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GCB (2012)
9K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 430 min.
TV show
Story:
Amanda Vaughn, once the ultimate high school "mean girl," is forced to return home in disgrace after her marriage ends in scandal. As Amanda and her teenage kids try to adjust to their new lives, the ladies from her past alternate between sympathy and scheming.
Style:
realistic, captivating, semi serious, feel good, light, sitcom, soap opera, dark comedy
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
strong female presence, family relations, rivalry, starting over, hypocrisy, social relations, intrigue, haunted by the past, homecoming, hopes, gossip and rumors, mean girl, female protagonist, women, faith, religious, mother, christian, widow, single mother, hometown, pink
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
texas, usa, dallas texas
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