Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I never fell for the appeal of this show. I found it mildly amusing. The women who loved it in the nineties were so transparent and 'faux feminist'. It appealed to the masses I guess.
I agree and I think I was the target audience (white woman born in 70s, lived in NYC in the 90s). However, there were certain observations that, at the time, spoke to a certain truth that was not otherwise being voiced. The “he’s just not that into you” episode stuck with me. The one where Samantha gets frustrated that women are expected to wax everything and men aren’t. The one where carrie complains that women who get married and have babies have all sorts of celebrations of those moments but women who make other decisions go uncelebrated by their friends. And, at least back in the 90s (probably less true now), the observation that a bi guy is generally always going to dump you for a man.
So I wasn’t a huge fan, thought the character were mostly annoying, but—like Seinfeld—there were certain observations made in it that we’re not being said openly other places.
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