SATC: what is it that Big found hard to handle about Carrie?

[Anonymous]

Amazing discussion about social nuances of characters in SATC. Big was definitely an UMC striver who made amassed wealth in finance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carrie and Big defined the 2000s and contributed greatly to the erosion of dating, marriage, and American values.

1) A chauffeured loner is supposed to be a "cool finance guy." He's not. He's an uncharismatic dork doing a Gordon Gekko impression.

2) A middle aged shrew advice columnist nobody reads is the "hot girl." She's not.

3) Their on-again/off-again sometimes f buddies, sometimes just phone pals crap is mockery of family values. It was the vangard for gen-x and millennial quasi-polyamorous floating listlessly through life.

4) They're not funny. Think of the funniest thing either one of them did. Can you think of *anything*? Even throw in Charlotte and Sam. In retrospect, I'm struggling to think of one time the cast made me smirk. It later evolved to, we're all just watching for the...hideous fashion and to see if Big will ever marry the shrew?

5) After breaking women's brains with SATC, they salted the earth with a few movies and now this senior citizen 'just like that' streaming series. "Just do whatever, girl bosses focus on career and shoes and vodka cocktails, family can wait, we're so fun, quirky and hard to please hehe"...how is this aspirational again?

Lol I guess that’s why the show was such a dud 🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carrie and Big defined the 2000s and contributed greatly to the erosion of dating, marriage, and American values.

1) A chauffeured loner is supposed to be a "cool finance guy." He's not. He's an uncharismatic dork doing a Gordon Gekko impression.

2) A middle aged shrew advice columnist nobody reads is the "hot girl." She's not.

3) Their on-again/off-again sometimes f buddies, sometimes just phone pals crap is mockery of family values. It was the vangard for gen-x and millennial quasi-polyamorous floating listlessly through life.

4) They're not funny. Think of the funniest thing either one of them did. Can you think of *anything*? Even throw in Charlotte and Sam. In retrospect, I'm struggling to think of one time the cast made me smirk. It later evolved to, we're all just watching for the...hideous fashion and to see if Big will ever marry the shrew?

5) After breaking women's brains with SATC, they salted the earth with a few movies and now this senior citizen 'just like that' streaming series. "Just do whatever, girl bosses focus on career and shoes and vodka cocktails, family can wait, we're so fun, quirky and hard to please hehe"...how is this aspirational again?

LOL it's Brunch Granny/Tucker's writer!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carrie and Big defined the 2000s and contributed greatly to the erosion of dating, marriage, and American values.

1) A chauffeured loner is supposed to be a "cool finance guy." He's not. He's an uncharismatic dork doing a Gordon Gekko impression.

2) A middle aged shrew advice columnist nobody reads is the "hot girl." She's not.

3) Their on-again/off-again sometimes f buddies, sometimes just phone pals crap is mockery of family values. It was the vangard for gen-x and millennial quasi-polyamorous floating listlessly through life.

4) They're not funny. Think of the funniest thing either one of them did. Can you think of *anything*? Even throw in Charlotte and Sam. In retrospect, I'm struggling to think of one time the cast made me smirk. It later evolved to, we're all just watching for the...hideous fashion and to see if Big will ever marry the shrew?

5) After breaking women's brains with SATC, they salted the earth with a few movies and now this senior citizen 'just like that' streaming series. "Just do whatever, girl bosses focus on career and shoes and vodka cocktails, family can wait, we're so fun, quirky and hard to please hehe"...how is this aspirational again?

LOL it's Brunch Granny/Tucker's writer!

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[Anonymous]

She’s a very difficult person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carrie and Big defined the 2000s and contributed greatly to the erosion of dating, marriage, and American values.

1) A chauffeured loner is supposed to be a "cool finance guy." He's not. He's an uncharismatic dork doing a Gordon Gekko impression.

2) A middle aged shrew advice columnist nobody reads is the "hot girl." She's not.

