Nov 22, 2022·edited Nov 22, 2022Liked by charlie squire
Love this essay! Sex and the City is endlessly fascinating to me from a political/gender/historical standpoint and so ripe for analysis with the recent reboot. I love that you touch on the way the show becomes so self critical in later seasons. I'll never understand how people can watch the later seasons without recognizing that the things we idolized Carrie for feed into her biggest moments of self sabotage (ex: her relationship with Big and materialism)
“But to say that something is valueless because it doesn’t align with our current morality is to throw away the most important archives we have. Media that is “politically incorrect” or “dated” is media that is honest, it is media that is made by real people that reflects their real values.” Yes! This is something I’ve thought for so long but haven’t been able to articulate so clearly. Thank you!
Love this essay! Sex and the City is endlessly fascinating to me from a political/gender/historical standpoint and so ripe for analysis with the recent reboot. I love that you touch on the way the show becomes so self critical in later seasons. I'll never understand how people can watch the later seasons without recognizing that the things we idolized Carrie for feed into her biggest moments of self sabotage (ex: her relationship with Big and materialism)
“But to say that something is valueless because it doesn’t align with our current morality is to throw away the most important archives we have. Media that is “politically incorrect” or “dated” is media that is honest, it is media that is made by real people that reflects their real values.” Yes! This is something I’ve thought for so long but haven’t been able to articulate so clearly. Thank you!