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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I agree with everything you wrote. Carrie is the sun, moon, and stars for SJP, and her preserving not only the costumes but the props and furniture used on the original series is really odd; it's a very unhealthy attachment to the character.[/quote]

I have so many questions about this. Did you watch the documentary? That was a crazy amount of storage space. Does HBO pay for it or does SJP? Does every series save all this stuff? I also watch The Connors and that set is exactly the same - did they have to recreate everything or was that stuff stored as well? There have been so many reboots lately, I couldn’t help but wonder 😆 if anyone knows anything about this.[/quote]

I did!  I love learning about how things work behind the scenes on film sets, so 90% of the "documentary" didn't do that for me.  And yeah, I wonder how much she pays per month to store all that stuff!  Storage prices are extremely crazy and volatile in this area, especially now.  If it's in NYC, she's not only paying a location premium, a unit size premium, AND (most likely) a climate control premium, but probably an extra security premium or some other such nonsense.

Also, you made me curious, so I looked up her storage unit preferences (quote below from this article: https://people.com/style/sarah-jessica-parker-owns-sex-and-the-city-clothes-carrie-satc-storage/ , emphasis mine):

[quote]"I had [b]all of the original stuff in my own storage[/b]. Furniture, clothes, everything, [b]packed according to season and episode and scene[/b]," Parker noted. "I kept every single solitary thing."[/quote]

That's insane.  Can you imagine HBO doing it for every actor of every long-running show?  On the show, Lily helped Carrie sort her clothes, so I imagine SJP paid a pretty penny for some FIT intern to do the same with all her stuff (given the volume of things, even at $15/hour, that's a lot of money and time).

I've never seen The Connors, but I recently watched American Crime Story: Impeachment and really enjoyed that.  They had very intricate sets (I know one of Linda Tripp's children said that the house shown on TV was almost an exact replica of her house growing up) and a few of the actors mentioned stealing things like pillows and blankets from that.  On a separate note, I saw an interview with Sarah Paulson, who played Linda Tripp, and it was fascinating to see the intellectual connection Paulson formed with Tripp and how she spoke about playing the character.  It's the complete opposite with SJP: outside of squeals, a supposed "social status" she believes the role grants her, and playing dress up in designer clothing, there's nothing that she contributes to the role besides being a physical body to put on camera.  When she was bragging about "having zero acting training" in the doc, I thought, "oh yes, we can definitely see that". [/quote]

Yep. This could not be a character that became a widow and started dating around a year later. She had to be Really, Truly, Released to be Single in a Cosmic, Public, and Dramatic Way.

I mean, it was the defining relationship of its time, right? Thank god we have the original set intact to we can cope effectively with the loss and transition.  :lol:

Actually, I'm enjoying this reboot more than the original, warts and all. I thought the last episode had more of a light freedom and hope to it. It's just -- "death is the worst breakup ever?" Yeah, that's SJP iconicizing the role and relationship, and flailing to move past it.[/quote]

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