Don’t get me wrong, this was a good show. It was entertaining, especially at the beginning, well written, acted and produced. I would rarely say anything that provided so much entertainment and laughter for so many people didn’t make the world a better place, but quite frankly the negative effects of this particular show, which are as strong as ever at this very moment, far outweight the postive forces that it, at one time, projected.<\/p>\n
The simplest explanation for my feelings is that Carrie Bradshaw is a horrible, vapid person. Merely floating along between meaningless relationships and shoe purchases, Bradshaw had little to sustain her trite life. (That this woman gets paid to write for a living ventures into the realm of science fiction.) I’m not one to preach the virtues of true love or anything sappy like that, but Carrie’s inability to carry on a normal relationship with pretty much anyone further illustrated both her own (and the show’s) inadequacies.<\/p>\n
Having disasterously bad humans in a TV show is nothing new — George Costanza, a prime example, is one of the most appalling people ever created, yet he provides nothing but hilarity for Seinfeld watchers. This is because nobody wants to be George Costanza — we just want to laugh at him. Carrie, on the other hand, has somehow become a character that many women emulate. To recap: A dumb, unsubstantial woman who has very little of consequence to offer to the world has become a role model for thousands of women.<\/p>\n
Early in the series, my contention could have been disputed by simply stating that all the characters represented the extremes of female individuality, a fair argument at the time. But, as time went on, each character found a man to rely on, and seemed to act as if their rebellous indivuality was merely a phase or a stop along the path to a man’s side. Hardly Girl Power. Samantha, an equally horrible person on the surface, at the very least played to her individual rebellousness throughout the series, that is, until she too (in the last season) gave it all up for a man. (A far better ending would have seen the girls stick with each other and not to any man — this at least would have validated the original premise. Again, see Seinfeld for the blueprint.) I must admit that my bitterness towards the show has selfish motives as well — the industry I work in does deal with fashion on a regular basis, and if i hear one more trend compared to Sex “in” the City, I may barf. How is it that this show has been gone for two years and we still can’t come up with any new fashion trends? It may be because all the fashion movers and shakers out there who should be flaunting their own individuality are instead stuck chasing after the nothingness that is Carrie Bradshaw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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