3) Their on-again/off-again sometimes f buddies, sometimes just phone pals crap is mockery of family values. It was the vangard for gen-x and millennial quasi-polyamorous floating listlessly through life.

4) They're not funny. Think of the funniest thing either one of them did. Can you think of *anything*? Even throw in Charlotte and Sam. In retrospect, I'm struggling to think of one time the cast made me smirk. It later evolved to, we're all just watching for the...hideous fashion and to see if Big will ever marry the shrew?

5) After breaking women's brains with SATC, they salted the earth with a few movies and now this senior citizen 'just like that' streaming series. "Just do whatever, girl bosses focus on career and shoes and vodka cocktails, family can wait, we're so fun, quirky and hard to please hehe"...how is this aspirational again?

LOL it's Brunch Granny/Tucker's writer!

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DCUM lore. If you're going to hang out around here, you better learn from your elders.


Was Tucker Carlson "Brunch Granny"? Women waste fertility on "brunch, Netflix, and white wine"
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1067632.page

Brunch Granny! Please do an AMA.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1034499.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was too complicated for him. He married Natasha because he wanted simple, uncomplicated arm candy. See the last episode of season 2.

I used to think that when I was in my 20s and idolized the show. But no, this was just Carrie's rationalization for Big not wanting a high maintenance drama queen.

Agree. Carrie wasn’t the least bit complicated. She was shallow and self-absorbed.

[Anonymous]

This is a show that really is a time capsule. It has aged poorly, but it really does represent and capture a certain time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a show that really is a time capsule. It has aged poorly, but it really does represent and capture a certain time.

Agreed on all these points. It feels so late 90s to early 2000s. I went to college in NYC from 2000-2004 and this show is a whole vibe of that time, particularly the fashions (not Carrie, but everyone else in the show including the extras).

Really miss the last decade before social media and smart phones. It was so different from now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a show that really is a time capsule. It has aged poorly, but it really does represent and capture a certain time.

Agreed on all these points. It feels so late 90s to early 2000s. I went to college in NYC from 2000-2004 and this show is a whole vibe of that time, particularly the fashions (not Carrie, but everyone else in the show including the extras).

Really miss the last decade before social media and smart phones. It was so different from now.

Meh, I liked SATC, but I don't think it captures the huge societal vibe shift in 2001. It actually seems stuck in the late 90s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a show that really is a time capsule. It has aged poorly, but it really does represent and capture a certain time.

Whoring around in your 30s while renting an apt was never alluring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She was too complicated for him. He married Natasha because he wanted simple, uncomplicated arm candy. See the last episode of season 2.

This. Pretty clearly spelled out in the episode referencing The Way We Were when Carrie tells Big "Your girl is lovely, Hubbell," the idea being that Carrie was free-spirited and untameable while Natasha is less complicated and easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was too complicated for him. He married Natasha because he wanted simple, uncomplicated arm candy. See the last episode of season 2.

This. Pretty clearly spelled out in the episode referencing The Way We Were when Carrie tells Big "Your girl is lovely, Hubbell," the idea being that Carrie was free-spirited and untameable while Natasha is less complicated and easier.

I think that's what Carrie tells herself as cope.

[Anonymous]

Was Carrie supposed to be from New Canaan???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love this thread. What else about SATC can we talk about? Not the movies.

The entire storyline when she had breast cancer. Made her very human, and I liked her after that.

I think my favorite episode is the one where Miranda and Steve get married and Samantha shares her diagnosis. Also the one where they go to Philly for Miranda's mom's funeral. I still cry when the bra sales lady hugs her in the dressing room and then Steve and Aiden are at the funeral! So good.

See Big would never have made such a gesture. Carrie was an idiot to let Aiden go.

I realize this post is years old by now but …YES!! I love Aiden and Steve. Steve (and Brady) really made me like Miranda. I think she showed the most growth in the OG series.