[lbo-talk] Re: Sex and the City

[Liza Featherstone]

I can never resist that show once I start watching. Carrie is delightful and
the shoes are always splendid. And as a freelance writer, I relish the
fantasy that somebody like Carrie could actually *afford* those shoes! I
also like its ambivalent celebration of the urban, somewhat unconventional
life -- and however superficial, its consideration of what it takes for
people to live even slightly outside the mainstream. Yet I'm always
disappointed by Sex in the City. Mostly because the storylines are clever
enough that I always want the writing to be better! Plus, I hate that damned
voiceover. 

Liza 


> From: Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org>
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> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:12:15 -0600
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Sex and the City
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> joanna bujes wrote:
> 
>> I have no idea why it's a big deal in other countries. I have an
>> obligatory dinner with my mom every Sunday, and we (my sister, my mom
>> and I) wind up watching it afterwards. So far as I'm concerned,
>> it's like eating potatoe chips--nutrition, 0, but addictive.
>> I guess it's mostly interesting for the fashion show. I agree
>> that the characters are vapid and the zeitgeist, obscene.
>> I suppose all the women talking about sex and having a different
>> partner every other show is interesting to some.
>> Joanna
> 
> I'm a guy who watches the show when I can get access to HBO.
> 
> The main reason I watch it is because the character of Carrie is to die
> for. ;-)
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