Functions of Gossip among Female Characters in Gossip Girl Season 1

she took her mother to the dining room. She first asked about the plans that they would take if her mother was back. Her mother finally explained that B endel’s brand wa s interested in Blair’s mother’s line. It could mean that her mother would take the beginning of an entire collection. 4: 03 Laurel This one missed her cue at the Chloe’ Show, because she was throwing up a pear. She was in veras vogue spread . Eleanor I dont use veras models. None of these are right.. No. 37EP4S06P99 Eleanor Waldorf was a business woman who were working at a fashion business. Meanwhile, Laurel wa s Eleanor’s friend and a partner in Eleanor fashion company. Her business had a big influence in many countries such as USA and Paris. However, they wanted to find a new face for modeling the upcoming photo shoots. The type of gossip in datum 4: 03 is house talk. Talking about how to be an interesting photo shoot is the goal of their jobs. The situation was that Laurel gave many suggestions to Eleanor about finding a new face as a friend and a business partner in this TV series. Eleanor who did not like with Vera’s models declined Laurel’s suggestion. Although the brand that was using the models was very wellknown, Eleanor felt that none of the models was right. Then, Laurel insisted that the models should be someone who already appeared in the fashion book. Another example of house talk is presented as follows. 4: 04 Eleanor If this person is supposed to represent Waldorf designs, you have to find me someone... worthy of the clothes . Laurel Yeah. Eleanor Someone like me. Mm. Someone like ... my daughter. No. 39EP4S06P99 Datum 4: 04 shows that house talk happens when Eleanor and Laurel are talking about the model for the upcoming project. Laurel was a friend of Eleanor and also a partner of fashion business. Eleanor wanted someone who was worthy of the clothes because it needed to represent Waldorf designs. Then, she remembered that someone who was like her was absolutely her only daughter, Blair Waldorf. Laurel, from her point of view as a designer, also accepted if Blair’s daughter was able to represent the Waldorf lifestyle. The reason was that there would be no other model that was better to represent it. Thus, house talk appears as they are talking about a new face for their business. Although they have friendship, they also talk about business or occupation.

b. Scandal

As what is clearly shown in Table 2, scandal ranks fourth or the last. From all the 45 data, it only appears three times. This type of gossip is less often used by the female characters in Gossip Girl Season 1. Scandal is a verbal policing or the judging of other women’s behavior. It also shows women’s interest in each other’s lives. The three data which contain scandal are described one by one.