Okay first -- I have followed Sarah Jessica Parker's career more closely than I usually would for a given celebrity because we happen to be born on the exact same day. I wouldn't say I live vicariously through her, but I find her interesting.
I've watched dozens of episodes of that show (much to my husband's chagrin). Though it's based on a book by a woman, the show was created by a man, and the movie that's coming out was mainly written and directed by a man. Point being -- I have to find some credence in the notion that the show reflected what certain men would have liked their lives to be -- as women.
I would say the number one reason I watched the show was so that I would know how women were being portrayed on this wildly popular show. Have to say I had very mixed feelings. Although I liked some of the relationship plot lines, I found it hard to believe that women would still be engaging in this type of behavior beyond their 20s.
The number one problem I had with it (other than the obvious) was how the friends were expected to always support *everything* the others did. Even the conscience-minded Charlotte, after voicing her objections, would very often give in. They just didn't want to "judge" their friends.
That's not what friends do. It's not about judging, it's about taking a stand when someone you care about is doing something harmful or dangerous, physically or otherwise. (I'm sure I'll reveal more of my opinions about SATC in future posts.)
That said -- what's all the fuss? O declared the upcoming movie a "masterpiece." Puh-lease! Some women are so desperate to live another life vicariously that they'll stand outside for *hours* watching the filming of a scene? It's not worth calling it anything more than what it is -- mindless fun and fashion.
Over on TV, the intolerable Joy Behar had me boiling with something like "Well they say it as if, just because they say it, that makes it true." (Hello kettle, this is the pot. You're black.) And then spouted all these low prices back in the '90s, as if it was all thanks to Bill Clinton. Ugh.
But I have to give her kudos today because she brought up that she was performing at a fundraiser for ovarian cancer research, and then talked a little about how mysterious and deadly it is, and how it's a great cause. Salaam.
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