I recently watched the entire Sex & The City (SATC) series, including the first movie, again. I was curious as to how it stood up after all these years. I’ve been wanting to do that for a while but was scared. I didn’t want my fond memories of a show that meant so much to be tainted. Until Elvis Duran on his Elvis Duran on the Morning Show said that the show was dated, all the other hosts agreed. I said to myself, “Oh hell no!” And so, challenge accepted.
I didn’t make a big deal about watching it, no ceremonial evening of Cosmos with girlfriends’ as we binged watched every season. No, it was just me watching an episode at a time. The first thing that struck me? Chris Noth’s character, Mr. Big, was all I remembered him to be and more. Since the first episode, I was hooked and so was Carrie Bradshaw. However, I began to see Carrie in a different light. As her relationship with Big progressed, I realized that she pushed him too soon. I remembered her waiting another season to go all in but no, it happened in the first season. “Tell me I’m the one” she told him as he just stared at her. We all thought he was a giant a-hole at the time but now I see it was her.
That was the one thing that changed for me. Carrie Bradshaw was a completely different character than I remember. She was needy, annoying, and honestly, a little selfish. I had that opinion of her during the season she sported a new hair style, but she was like that from the beginning. When Aiden came into the picture, you thought he would change her, but it didn’t. It was just a stop over until Big came back. And he did. She never really wanted Aiden, not the way she wanted Big. The affair was expected and so was their friendship after everything was over. Sorry, I was never Team Granola. I was always and will forever be Team Scotch & Cigar.
Despite my dislike of Carrie, a few things remained true. The ladies were each other’s soulmates, New York was once magical, fashion was everything, and we all have a little Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and yes, even a little Samantha in us.
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