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Sex & The City: Does it divide men and women?

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WideWebWitch · 20/02/2002 21:40

An article in The Observer (I think, might have been S.Times) recently said that Sex & The City divided the sexes since women generally love it and men hate it.

My sister says that her husband hates it because it's about "a bunch of shallow vain women" (I wouldn't argue with that but I still like it) and 'polices' her laughter slightly - i.e she'd better not find the jokes about impotence/penis size/whatever TOO funny. My dp loves it and watches with me: what are other people's dh/dps like?

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Pupuce · 20/02/2002 21:44

I love it but DH doesn't - just asked him - it's all about women problems according to him so he can't relate. So he'll go to bed and I'll watch !

jessi · 20/02/2002 23:29

My DH loves it, thinks its a right laugh and probably fanices SJ Parker!

jasper · 21/02/2002 01:01

I love it, dh tells me he hates it but often comes into the room while I watch it and lingers awhile.
I think if there was a male equivalent with four men on about their sex lives I would feel very uncomfortable though.
The new storylines are great, arent they? ( Trey and the cardboard baby!)

Enid · 21/02/2002 09:28

It is 'appointment TV' for dp and I - he loves it just as much as I do, plus he gets to swoon over Samantha and Carrie while I get to drool over Adrian.

Enid · 21/02/2002 09:29

'Manchild' on BBC2 has been loudly proclaimed as the male version of Sex and the City. It isn't really, but is pretty funny and well written.

winnie · 21/02/2002 12:18

Hate it, hate it, hate it and no...I am not a man (thank goodness)!!!!!

Bugsy · 21/02/2002 13:19

I find S&TC dated. These women seem to be having the same dilemas that my friends and I did when we were at university 10 years ago. I don't know how old they are all supposed to be, but if they are meant to be 30+, then they seem somewhat emotionally retarded!

Enid · 21/02/2002 13:30

I think they are supposed to be about 35, which I find immensely satisfying as it makes me feel very together and rather smug.

chiara71 · 21/02/2002 13:50

dh finds it funny, I find it hilarious, but agree with it being shallow and maybe a bit unreal (I surely can't relate to those lifestyles!!), but the jokes are really funny!!!!!!!

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WideWebWitch · 21/02/2002 13:56

They are all about 35, but Samantha admitted to being older (40-ish) a while back. Kim Cattrall, who plays her, is actually 44! Hope I look like that at 44, but not very likely

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sis · 21/02/2002 14:20

Winnie, I agree - it is awful, especially SJP's voiceover bit. The worst part is that they keep advertisinf it all the time on E4 together with my other pet hate Ally McBeal. Just get on with a new series of The West Wing!!!

ChanelNo5 · 21/02/2002 14:56

I love S&TC, it's good lighthearted entertainment. I love Footballers' Wives more though - I was watching it in the gym this week and there was lots of saucy sg scenes in it, the bloke next to me was watching it too and he was huffing and puffing and getting very red in the face (I hope it was because he was on the treadmill!!!)

janh · 21/02/2002 15:54

I watched it for the first time last night - the junior daughter (nearly 17) watches it all the time and I happened to be in the room when it started.
Apart from SJP's chap, whose face is OK and whose character seemed nice (if bland) too, I thought the men were hideous - both Trey and the one with the enormous pink d* have Muppet mouths. But some of it made me laugh.
What I want to know is, where is this gorgeous expensive tree-lined street in Manhattan (???) with no cars in it???? As if!

Tigermoth · 21/02/2002 17:01

Hate S&TC for all the reasons given here, but find Manchild much better (Am I wierd here?). Dh ates both, but he's teething at the moment, so his opinion is not as reliable as usual.

Tigermoth · 21/02/2002 17:02

Ooops, dropped my 'h'. Should read 'hates'.

debster · 21/02/2002 19:21

SATC is the ONLY programme (OK other than Buffy the Vampire Slayer but that's another story) that my dp and I watch together. We both love it. BTW anyone else p**d off that whenever there's any sport on telly Buffy always gets cancelled? Grrr!

Willow2 · 21/02/2002 23:06

Re SITC. WE both think it's one of the funniest things on TV. Debster - we are also Buffy addicts - you're just gonna have to get SKY if you want uninterrupted viewing. Just had two hours of Buff and Angel. Bliss.

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WideWebWitch · 22/02/2002 10:42

Tigermoth, did you say your husband was teething?!! Agree about the tree lined, carless street in Manhatten and the ugly men (apart from Aidan).

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Tigermoth · 22/02/2002 20:45

Yes, www, he's cutting a new tooth in an erstwhile empty place in his mouth. A great shock to us all!

Tinker · 22/02/2002 20:55

I don't find Big at all attractive, and that he's called "Big" anyway.

Find Miranda's voice really annoying, Carrie looks better moving - ie she's not very photogenic, is she? And Samantha is from Liverpool, you know.

But I don't watch it!

janh · 22/02/2002 21:05

Is Carrie SJP?
I had only seen still pictures of her before and was surprised how not-unattractive she is, moving...her still pictures are really awful!
Which one's Big? Pink....etc???

Tinker · 23/02/2002 00:20

janh - yep SJP is Carrie and Big is her ex who keeps re-appearing when her story lines are flagging - the rich older guy. Pink? Don't know.

bossykate · 23/02/2002 07:11

i do like s&tc (feel it is going off the boil though - essentially the same theme over and over?) finding it very funny. however, i frequently beg miranda to do something more flattering with her hair!! i think dh tolerates it for my sake! ah, bless!

Lizzer · 25/02/2002 15:29

Have to say one positive point of dpp (that is my new term for Dear Possible Partner - seeing as a few dates doesn't make him qualify for dropping the middle p yet) is that he said he watches s&tc and likes it. Very promising and balances the fact that he is football fan!!!

bundle · 25/02/2002 15:40

s&tc IS going off the boil a bit, but tv such a desert at the moment..thank goodness The Braithwaites are back soon