Three episodes into MTV's 'The City' and I can scarcely summon the enthusiasm I was feeling last December ahead of the scripted reality show's debut. A spinoff of 'The Hills' that is meant to follow Lauren Conrad's sidekick to New York as she embarks on the next stage of her fashion career, the episodes have been short on drama and even shorter on the kind of glossy-postcard-from-L.A. veneer that made watching 'The Hills' with the volume turned down so irresistible. But the careerist Whitney Port who toiled away in the Teen Vogue fashion closet before taking a post at power publicist Kelly Cutrone's People's Revolution is now ensconced at Diane von Furstenburg, where her questionable title (image coordinator? public relations assistant?) seems to mean she's responsible for tasks such as straightening tank tops on models during Fashion Week. Little work and lots of play, the viewers are supposed to believe, has afforded Whit the kind of paycheck that gets you a sprawling Gramercy apartment with floor-to-cieling views and dining out each night at the best restaurants that SoHo and the West Village have on offer. Which brings me to the show's title: Where are the city landmarks that would-be Carrie Bradshaws are so familiar with? How about a date with BF Jay Lyon on the steps of the Met or a trip to the Strand to stock up on vintage fashion tomes?
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Sigh. I too am so disappointed by this spin-off of a spin-off. I always thought (hoped!) that Ms. Port was more than just a Robin to LC's Batman. But, alas, the reality genre does not reward those at the low-end of the drama spectrum. I still think our girl Whit is a very sweet person and loyal to those she calls friend, qualities too dear to trade in for short-lived reality fame. However, if MTV wants to salvage this show (and give me a reason to tune in), it would be in their interest to refocus the drama around someone whose less of a laid-back Whitney and more of a conniving, er, strategic Olivia. I'm just saying...
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