I am a 35 year old woman and I LOVED SATC (and will probably go to see the film in the cinema at least 3 times), but I also think it was probably one of the most dangerous shows on television.
I loved the show and have the box set and watch it over and over again. But I am a smart, professional woman. I realise that at the end of the day this show is just that – a television show, ie fantasy.
Guess what guys – intelligent, well bred women in their 30s dont talk like that. We talk about politics, our careers, stress. And yes, we do talk about men, clothes, movie stars, etc. But we don’t use the words “c*ck”, “d*ick”, “f*ck”, etc.
And their behaviour is just too dangerous. There are hardly ever any implications in the show….Samantha gets breast cancer in the last series. Yet with her sexual history, in reality she would have been more likely to develop cervical cancer. Sorry, it’s too politically incorrect, and therefore intolerable, to point out that there could be some kind of ramifications attached to sleeping around indiscriminately.
And Carrie and her expensive shoe obsession. Guess what, any half-wit should know that if you’re on a mediocre freelance (ie not guaranteed) salary you dont spend $400 on a pair of sandals. Oh but, wait a minute – there’s always a Mr Big to come along and pull you out of the poverty trap……again no ramifications.
And glamourous? I mean come on, these are four women who have hardly been outside of the island of Manhattan. What’s so glamourous about that? I’ve lived and worked on 3 continents, I’ve been on safari in Zimbabwe, and drove solo around New Zealand. I’ve seen the Terracotta warriers and climbed Ayers Rock. I’ve white-water rafted on the Zambezi and climbed a glacier. Who do you think would have more interesting stories to tell?
So while I love the show (and, yes, New York is my favourite city) I really do wish people would take a reality check when it comes to SATC and treat it for what it really is – an escape from reality, nothing more, nothing less.
