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There Is Such A Thing As A “Baby Ivy”

by Nina Shield | July 1, 2008 at 6:27 pm

Speaking of exorbitant “independent college admissions counseling," Sarah Jessica Parker's next venture is The Ivy Chronicles, based on a book by Karen Quinn. Parker will play Ivy, a woman who loses her job, gets divorced, moves from the Upper East Side to the Lower East Side (which is apparently still affordably bohemian in Movieland) and "starts a business to help upper-middle-class women get their children into elite kindergartens," or "Baby Ivies." To summarize another way: "Marking a huge departure from [Parker's] previous acting gig, Ivy is about a single gal in New York City who lives in a series of wildly unrealistic apartments."

I have relatives on the Upper West Side. While they did not, to my knowledge, apply self-tanner in an affirmative action play or offer up designer bags for admission, my baby cousin had to interview for preschool when she was a little over a year old. A year, people! Her mom filled out questionnaires asking, "What does your child like to do?" I don't know, she's a baby -- she likes to cry and vomit? Oh, and she really, really likes shiny things.

When will the madness stop?

The Ivy Chronicles [Amazon]
Parker in Talks for 'Ivy Chronicles' [Entertainment Weekly]
SJP to Star in Groundbreaking Film About New York City Lady [Gawker]
Last Call, Bohemia [Vanity Fair]

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