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Anonymous wrote:How do you tell a story of someone for six years without ever uttering a word about her parents? Where is the family? What does she do for Christmas? Does she have any brothers or sisters?

I totally agree that the lack of basic family info was ridiculous, but I read an interview back then where showrunner Michael Patrick King said it was a deliberate decision because the "girls" were each other's "family." Before he was in charge we met Charlotte's brother and Big's ex-wife and mother, but all other non-friends quickly disappeared. It was particularly glaring during Charlotte's weddings.

I found the lack of family at the wedding to be extremely odd.

The show wasn't about their families. That was on purpose. I don't think it was out of laziness from the writers or lack of creativity. It was obviously deliberate for them not to talk about their families, ever.

I'm not saying it wasn't deliberate. I am saying that the choice to leave out any mention of family has produced a one-dimensional character.

I understand they were trying to push the idea that the girls were each other's family but the thing is that friends don't replace family unless the family is completely dysfunctional, and if it is, then it will make a mark on a person. Friends augment families, they don't replace them. The show presented these women like they just sprung from earth with nothing shaping them prior to emerging in Manhattan.

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The show wasn't about their families. That was on purpose. I don't think it was out of laziness from the writers or lack of creativity. It was obviously deliberate for them not to talk about their families, ever.

That's a bit of an exaggeration. Miranda had family issues portrayed with her mother dying and her mother-in-law's dementia.

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Anonymous wrote:More annoying than Ross!?

Ross Geller, tragic hero:
https://medium.com/@thatdavidhopkins/how-a-tv-sitcom-triggered-the-downfall-of-western-civilization-336e8ccf7dd0#.9jdzxkrs4

Sorry Ross (and the actor who plays him) is annoying. Other dorky guys trying to defend the character doesn't make it any less so.

+1. Ross was not bullied because he was a "man of science", he was bullied because he was an asshole.

Can you imagine, Ross and Carrie Bradshaw as a couple? Their union would beat out the Kardashians on a crazy scale!

Carrie: OMG, ROSS! I found a *annoying squeal* SCRUNCHIE on the floor! That's not what a real Manhattan woman does! And I am all Manhattan; I'm a native New Yorker!
Ross: Well, technically, you moved here less than X years ago from PLACE, so ...
Carrie: Why don't you love me?!?
and so on

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But every show with women always has 4 women and they all have the same four personalities.

Agree. SATC is just another version of Living Single with white woman and better clothes.

Carrie = Khadijah. Journalists looking for love.
Miranda = Max. Lawyers caught up in being career women, who have one night stands that turn into the loves of their lives.
Charlotte = Synclaire. Sweet and innocent.
Samantha = Regine. Always chasing a man.

I wouldn't say Samantha is chasing men; quite the opposite.

No, Max = Samantha
Neither were looking for love, they just wanted someone to scratch their itch.

Miranda = Khadijah
Tough, ambitious

Carrie = Regine
Silly and thirsty and self-involved

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Anonymous wrote:How do you tell a story of someone for six years without ever uttering a word about her parents? Where is the family? What does she do for Christmas? Does she have any brothers or sisters?

I totally agree that the lack of basic family info was ridiculous, but I read an interview back then where showrunner Michael Patrick King said it was a deliberate decision because the "girls" were each other's "family." Before he was in charge we met Charlotte's brother and Big's ex-wife and mother, but all other non-friends quickly disappeared. It was particularly glaring during Charlotte's weddings.

I found the lack of family at the wedding to be extremely odd.

The show wasn't about their families. That was on purpose. I don't think it was out of laziness from the writers or lack of creativity. It was obviously deliberate for them not to talk about their families, ever.

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But every show with women always has 4 women and they all have the same four personalities.

Agree. SATC is just another version of Living Single with white woman and better clothes.

Carrie = Khadijah. Journalists looking for love.
Miranda = Max. Lawyers caught up in being career women, who have one night stands that turn into the loves of their lives.
Charlotte = Synclaire. Sweet and innocent.
Samantha = Regine. Always chasing a man.

Oh my god, you're right!!!

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Anonymous wrote:More annoying than Ross!?

Ross Geller, tragic hero:
https://medium.com/@thatdavidhopkins/how-a-tv-sitcom-triggered-the-downfall-of-western-civilization-336e8ccf7dd0#.9jdzxkrs4

Sorry Ross (and the actor who plays him) is annoying. Other dorky guys trying to defend the character doesn't make it any less so.

+1. Ross was not bullied because he was a "man of science", he was bullied because he was an asshole.

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Anonymous wrote:How do you tell a story of someone for six years without ever uttering a word about her parents? Where is the family? What does she do for Christmas? Does she have any brothers or sisters?

I totally agree that the lack of basic family info was ridiculous, but I read an interview back then where showrunner Michael Patrick King said it was a deliberate decision because the "girls" were each other's "family." Before he was in charge we met Charlotte's brother and Big's ex-wife and mother, but all other non-friends quickly disappeared. It was particularly glaring during Charlotte's weddings.

I found the lack of family at the wedding to be extremely odd.

Anonymous wrote:How do you tell a story of someone for six years without ever uttering a word about her parents? Where is the family? What does she do for Christmas? Does she have any brothers or sisters?

I totally agree that the lack of basic family info was ridiculous, but I read an interview back then where showrunner Michael Patrick King said it was a deliberate decision because the "girls" were each other's "family." Before he was in charge we met Charlotte's brother and Big's ex-wife and mother, but all other non-friends quickly disappeared. It was particularly glaring during Charlotte's weddings.

I find her character (and in fact, most women in the show) very one-dimensional. Her life is all about boys, labels and occasionally work. You never see or hear anything about anything else. With six or seven seasons (I forget), surely there was time to fully develop the character. How do you tell a story of someone for six years without ever uttering a word about her parents? Where is the family? What does she do for Christmas? Does she have any brothers or sisters? She is a lollipop on heels. I couldn't help but wonder.

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Anonymous wrote:More annoying than Ross!?

Ross Geller, tragic hero:
https://medium.com/@thatdavidhopkins/how-a-tv-sitcom-triggered-the-downfall-of-western-civilization-336e8ccf7dd0#.9jdzxkrs4

Sorry Ross (and the actor who plays him) is annoying. Other dorky guys trying to defend the character doesn't make it any less so.

I HATE SJP because of that character. Can't stand her. As a pp said, first couple of seasons were ok, but she just became more and more obnoxious. And her little squeal makes my skin crawl.

Anonymous wrote:More annoying than Ross!?

Ross Geller, tragic hero:
https://medium.com/@thatdavidhopkins/how-a-tv-sitcom-triggered-the-downfall-of-western-civilization-336e8ccf7dd0#.9jdzxkrs4

More annoying than Ross!?

Anonymous wrote:

But every show with women always has 4 women and they all have the same four personalities.

Agree. SATC is just another version of Living Single with white woman and better clothes.

Carrie = Khadijah. Journalists looking for love.
Miranda = Max. Lawyers caught up in being career women, who have one night stands that turn into the loves of their lives.
Charlotte = Synclaire. Sweet and innocent.
Samantha = Regine. Always chasing a man.

I wouldn't say Samantha is chasing men; quite the opposite.