Sex & the City
Sex & the City spoiler-ish. If you have been living in a sea-cave for the past 9 years and do not want to know how things work out, don’t read this journal.
I don’t know what has happened to me in the last year, but something has. And something big. Well, actually a lot has happened. But one thing is that I have fallen in love with the show “Sex & the City.” Exactly twelve months ago I hated it. The characters were unrealistic and not likable. The dialogue was terrible. I could not relate to anything except the love of fashion. Honestly, sometimes I would watch with the TV on mute & the radio on just so I could see the shoes but not be bombarded with Samantha’s groans of pleasure.
Right now, on the other hand, I am currently in the middle of my “Summer of Sex & the City” marathon. I have seen almost every single episode through season 4. I say almost because I’ve just been borrowing the DVDs from the library, but sometimes the discs are so scratched I can’t even watch them. I missed one episode from the 3rd disc of Season 1 and the entire 2nd disc of Season 4. That, of course, was the one disc I needed the most. Something happened with Charlotte & Trey, Miranda got knocked up, and Carrie got engaged to Aidan.
The most surprising thing about my new found love of S&tC is that my views of the characters were all wrong. I always hated Samantha, because she just seemed like a bitchy, horn-dog acting like a man who just wanted sex all the time. It turns out she is my favorite character. She is a giant horn-dog, yes, but she is different. I think she is just a woman who is trying something different. She has seen all the other women in her life get hurt by men, and she knows that isn’t what she wants, so instead of following their same path, she decided to try something else. Also, she is sort of bitchy, but only to people who deserve it. She has been jaded by New York a bit, so she isn’t openly kind to strangers, but she is kind to her friends. And her best quality is that she is so open-minded. She is totally nonjudgmental, but how can she not be? She herself has tried everything, or is at least willing to, so who is she to judge.
I always like Miranda because she is smart and witty. Turns out, I pretty much can’t stand her now. She is a man. Enough said.
I have always always always loved Charlotte’s sense of style. I hate the WASP way of life, but I have to admit I love their fashion sense. She is so elegant and classy and adorable. It really is timeless. I haven’t had any major changes in view on her, except that she doesn’t quite seem to fit in with this crowd. She is a little bit of a prude, but she is almost as promiscuous as the other three women. She comes off slightly hypocritical, but just barely. Enough for me to still like her. I realize most of her prudishness only applies to talking about sex, not necessarily having it or trying new things or having a lot of partners or anything like that.
And Carrie. I have started to like her less as this marathon goes on. She broke Aidan’s heart by cheating on him with Big. While he was married! She let Big get away, like 3 times, no less, (yes, I do know she gets together with Big in the end) but in those moments I was really pissed at her. Also, I love Sarah Jessica Parker, but I have to say this. If not here, then where? I don’t think she is that great of an actress. She can’t cry on camera. Instead, she just puts her head down and covers her face with her hands. She does make good crying sounds, but her nose doesn’t get red, her eyes don’t well up. Nothing. Also, she is way too animated with her hands. When she is fighting she starts throwing her arms around like she’s a windmill. Having said all of that, though, I still love SJP.
The last thing I discovered about Sex & the City that surprised me is that all four of the women really are friends. I used to think Charlotte and Samantha were only around each other because they were both friends with Carrie. After watching many episodes in a row, I discovered that even though the two of them are drastically different people, they both care for one another. That goes for all four of them.
Sorry, this post was really not deep or thoughtful or anything like that. I sometimes just really need to be a girl & talk about Sex & the City.