This is my 200th post. For my 100th post, I listed 100 facts about me. I will spare you the torture of reading 200 facts about me, and do something fun instead. As some of you know, I’ve recently been re-watching all the episodes of Sex and the City. Well, last night I finished. So, here are my conclusions after watching the series again.
- I want to live in New York. If only for a short period of time. Actually, I’d probably prefer only a short period of time. I know that SATC does this to a lot of people–makes them fall in love with New York. But, up to this point, I’d been immune. I’ve never felt any strong desire to go to New York. I guess the bug finally caught this west coaster.
- Kristin Davis is gorgeous. I swear I actually started looking for faults, but she’s beautiful even when she cries. That’s not fair.
- I can’t say “I’m a Charlotte/Samantha/Miranda/Carrie.” I’m really not like any of them. I’m too cynical to be a Charlotte, too much of a good goody to be a Samantha, and too emotional and weak to be a Miranda. I guess I’m most like Carrie just because she has the least extreme personality.
- I’ve never really bought Carrie as a writer. Why? Probably because I’m a big snob. She just didn’t seem introspective or focused enough to be a writer. Plus, it annoys me that she’s constantly telling people she’s a writer. Again, I’m a snob. Okay, but this time around, I finally noticed just how much she “wonders” about things and just how much time she spends sitting in front of her computer writing. I don’t like all the puns and hypothetical questions, but I’m sure I’d enjoy her column otherwise.
- Speaking of the column, I don’t quite understand how she manages to write about her friends–using their real names–and her relationships without it getting her into trouble. Like, it would be weird to be questioning your relationship in a newspaper column just to have the other person and everyone you know read it. I guess it’s kind of like The Office, where you have to forget about the whole mockumentary angle, because it stops making sense after the first season.
- I don’t like Carrie with anyone but Big. Berger was the absolute worst. She just seems most herself with Big, and they laugh a lot together.
- Like everyone else, watching Sex and the City makes me want to prance around the city in fabulous clothes and shoes. Except, I realize now that I don’t want to prance around New York as myself, I want to prance around New York as five foot nothing, hundred and nothing, plenty of free time Carrie Bradshaw. Yeah, that’s healthy thinking.
- For the majority of the show, Carrie had terrible hair. Her hair finally redeems itself in season 6.
- I know several girls who do not like Carrie. I do like Carrie, and I think she’d make a good friend. But, there are a few things she does that are seriously annoying. First, she talks about herself too much. I love that all of her friends have to tell her at one point that she needs to shut up and listen to their problems for a while. Second, she’s always telling people how they should react to her; she’s always schooling them on being a good boyfriend or friend. I hate when she tells The Russian he can’t talk about his friend who died of cancer, because it upsets her. But, the absolute worst is when she yells at Charlotte for not offering her money for her down payment.
- There’s this one part of Carrie’s apartment that I’d never noticed before. Right next to her kitchen, there’s this tiny little built in desk thing with a lamp. Weird that I’d never noticed before.
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I don’t think anyone ACTUALLY fits into the molds of the characters. It actually really bothers me when people try to figure out which one they are most like. You can’t narrow down a person to a few traits.
Also, I agree about living in NY. I want to live there, but not long enough for it to kill my soul.
The one thing I thought was cool about SATC was that Carrie was a kind of proto-blogger, if that makes sense? I also agree with you on Kristin Davis (who can also be seen in a couple of episodes of Seinfeld).
But that’s about all I can say, because I’m not really wild about SATC. My dislike of SATC and Mr. Darcy probably isn’t earning me any brownie points with you, haha.
I just watched all the seasons again and I have to say I agree with all your observations. I also liked Aiden – but it annoyed me that she went through all this trouble to get him back only to start complaining about him again.
And although Charlotte is beautiful I find her so annoying. :)
SATC made me want to move to NYC too… but now that I’m here, it’s not the same. It’s not nearly as glamorous and the show makes it seem (I guess that’s true with anything though). I think that’s mostly because I’m a poor graduate student who spends most of her time at an internship or stuck in the library. It is an amazing city though. Just make sure if you ever move here that you have plenty of money saved up so you can wear those fancy clothes and prance around the streets without a care in the world. :)
The most interesting idea I heard to about the Sex and the City girls is that they each represent a different “side” to the average woman. Samantha is every girl’s erotic side, Charlotte is the prude and romantic in all of us, Miranda is our inner cynic, and Carrie is our questioning “normal” side. I kind of dig this theory.
I love this post :) NYC is a wonderful place, although the show tends to romanticize it a bit. I think there are very few people who actually fit the mold of one of the character’s personalities. I think they represent the extreme of several different personality types (well, except for Carrie), and I most people are a combination of all of them.
I watched this show while it was on HBO and have rewatched many of the episodes since then, and I’m always noticing little things (like that desk!) that I overlooked the first time.
