[lbo-talk] Re: Sex and the City

[Joseph Wanzala]

I think it offers some tritely insightful (is that possible...?) lessons on 
the 'battle of the sexualities' from a female perspective (focusing on the 
hetero, but not completely excluding other approaches).  I used to dismiss 
it out of hand as silly but grudgingly got into watching it with my 
girlfriend pretending to roll my eyes as I 'patiently waited' for 'The Wire' 
the brilliant HBO drama to come on afterwards. It's not a bad waste of a 
half-hour - and guys - those of you not completely jaded about relationships 
- you might even learn something....


>From: Liza Featherstone <lfeather32 at erols.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Sex and the City
>Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:33:53 -0500
>
>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
> > To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> > Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Sex and the City
> >
> > 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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