OP here. I'm on season 5 now; best scene of the series (besides the scene where Natasha told Carrie everything she thinks about that her ho-ing around):
(Samantha is posting signs about Richard on a street pole.) Female police officer: Ma'am, it's against city law to deface public property. Samantha: This man said he loved me and I caught him eating another woman's pussy. Female police officer: Carry on, ma'am. |
+1 ^^ |
+1 |
Carrie was the worst. Annoying baby girl. Ugly face. Atrocious wardrobe. She was famous why, exactly? Why did everyone love her?
Giant buckets of hate. Urgh. Samantha was funny at least. |
Not sure on the most annoying of the 90s (Fran Drescher on 'The Nanny'? Urkle?); but definitely up there. As the seasons progressed, I certainly watched in spite of the character rather than because I cared about her. |
I liked Miranda's kitchen backsplash. Went as far to find it retail and was successful.
I liked Charlotte, who I could relate to the most. I thought CB was a whiney, self-centered, bitchy friend. |
Not a characters. but my vote for most annoying celebrities of the 90s goes to Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Such an inordinate amount of attention to a pair of dull-witted fools! |
The characters were dumb and annoying but the observations were often spot on. I often think about the one where she dated a bi guy and had some comment like whether that was just a layover on the way to Ricky Martinville. |
I think that there were annoying things about the show and the characters.
But if you can get past the fashion nonsense and some of the over-the-top indulgent lifestyle things, I do think that some of the observations about dating, sex, and relationships were a pretty good reflection of the times. My biggest disappointment is that it ended in a Jane Austen way -- that success was basically all four women being partnered up, two with children. I would have been more satisfied with a more open-ended kind of resolution -- that being single isn't so horrible, that it's okay to not find a forever mate or to not even *want* to find a forever mate. Not all four, but at least one of the four should have ended the season single and okay with that (maybe even relieved). For all of its failings, what made the show interesting (at the time) was it did really explore some sex and dating topics that weren't really explored on television. But then it ended with the traditional BS. I hated Allie McBeal, by the way. I think that character and that show was way worse than Sex in the City. |
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I liked both, back in the day, but I was in my super-early 20s when they were airing, and now, looking back with maturity, these women should have been a hell of a lot more mature for their ages. The odd episodes of SATC that I still catch often crack me up though, they were the first show (that I ever saw at least) that featured a lot of honest sex/dating talk - hello, the BJ tug-of-war! They did break ground, I think. I have seen both movies, found the first depressing, the second, hilarious. I think the movies covered quite a bit of ground in terms of NOT wrapping it all up in a "couple hood/family is the only path" way that was truer to real life. I'm not sure how I'd feel seeing an episode of Ally McBeal today, it seems to be less syndicated. |
Gilmore Girls didn't premiere until 2000. |
+10000 for the bolded! She had the labels, but that didn't translate into dressing well. |
They were so incredibly shallow and materialistic. |
The show broke ground in many ways. I watched them all my senior year of college (2004)...rented them from Blockbuster! Can you imagine?! And then caught up in time to watch the finale live. When my husband is away on business, I always fall back on watching them. I love the show. But Carrie season 5 is the WORST. The overacting....ugh. I can't watch the episode when she squeals "A SCRUNCHIE!". Ugh. And she was a terrible friend. But I still love the show. ![]() |