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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairly reflective of a certain subset of well-off professional women in NYC during that era. They absolutely address this in the show though -- they never, ever present these women as the prettiest women around. It is a running theme of the show that part of the reason dating in NY sucks so much is that the city is full of actual models and aspiring actresses and if all a decent looking guy with money (or an ugly dude with more money) cares about is looks, he can find an absolutely stunning woman pretty easily.

But the show is also about conversation and connection and the point about these women is the idea that they are actually interesting. That Carrie and Miranda are smart and have ideas and sense of humor and are fun to talk to. And Samantha maybe isn't an intellectual, but she's really smart about business and loooooves sex and is up for everything and also wickedly smart. Charlotte was the prettiest of the four but not model pretty, and also the least interesting. And it's not surprising that she also has the least interesting and in some ways successful love life of any of them. Yes, she marries rich twice, but her first husband is an absolute nightmare. And her second is a great guy but not good looking AND she has to convert to judaism to get him. It's different than in the major relationships the other women have where they get to call a lot of the shots, because their power in the relationship is not just based on being marriage material -- they have personalities that some men actually fall for and want to be around.

A man who just wants a great beauty can find one. And another one, and another one. If he's rich enough, there is no end to the number of gorgeous women who will throw themselves at his feet. And he'll also never really be satisfied with any of them if the attraction is just based on looks because, again, why not try another variety. But a woman who is pretty enough but also really fun to talk to and hang out with -- that's someone you might stick around for. That's someone you might turn to when you get bored with dating yet another 28 year old model or society girl or whatever.

There are entire episodes based around the fact that these women are not that pretty. The one where Miranda dates a "modeler". The one where Carrie falls flat on her face in that runway show where she's a good two feet shorter than everyone else. The "Forty & Fabulous?" ep. Samantha and her plastic surgeries. And so on. The show never wanted to make you think these were gorgeous women or the the show took place in a parallel universe where they were gorgeous. The idea was that these were great women, and their looks were a component of that but not the whole package.[/quote]

I agree. They were supposed to be your typical “well maintained and well dressed” professional nyc women. Not naturally classic beauties but multidimensional women who were interested in style and making the most of what they have [/quote]

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