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In his analysis of ‘Kiss and Tell‘ The Gilmore Girls Companion author, Aaron Berman, suggests that Lorelai & Rory’s consumption of an unrealistic amount of junk food ended up “pissing off people the world over.”
Is this true for you? Are you mad – and over what? Over how much they can eat, and stay both thin and with clear skin? Over their insatiable appetites? Over their budgets? Or… ?
Similarly, we’ve previously discussed if Gilmore Girls has ever made you crave junk food.
In The Gilmore Girls Companion, the author highlights one of the best moments in the series for me, from Rory’s Birthday Parties: the Happy Birthday speech that Lorelai gives Rory every year at the moment she was born. It’s beyond beautiful.
Anyway, I got to thinking, based on the opening to that speech where Lorelai says that Rory is a “great, cool kid, and the best friend a girl could have”… just what is it that makes Rory & Lorelai good as friends?
Chime in!
This is a perhaps more oddball discussion question, but here goes anyway. It’s all about having fun with these discussions! After Rory was hit by the deer in ‘The Deer Hunters‘, Lane was at a loss for what to ask Rory. So, she asked “Was it a four-way stop?”
I’m curious, what would YOU have asked Rory?
I think that I would have asked if the deer was ok, though that’s a bit of an obvious answer. Perhaps the fact that Lane didn’t ask this question is telling of her train of thought!
BTW, Aaron Berman, writer of The Gilmore Girls Companion, has been following along with our discussions and adding more behind-the-scenes thoughts, discussions and quotes that didn’t make it into his book. I hope you head on over there to subscribe to his blog to see more Gilmore Girls info!
Update I had Lorelai instead of Lane – that’s what I get for writing when sick!
Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) is starring this month in the off Broadway play, Love, Loss and What I Wore. Last week, Broadway.com sat down with her for a few photos and an interview.
Alexis talked about how she got used to working with a live audience, and how satisfying it is. She also talked a bit about Gilmore Girls:
Do you have any clothing-related memories that would work in the show?
We actually talked about that in rehearsal, and my high school uniform, a khaki pleated skirt with a blue wool blazer, came to mind. I loved it because I didn’t have to figure out what to wear every day. I’m not really good at figuring out what goes together and it takes me a long time to get it right. By the time I was a senior, though, I hated it and wanted to burn it after graduation. A year later, I started Gilmore Girls and I had to wear Rory’s school uniform for four years. Hers was much cuter than mine, but I couldn’t believe I was back in uniform.
Definitely trying! After this, Alexis shared some background into how Rory was dressed on the show and how it is important for clothes to be very colourful on the show so they “pop” on TV. She was given many of the clothes when the series ended.
When Gilmore Girls ended in 2007, Rory was following Barack Obama on the campaign trail. What do you imagine she would be up to these days?
I think she would be working at a newspaper, probably in Washington or New York. She was so interested in journalism and I think eventually she’d travel abroad. She looked up to [ABC news correspondent] Christiane Amanpour, who’s always out on location and getting to the nitty gritty.
Do you think Rory would have travelled abroad for her journalism career?
Beliefnet recently put together a list of the “Top 10 Movie/TV Love Triangles” in honor of the Eclipse release. The list includes, however, an homage to Gilmore Girls… to the TWO major love triangles of the series.
Rory, Dean, and Jess from ‘Gilmore Girls.’
Watching Rory fall for beautiful boy Dean, her first love, was so sweet, but when the brilliant, bad-boy Jess came to Stars Hollow, he took romance to a whole other level, and turned out to be a better, if not more tumultuous match for Rory.
Lorelai, Max, and Luke from ‘Gilmore Girls.‘
Luke might be perpetually rough around the edges, but his gruff yet utterly vulnerable charm was leagues above clean cut, English teacher Max. It just took Lorelai forever to realize it.
I’m surprised the latter was Max and not Christopher!!
EW put together a list of 15 Perfect Pop-Culture Pairs – with Rory & Lorelai included, of course!
“This super-drive teen and her scattered high-school dropout mom turned typical TV parenthood on its head. Maybe you don’t want your mom to be your best friend, but who wouldn’t want that level of clever discourse?”
Lorelai & Rory were the only mother-daughter duo on the list!
Thanks Sylvia!
In ‘Friday Night’s Alright for Fighting‘, Emily & Rory argue about the DAR. Emily wants her to quit – Rory doesn’t want to. Rory says she has friends there… don’t you think this weird?
Are Rory & Emily fighting just to fight… or does Rory really want to stay in the DAR?
Watch this episode of Gilmore Girls on TheWB.com here.
Image: TheWB.com
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