SATC - Does anyone else not get it?
Wasn't sure where to post this as it's a tv show, film, fashion thing etc so Showbiz is as good a place as any.
Is it just me who really doesn't understand the fuss about SATC? It's pushed by the media as being the most fantastic show/film for women ever and we're all supposed to drool over every outfit and be gagging in anticipation of the new film.
I've seen a couple of episodes and just thought 'so what'? I hated SJP's character and found it hard to give a toss about the shallow lives of these silly women.
Please tell me I'm not alone?
Is it just me who really doesn't understand the fuss about SATC? It's pushed by the media as being the most fantastic show/film for women ever and we're all supposed to drool over every outfit and be gagging in anticipation of the new film.
I've seen a couple of episodes and just thought 'so what'? I hated SJP's character and found it hard to give a toss about the shallow lives of these silly women.
Please tell me I'm not alone?
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I started watching the film got to the bit where he dumped her and thought who gives a toss?
I think you have to start with the series from the beginning and get to care about the characters, if that makes sense, although I am probably the age of the target audience (if that is 30 something).
yep.... and yet they all centre their lives around the pursuit of men. I think it's meant to show that they can approach sex like a man, but they come across as whiney and needy.
I detest American sit-coms and since even SJP's face annoys me I've got double reasons to avoid it like the plague.:yawn:
Suppose there's an 'audience' screaming with laughter at nothing.
On seconds thoughts don't respond because even if there isn't I still wont be watching it.:sleep:
I remember when the film came out and all the girls at my work were going mad to see it!! Cant see it myself
I dont like dirty dancing either
*waits for the flaming*
It's a bit of fluffy, light nonsense and nobody should take seriously a programme that shows a woman earning enough to buy $40,000 worth of Manolos, Louboutins et al when she writes a once a week column in a downmarket NY paper!
Be honoured that you "do not get what the fuss is about"....
That said, if you'd never seen the show and only the movie then it's understandable that you'd hate the characters. Plus I think it's refreshing to see a lead character like Carrie who isn't very likeable at times anyway - she can be extremely narcisistic, whiney and annoying - but her friends always reign her in and tell her off for it.
Besides, it's not something to "get" as the OP says. It's all just a bit of fun.
Well, the TV show is dear to my heart but the film was dire (like I knew it would be, I didn't want to see it).
I like the dialogue on the show and I like the flawed characters. There is nothing cookiecooker about them.
I also find it funny and witty.
It's not a sitcom.
I'm not a girly girl and don't like chick flicks either. I kind of resent being written off as a girly girl for liking SATC. It is a much more clever programme then people give it credit for. Just ignore the film.
No, it's not. This is a very misguided comment. I don't read fashion magazines and would never watch a show just because there was pretty clothes featured.
Well said!
Jeez, I'm tired from all this quoting!
Shallow nonsense really. My friend 'forced' me to watch the film but she gave up part way through due to my moaning and eye raising (mainly about how SJP did not look beautiful).
Why are people so offended by less than perfect looking people appearing on screen?
I think with SJP in the role of Carrie its about being mis cast.
The show isn't written with Carrie as an unconventional beauty, its all scripted as if she is a traditional beauty.
I don't think that it is really. She's quirky and somewhat cute and that seems to be what attracted the men in her life.
There is a whole storyline about one of her exes then going out with a traditional beauty who is wholly wrong for him.
I agree with this completely - I also refused to watch it at the beginning ignoring the hype and not wanting to be drawn into it all .... HOWEVER!
Last summer my hubby was away in the states for work and one Saturday night I was up late and it was on - as there was nothing else on I gave it a go.
I've now seen every episode, the movie and can't wait for the second movie to come out as well !
I just think form a writer's point of view the show featured some great storylines and snappy, witty dialogue. SJP as Carrie may not have been your conventional heroine but she somehow worked and was believeable. I think her main storylines concerning mainly her different boyfriends at any given time were dealt with very well as each relationship seemed to expose a new side to her character. In particular I really liked her relationship with Berger and found that to be the most real out of all her relationships, even counting her one with Big. Uhh I'm getting sidetracked but I'll finish by saying that SATC was a great show and certainly a huge guilty pleasure of mine...though I know some of my other male friends watched it too:p
btw, I would not even consider counting the SATC films. For me they are so far removed from the actual tv series.
To me it's just escapism, I would love to be living their lives. As for the way they look, it wouldn't have worked if they had all been supermodel types.
Yay! I love this post! I so agree!
I've watched that a few times, don't get the hype. Same with Grease.:p
People like yourself look far too into it. Slagging off those who enjoy it is quite rude, especially when most people who watch it ARE intelligent females. I watch it because it is entertaining. I don't agree with their morals and their obsession with men and fashion, however watching it is a bit of escapism. A bit of a getaway from our normal lives.
I thoroughly enjoy watching SATC and am insulted that because I do, people like yourself think I must be a bimbo who reads Grazia when in fact I'm a trainee scientist who doesn't follow fashion at all.
But you just keep on making such rude generalisations.
Yay, not just me! I like Dirty Dancing, but have never understood the love for Grease. Or SATC.
Actually, I'm not into rom-coms either. Do I fail at being a woman?