Oh yes.
Very, very dated really.
Brilliant writing still. I couldn't be arsed to watch the new series apart from individual clips. Had it on my to-do list but life's too short.
I also find the fashion and attention seeking behaviour absolutely horrendous/cringe now.
Now that I've got more life experience, can see how awful Carrie was - or maybe that was the point?
Samantha seems to have been absolutely parodied in the (rubbish) second film. Probably the best true feminist there
Still would watch an episode or couple clips for old times sake!
Not my theory here but doing the rounds on X!
- Big is actually damaged goods in his own (super rich) social class due to his first divorce, sleeping around too much, hanging with models.
Bit like beautiful normal posh women not wanting Elon Musk - if you're already from a rich family and have a nice life, a weird rich man with problems isn't attractive.
- This is why he dates Carrie as she's so easy to impress/dismiss, he moves to France not only for work but to make a new start socially. Carrie has no power, she doesn't have a rich family to back her up.
All the rich A list women in New York don't want to marry Big or have a serious relationship with him. He really was obsessed with dating a successful actress in one episode - but she wasn't interested.
They might sleep with him but despite his wealth, he's seen as a bit odd/outsider/the fallback guy.
Carrie isn't in his social circles or anywhere near his social class so she doesn't hear how undesirable he is as she's not friends with his friends.
He doesn't tell his mother about her, and the only 'friend" of his she meets is a guy who owns a restaurant he visits often.
- Natasha is younger and they meet in France so Big had some space to get to her and charm her, and is now "back in" with the posh rich set. The new start worked.
But Bigs promiscuity crops up again with the affair.
- Big only considers marrying Carrie after Natasha divorces him as (with two divorces, Natasha's family bad-mouthing him in New York) his reputation is now completely gone.
No one of his class wants the drama he brings. He settles for her....even doesn't want the big public wedding with her (although it's her first and only wedding).
If he'd been marrying someone from a rich family he'd have agreed to a big wedding with as many prominent people there as possible. He's still essentially embarrassed by Carrie.
Even the SATC2 storyline with Big not wanting to go out with Carrie to premieres and parties ...still all about him not wanting to be seen as a couple in public life.