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!
I feel like the whole point of it being entertaining and absorbing is because they’re so idle and living in their own bubble? For me personally I find myself gravitating to shows like this when I’m stressed out or overworked because sometimes I wanna come off a ten hour shift and let myself live in Carrie’s laid-back, one-article-a-week-pays-the-bills world. I love watching shows with depth also but there must be room for shows like this too. It’s pure escapism.
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)
These are the musing I look for on Substack.
“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!
Same! And I just read this today, apparently this essay is eighteen months old!
I feel like the whole point of it being entertaining and absorbing is because they’re so idle and living in their own bubble? For me personally I find myself gravitating to shows like this when I’m stressed out or overworked because sometimes I wanna come off a ten hour shift and let myself live in Carrie’s laid-back, one-article-a-week-pays-the-bills world. I love watching shows with depth also but there must be room for shows like this too. It’s pure escapism.
I mean, it was pretty smart and fun