To ask your opinions on Sex and the City?

I loved it back in the day. Loved the first film too, when she opens the blind on her 'honeymoon' and you see her tearstained swollen eyes so heartbreaking .

Very interesting! The only bit I don’t agree with is the last bit. I think hes just older and can’t be bothered!

Good input! Why did you answer this thread? To feel superior?

I liked it then and I like it now. It's just a lighthearted TV show that's of its time. Carrie was often selfish and immature and not the best role model, but I don't think the writers ever meant her to be perfect.

Harry and Steve. Both nice normal men who were too good for all the drama and deserved better. Both women clearly thought they were too good for them.

now Sebastian Kidd in the Carrie Diaries 😍. Carrie should have stuck with him and been the ultimate NY power couple. I like to think of it that way as if satc never happened 😂. But her character in satc was always on the look out for something better which is why she never found it.

Forgot all about the Russian 🤣This thread making me want to watch it all over again.

I agree with this. I found Samantha particularly desperate and cringy and never got the love for her - she seemed the shallowest of them all to me, completely superficial just a lot less little girly which perhaps made it less obvious. To me she was the narcissist because there was no depth, every man she met it was just about sex, every conversation she had, it came back to sex. I thought she was very one dimensional, she just had the cutting one liners but I didn't think she did women (as a whole) any favours with that character.

She seems to loathe men so why is so desperate for sex with them? I was always baffled by that one. I always thought she must have had a lot of childhood issues. Certainly very far from 'aspirational'.

The characters are all so awful and unrealistic but I think that's what draws people to it, You can watch their toxic car crash lives and be thankful that you have personality and depth and a life beyond shoes.

Pressed too soon. She was clearly impressed by Petrovskys money, all that showing the girls his big apartment stuff and he was never particularly nice I don’t think.
Anyway, she got the cash in the end.

Loved it when it was on, think it’s aged horribly like most things.
When I’ve rewatched it I hated the fact that Carrie was so money obsessed,

Carrie is an awful, selfish friend!!
And even all these years later in And Just Like That she's still an awful needy friend!

'There had been nothing like it before. To me, it was a show about female friendship and did touch on serious themes like sexism in the workplace, infertility, menopause, cancer etc.'

Completely agree. I particularly love that Samantha was openly appalled by marriage and children, and completely unapologetic about it! It also showed some very relatable moments when the friends fall out / let each other down / make unreasonable demands of each other - it wasn't all happy happy gal pals. They were always the most interesting bits I reckon.

There are a million problems with the whole show of course. Horrible toxic relationships presented as 'love'. The gay men were portrayed as a cross between a pet and an accessory. Carrie is awful but I absolutely adore SJP and her outfits were (mostly) stunning so I can get over it! I still watch the show and still love it, overall

I'm a similar age to the actresses and as above poster said, you have to realise it was ground-breaking at the time. A show set around 4 WOMEN! And talking so openly about SEX! There had been nothing like it before. To me, it was a show about female friendship and did touch on serious themes like sexism in the workplace, infertility, menopause, cancer etc.

And Samantha had the best lines; " I'm dating a guy with the funkiest tasting spunk... " 😂

I grew up in catholic Ireland, so it's hard to convey now, how ground breaking it was in terms of women talking about their sexual experiences. My mind was blown.

It was a lot of fun too and I enjoyed all the fashion and designer stuff (though some of that has dated horribly).

So regardless of where it ended up, it meant a lot at the time.

I watched one episode and thought it was just puerile nonsense.

I've never watched a single episode

When my dd was first born, she cried for the first 6 hours and I cried too as it reminded me of sex and the city Charlottes baby and how I would live my life with a baby that was constantly crying😂

I'm glad I watched it because many times in my life, I have taken a leaf out of satc and I recognise some of Carries erratic behaviour as I once in a toxic relationship.

My favourite man was Harry.

It came our while I was flatsharing in London in my early 20s. My flatmates and I used go "hate watch" it, it peals of laughter at how awful and self absorbed Carrie was and Samantha's improbable sexploits.

The idea it was some aspirational template for single womanhood was hilarious. It was so far removed from our single lives in London we may as well have been on the moon.

I loved it then and love it now. It is a bit naff at times especially the older ones where Carrie spoke to the camera… but I still love it. I find it comforting to watch! I can’t say I feel Janice and Carrie are comparable. Carrie wasn’t annoying like Janice! Big loved her he was just stupid!

I liked how all the women were different and someone could probably relate to each one! I love how Carrie (SJP) has never had surgery and aged gracefully!

Well this kind of makes my point! If these are the best...

She always had this look of a toddler raiding her mum's wardrobe - random, hilarious, over the top - but somehow not eccentric enough to be cool or edgy. Her tiny skinny figure and unusual face does not help!

It was very much of its time and I liked it (then) for the way it encapsulated youthful aspirations. It does feel dated now, but I think it was obvious it was going to even at the height of its popularity - it was all about encapsulating the zeitgeist not exploring more universal themes. It had some well written wit to it, which I always appreciate on TV. Much preferred it to Friends which I found a dull and annoying.

Hated Carrie from the get go, though. Always thought she was absolutely awful. She was a whiny, vacuous trope and I’ve never been able to see what others like in her.

I came across her channel very randomly a few weeks back but have now watched all of her SATC (and AJLT) related videos. I’m not sure if she has any professional qualifications in psychology etc or she is just very bright and insightful but she makes some excellent points and has a wicked sense of humour too. Her editing in some of the commentary, memes etc is a thing of beauty. Personal favourites - “I’m still a piece of garbage” and “Bye Ashy” in her final instalment of the Carrie & Big series when Carrie is scattering his ashes in Paris 😂

During the show’s original run I was 17-22, so whilst I watched a few episodes I certainly wasn’t a loyal viewer. I have watched them all since, plus the films and the two series of AJLT. I think the show is very much representative of its time, a bit like Friends which I loved. There’s a lot of things that writers just wouldn’t get away with now or would be seen as problematic.

My favourite was Samantha - completely authentic and unapologetically comfortable in her femininity and sexuality. A successful business woman and a true ride or die friend (diaphragm anyone?!) She was completely let down in the second film by the writers and just made into a caricature and the butt of the jokes.