Carrie Bradshaw was not good looking enough for her dating life

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m rewatching Sex and the City series and I’m stuck by how unattractive Carrie Bradshaw is. She isn’t beautiful by any stretch of the imagination and the men she dates are completely above her league.

What! Sarah Jessica Parker dated Robert Downey Jr and also JFK Jr, who is one of the most gorgeous men to ever live.

The proof that men DO find her attractive simply cannot overcome OP's assertion that they must not.

Are we going to acknowledge that she's Jewish, looks Jewish, and never deracinated herself, and perhaps that is part of what underlies OP's entirely query?

In this case I do not think anti-semitism is behind the debate. But I do think people from outside the NY and New Jersey area often don't realize that SJP's looks are reflective of a lot of Jews from the region and that's one reason she works well in this role (she just comes off as very "New York Jewish" in her whole presentation even though her character isn't Jewish that I can tell). There are people who don't interact with tons of Jewish people and whose perception of what New York is like is based on shows like Friends where everyone is a bit more homogenous and middle America looking (even the Jewish characters!). So someone like OP is like "huh SJP does not look like all the New Yorkers I see on these kind of sterile television shows and movies that are actually filmed in LA with actors from Kansas and Witchita -- she isn't very attractive is she." Not realizing that SJP has a very classic New York look that is yes very Jewish and also considered attractive and common in the area.

Ilana Glazer and Jenny Slate are other examples of actresses with classic Jewish looks that people outside places like the Northeast or LA may not "get" because they just have limited exposure to Jewish faces.

lol, what in the world are you talking about? SATC, Friends, Seinfeld, and Girls all featured mostly Jewish lead actors and actresses.

Seinfeld, yes, the others, no. None of the other 3 SATC actresses are Jewish. Friends, 2 of the 6 leads were Jewish. Girls, 2 of the 4 female leads were. Adam Driver, no, Andrew Rannells, no, Christopher Abbott, no. Only the guy who played Ray was.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m rewatching Sex and the City series and I’m stuck by how unattractive Carrie Bradshaw is. She isn’t beautiful by any stretch of the imagination and the men she dates are completely above her league.

What! Sarah Jessica Parker dated Robert Downey Jr and also JFK Jr, who is one of the most gorgeous men to ever live.

The proof that men DO find her attractive simply cannot overcome OP's assertion that they must not.

Are we going to acknowledge that she's Jewish, looks Jewish, and never deracinated herself, and perhaps that is part of what underlies OP's entirely query?

In this case I do not think anti-semitism is behind the debate. But I do think people from outside the NY and New Jersey area often don't realize that SJP's looks are reflective of a lot of Jews from the region and that's one reason she works well in this role (she just comes off as very "New York Jewish" in her whole presentation even though her character isn't Jewish that I can tell). There are people who don't interact with tons of Jewish people and whose perception of what New York is like is based on shows like Friends where everyone is a bit more homogenous and middle America looking (even the Jewish characters!). So someone like OP is like "huh SJP does not look like all the New Yorkers I see on these kind of sterile television shows and movies that are actually filmed in LA with actors from Kansas and Witchita -- she isn't very attractive is she." Not realizing that SJP has a very classic New York look that is yes very Jewish and also considered attractive and common in the area.

Ilana Glazer and Jenny Slate are other examples of actresses with classic Jewish looks that people outside places like the Northeast or LA may not "get" because they just have limited exposure to Jewish faces.

lol, what in the world are you talking about? SATC, Friends, Seinfeld, and Girls all featured mostly Jewish lead actors and actresses.

Seinfeld, yes, the others, no. None of the other 3 SATC actresses are Jewish. Friends, 2 of the 6 leads were Jewish. Girls, 2 of the 4 female leads were. Adam Driver, no, Andrew Rannells, no, Christopher Abbott, no. Only the guy who played Ray was.

As a Jew, I can say all of those shows were extremely Jewy. There is no latent antisemitism in Jews or gentiles finding SJP to be unattractive. Why are you taking this so personally; do you think you resemble her or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m rewatching Sex and the City series and I’m stuck by how unattractive Carrie Bradshaw is. She isn’t beautiful by any stretch of the imagination and the men she dates are completely above her league.

She dates JFK Jr. in real life. She was plenty attractive.

[Anonymous]

She dates JFK Jr. in real life. She was plenty attractive.

Would anyone go to a plastic surgeon and ask for her face, or parts of her face?
I don't think so.

[Anonymous]

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She dates JFK Jr. in real life. She was plenty attractive.

Would anyone go to a plastic surgeon and ask for her face, or parts of her face?
I don't think so.

They sure as F would ask for her body.

[Anonymous]

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She dates JFK Jr. in real life. She was plenty attractive.

Would anyone go to a plastic surgeon and ask for her face, or parts of her face?
I don't think so.

And? SJP is evidence that appeal is not tied solely to classically beautiful looks.

[Anonymous]

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She dates JFK Jr. in real life. She was plenty attractive.

Would anyone go to a plastic surgeon and ask for her face, or parts of her face?
I don't think so.

They sure as F would ask for her body.

This is a cope for naturally ugly women.

[Anonymous]

I’ve always found her repulsive. Just something gross about her both visually and just her entire aura and vibe. idk

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If she could land JFK Jr in real life she could snag the dudes on that show.

Exactly. This show was definitely not real life but it strived to make the characters somewhat “real”. Not everyone is model attractive and those women weren’t pretending to be models.

+2 Carrie Bradshaw looked like a typical “girly girl.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

She dates JFK Jr. in real life. She was plenty attractive.

Would anyone go to a plastic surgeon and ask for her face, or parts of her face?
I don't think so.

They sure as F would ask for her body.

This is a cope for naturally ugly women.

And yet she dated JKF Jr, who would have never looked twice at you. Go back under your bridge, gnome.

[Anonymous]

She has confidence, sparkle, brains, and a sense of humor. She looks like a lovely human, not an alien.

[Anonymous]

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She dates JFK Jr. in real life. She was plenty attractive.

Would anyone go to a plastic surgeon and ask for her face, or parts of her face?
I don't think so.

I was watching something where they discussed how much plastic surgery there is in Lebanon and how people who undergo surgery verge towards looking the same. Is that what you want?

[Anonymous]

Well this was a fun trip back to Jr High.

[Anonymous]

She's not a great beauty, but she has a great bod and she seems confident, warm, cheerful, and fun. All of that makes her plenty attractive.

[Anonymous]

Anyone who wants to say SJP is unattractive or that her character dated characters that were “too attractive for her” may now post your dating history, complete with job titles and pictures, as well as a photo of yourself and your job title.

We will wait.