YES! When Carrie tells Charlotte that she’s being selfish for keeping Trey’s old wedding ring for her when Carrie can’t buy her apartment back. What a bitch.
But, I think I said before that I liked Aidan the best. I guess you’re right about Carrie being herself the most around Big, but Aidan was head-over-heels for her, and she effed everything up.
I do enjoy this show, but I never watched it religiously. My younger sister got the entire series on DVD for Christmas, but I haven’t watched it yet. Maybe I’ll give it a chance from start to finish.
You’re totally right about Carrie though, she is no write…she is a “thinker” and “wonder-er” lol.
I don’t really relate myself to any of the 4 girls either. Carrie’s hair was super ugly the entire show, I think.
Carrie and Big= So adorable.
And I love the story line with Charlotte and the Jewish guy (I forget his name).
Ha! I have seen hardly any, and I still noticed the overabundance of hypothetical questions.
I just watched all the seasons last summer, I’d never watched them before. It made me want to buy lot’s of fabulous shoes and wear them all the time, unfortunately my feet do not break in new shoes very well and I NEVER wear heels so that desire quickly passed.
I didn’t mind Carrie, but sometimes she annoyed me. Basically watching that show and the movie makes me miss all my girlfriends that don’t live near me terribly. My favourite part of the show was their unwavering friendship!
I know people have written about this before, but there’s no way Carrie could afford her apartment. I payed $1350/month to live in a one room studio. I know there’s such a thing as “rent control” but this is really pushing it.
I do, however, love Mr. Big. I’m glad they ended up together.
I am a huge fan of SATC and own all 6 seasons. I have also been re-watching them lately and I get really pissed when Carrie and Aiden can’t get it right. They had to best on screen chemistry out of all the Carrie lovers and they should have gotten married. Thats all I’m saying about that…
If you ever watched SATC the movie, you notice that Carrie sells and re-buys her apartment AGAIN. That means she would have “bought” her apartment twice. So dumb! I also can’t figure out how she has any money at all. All she does all day is shop, drink, eat and buy shoes.
I agree with the hair statement. Only until she chopped her hair off in season 5 did it start looking decent.
Berger was the absolute worst! I hate him with a passion… Although I never really understood why Carrie went to France for the Russian guy. I never understood what she saw in him at all!
I still think that Carrie’s hair was great when it was straight in season 2(I think?)
If I could miraculously get Carrie’s apartment, I’m pretty sure I’d move to NY and consider never leaving.
I watched the show a lot during my college years — mostly alone, on the weekends, with great pleasure. I may have over-watched it, however. And, to some extent, that saddens me. I had many wonderful nights with those characters and I worry that I’ll never feel the same way about it — like I’ve overdone it and now it’s only going to be wonderful in the past, not the present. Because, to some extent, after you’ve seen every episode a few times, the show loses its spark.
Carrie drives me crazy! I think she is so selfish and self-absorded. Like, if one of the other women is having a giant issue she talks for 2 seconds about them, then goes right back to herself.
I did (and do) love the show, but I hated the movie. I think I’m in the minority here, but I did.
I would LOVE to look like Kristin!
I’ve never actually watched Sex in the City. This post almost made me want to. Maybe.
I love SATC and adored the movie. I’m patiently waiting for the sequel to come out lol.
I’ve always loved Carries crazy fashion sense and her crazy curly hairdos.
Although she seemed to be the most herself around BIG, I was always on Team Aidan.
I don’t think Carrie was selfish at all, her friends are her support system, family, even. Most people have siblings, relatives, or friends that need more support and guidance than others…their coming into theirself…or maybe even coming to terms of who they are and what they truly want in life. Maybe I’m a bit selfish, but I b!tch/complain/vent/cry to my friends, and I love them for allowing me to.
@Angela…I think that Carrie was stunned at the fact that Charlotte was going to let her fall flat on her face rather than lending her some money until she got on her feet. I can’t imagine how frustrating it would be to be in a financial bind and not having my friends (esp the ones that are in position to help) offer any assistance whatsoever. It would actually question my friendship with that individual.
@Astharis, I agree with you about the Aleksander the Russian. I think Carrie was taking a chance/opportunity on love. After realizing that everyone was moving on with their lives and she was standing still, she decided to take a chance and follow her heart. Lol, although her heart steered her into the wrong direction, it was still a experience that I’m sure she won’t regret. I guess sometimes you have to do whatever it is to satisfy the want that you desire (lol if that makes sense). I loved how Carrie threw caution to the wind and took a risk with the Russian…if all else fails, she could have went back to nyc…nothin beats a failure but a try.
I love all the characters, I just wish that her gay husband Stanford was in the picture more, its always nice to have a gay pal in your corner :)
**Ashley, thank you for this opportunity to speak about SATC :) **