 Klosterman, Chuck. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto. Scribner: New York, 2003. pp. 1-18

]]> By: Jeremy Gordon http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/11/13762/josh-schwartz-manufacturer-of-perfect-men-ruiner-of-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-68264 Jeremy Gordon Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:39:19 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/?p=13762#comment-68264 Klosterman did this shit first. Unforgivable. Klosterman did this shit first. Unforgivable.

]]> By: Christopher Columbus http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/11/13762/josh-schwartz-manufacturer-of-perfect-men-ruiner-of-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-68253 Christopher Columbus Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:33:48 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/?p=13762#comment-68253 Congrats on this groundbreaking article summarizing the first chapter of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. Congrats on this groundbreaking article summarizing the first chapter of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/11/13762/josh-schwartz-manufacturer-of-perfect-men-ruiner-of-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-68213 Jordan Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:10:08 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/?p=13762#comment-68213 While I agree with your argument that Josh Schwartz's characters do tend to create a sense of disillusionment with female viewers, you definitely forgot to include the fact that, well, A) Chuck Bass is not Josh Schwartz's character, but one of Cecily von Ziesgar, the author behind the Gossip Girl novels. And B) You didn't even mention the more unfortunate of Schwartz's characters, Chuck Bartowski. While Zachary Levi does depict the typical Josh Schwartz archetype (tall, lanky, dark curly hair, nerdy) Chuck is seemingly doomed to a life of unrequited love with his CIA handler Sarah. Whatever feeble attempts to catch her does, it always seemingly falls short. His love life is anything but romantic and straight out of a Nicholas Sparks novel. Fraught with danger and heartbreak at nearly every turn, even the slightest chance he gets at a "normal" relationship holds the chance of blowing up in his face. And I'm not even bringing up his best friend Morgan who got a girlfriend just because Chuck got one. Or Casey the NSA agent sent to protect him who, like Sarah the CIA agent, is doomed to searching out the one woman he loves in different cover forms. While I agree with your argument that Josh Schwartz’s characters do tend to create a sense of disillusionment with female viewers, you definitely forgot to include the fact that, well, A) Chuck Bass is not Josh Schwartz’s character, but one of Cecily von Ziesgar, the author behind the Gossip Girl novels. And B) You didn’t even mention the more unfortunate of Schwartz’s characters, Chuck Bartowski. While Zachary Levi does depict the typical Josh Schwartz archetype (tall, lanky, dark curly hair, nerdy) Chuck is seemingly doomed to a life of unrequited love with his CIA handler Sarah. Whatever feeble attempts to catch her does, it always seemingly falls short. His love life is anything but romantic and straight out of a Nicholas Sparks novel. Fraught with danger and heartbreak at nearly every turn, even the slightest chance he gets at a “normal” relationship holds the chance of blowing up in his face.

And I’m not even bringing up his best friend Morgan who got a girlfriend just because Chuck got one. Or Casey the NSA agent sent to protect him who, like Sarah the CIA agent, is doomed to searching out the one woman he loves in different cover forms.

]]> By: Jake http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/11/13762/josh-schwartz-manufacturer-of-perfect-men-ruiner-of-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-67743 Jake Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:12:51 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/?p=13762#comment-67743 Oh, Nicholas Sparks-- the caramel popcorn of literature. Books and movies both make their money from selling fantasies, so I suppose it's only fair that all of NS's trash literature becomes trash film. Still, I feel it should be a federal policy that his movies can only be rented from Netflix, Blockbuster etc., and his books only through the library, BookSwim, etc.-- no one is allowed to own due to possible damage to your mental capacity. Oh, Nicholas Sparks– the caramel popcorn of literature. Books and movies both make their money from selling fantasies, so I suppose it’s only fair that all of NS’s trash literature becomes trash film. Still, I feel it should be a federal policy that his movies can only be rented from Netflix, Blockbuster etc., and his books only through the library, BookSwim, etc.– no one is allowed to own due to possible damage to your mental capacity.

]]> By: homeBiscuitsAndGravy http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/11/13762/josh-schwartz-manufacturer-of-perfect-men-ruiner-of-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-67617 homeBiscuitsAndGravy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:30:53 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/?p=13762#comment-67617 love at first sight is for paintings and music... love at first sight is for paintings and music…

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