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I'm watching "Sex and the City" because there is nothing else on (and yes, that's really why). This show is so freaking stupid. I know that's a given, but who writes this stuff:

"I have a hard enough time surviving in a man's world without having to dress up like a man in a man's world."

"It's not a date until there's cocktails."

God, this show speaks terribly of women. I almost feel like writing an essay on how misogynistic it is.

I swear to you Snake I was doing homework late last week on Thursday and started to write a topic about this very same thing. I was doing accounting and was too lazy to shut up off after whatever was on. When it was over, I got up, walked into the living room and just asked my roommate "what the _ _ _ _ is wrong with some women?" "That show is horrid, how does anyone watch that and find it worth of an hour a week for several years?" This show has no entertainment value that I can see at all. Then shows like Journeyman get put on life support because they can't draw a decent crowd because most female TV viewers just want to watch shows where women sit down and talk about the city...among other things, cheat on their husbands (desperate housewives) and have sex with doctors (G's A).

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I definitely agree. I think shows aimed at women are great, but not when they portray them as superficial, egomaniacal and insane as these women. They represent a very small fraction of actual females and I get that it's a TV show and all, but seriously...it's so unfunny and contrived.

And I think the worst part is how they (based on my experience watching the show) make Kristin Davis' character look like an idiot. She doesn't slut around and looks to have a hint of morality, but she's like their punchline. Then they push Kim Cattrall's character as something fresh and innovative, when the idea of a 50-year-old women sleeping with anything that walks is extremely repulsive.

I met a girl who loves the crap out of this show. I told her my favorite was Kristin Davis, because she's not gross. Once she told me that she's just like characters off the show. A little SJP, a little redhead, a little whorebag and NO Charlotte. She said she hates people like Charlotte. That made me hate her and the show a little bit more.

That show and oprah bug me on the same level. Cult like. "See, this is how we are supposed to...xyz"

Let's not think. Let's not read. Let's be led.

docellis wrote:That show and oprah bug me on the same level. Cult like. "See, this is how we are supposed to...xyz"

Let's not think. Let's not read. Let's be led.

Careful, doc. When we're agreeing on something, trouble might be ahead.

I think the worst thing I ever saw was when Samantha inexplicably started dating this studly black guy who was a successful fashion or music mogul and was 20 years younger. The Millenium Falcon moving at light speed is more believable than this scenario.

My girlfriend loves that show. So I'm exposed to it more than I'd like. My problem is that every male character is some kind of stereotypical idiot - either a chauvinist, a wuss, or some sort of mental incompetent. I know this is just entertainment and well-balanced characters don't advance their plot lines. But It speaks to the view that the show's makers have of men.

I know this is a rant, but I think you're all taking it too seriously. It's a show about four women, not "women." They're exaggerated to represent certain aspects of women, but they're still a very specific group living a certain lifestyle in a certain place. I don't think it purports to represent farmers wives in Iowa or soccer moms.

There are things about it that bug me - mostly the goofy clothes, the flaky lead character - but I still find it to be very well written and funny in general. I'm also a big fan of Journeyman.

I've never been to NYC but I've got a feeling alot of people act like that up there.

cardinalkarp wrote:I've never been to NYC but I've got a feeling alot of people act like that up there.

Hahaha!

GatewaySnayke wrote:I'm watching "Sex and the City" because there is nothing else on (and yes, that's really why).

Does anyone really believe this?


I enjoy Desperate Housewives. There, I said it.