Thanks for your thoughts, ladies. Your comments make me feel like I'm not alone in my co-existing reverie and gripes. I really have a huge bone to pick with the writers of this show when it comes to the blatant heteronormativity and complete disregard for...uh...women of color? Poor people? Non-New Yorkers? In particular, the episode where Carrie is about to lose her apartment is painfully laughable. We're supposed to pity her for having no savings, while simultaneously engaging in the circle jerk that is her "fabulous wardrobe." Give me a break.
Maybe it's just the rabid feminist in me, but it's really disappointing to see that this show/movie can't be bothered to include different points of view (a black Jennifer Hudson as Carrie's assistant? Barf-o-rama).
At the same time, it's the optimist in me who is encouraged by the opinions, faults, and tribulations of each of these women. Of course, I'm a quasi-successful white person, so their positions are not too hard for me to identify with, but there is still something really liberating in hearing grown women speak candidly about their sex lives and feelings and not apologize for a second about them.
I own every season of the show on DVD, as well as the movie. I guess my conclusion is that I'm a sucker, but a disgruntled sucker.
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Thanks for your thoughts, ladies. Your comments make me feel like I'm not alone in my co-existing reverie and gripes. I really have a huge bone to pick with the writers of this show when it comes to the blatant heteronormativity and complete disregard for...uh...women of color? Poor people? Non-New Yorkers? In particular, the episode where Carrie is about to lose her apartment is painfully laughable. We're supposed to pity her for having no savings, while simultaneously engaging in the circle jerk that is her "fabulous wardrobe." Give me a break.
Maybe it's just the rabid feminist in me, but it's really disappointing to see that this show/movie can't be bothered to include different points of view (a black Jennifer Hudson as Carrie's assistant? Barf-o-rama).
At the same time, it's the optimist in me who is encouraged by the opinions, faults, and tribulations of each of these women. Of course, I'm a quasi-successful white person, so their positions are not too hard for me to identify with, but there is still something really liberating in hearing grown women speak candidly about their sex lives and feelings and not apologize for a second about them.
I own every season of the show on DVD, as well as the movie. I guess my conclusion is that I'm a sucker, but a disgruntled sucker.
November 25, 2009 - 6:19pmThis Comment
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