Thanks to a fellow classmate, I've become obsessed with ABC's new show Cashmere Mafia. It's executive producer is Darren Star, sound familiar? He's also the creator of Sex In the City. I really wasn't interested in adding a new show to my list of "must sees", but I can't help but want to watch the trendy and glamorous lives of these 4 women who live in NYC. The stars of the show (Lucy Liu, who is always fun to watch on screen, Frances O'Connor, Bonnie Somerville, and an "ice queen" performance that you just can't help but love by Miranda Otto) unite as a female "boys' club" that dominates the finance, media, publishing and advertising worlds.
Now I'm not writing to give a critic review, but to point out what's really interesting about the show. The fact that it places the power in these women's hands, or shows them repeatably as victors over men is fun to watch, BUT I was particularly drawn to (don't get me wrong, I'm all for a sitcom about strong successful women) its references to modern technology such as blogging, Facebook, and BlackBerrys. I love that in every episode the women are so in tune with this stuff and it plays such a big part of their professions. Of course, I do enjoy that they are marketing execs and publishing editors since this is along the lines of what I plan to do in a few years. Blogging is something that pops up every ten minutes with shout outs to Media Bistro. One character is even a blogger who's made enemies with these women by posting gossip about each of them. Two young entrepreneurs appear on the show to sell their "Facebook clone" for a pretty penny, and Bonnie Somerville's character tells how she receives instant alerts every time her name appears online. It's cool to see how the things we discuss in class are making their way onto primetime television. I'm sure more shows will continue to shed light on trends like YouTube and Myspace.
