| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Title | SEX AND THE CITY (1998–2004) |
| Type | Television Series |
| Creator | Darren Star |
| Based On | The book Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell |
| Lead Actor | Sarah Jessica Parker |
| Main Cast | Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, David Eigenberg |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Original Network | HBO |
| Original Run | June 6, 1998 – February 22, 2004 |
| Seasons | 6 |
| Episodes | 94 |
| Average Episode Duration | 30 minutes |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 7.3/10 |
| Awards | Won 7 Emmy Awards, 8 Golden Globes, and 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards |
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SEX AND THE CITY
The film based on the popular HBO series follows the fantasy lives of Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon). Relationship problems develop with some of these characters: Only one seems to have found her bliss.
Samantha, the actress, has left New York and is living with her boyfriend in Malibu. Charlotte has become Jewish and is happily married with an adopted daughter from China. Miranda is a workaholic who spends little time with her husband and son. Carrie, ever the writer, and Mr. Big (Chris Noth) decide to get married for the wrong reasons.
I never watched HBO’s Emmy Award winning “sexplicit” television series until this film was announced. The edited version of the series seemed superficial, occasionally funny and sometimes insightful.
The film continues the fantasy. It takes existential retail angst and friendship as its point of departure. The nude and sex scenes seem deliberately placed so they can be edited out for airplane and network viewing. Such scenes cheapen a film which shows that the women are capable of moving from a hedonistic search for love to achieve a more mature level of human development. They can move from narcissism to a place where they might be ready to consider transcendence as an element of their lifestyle.
The women come to realize what Margaret Atwood writes about in The Handmaid’s Tale: You won’t die from lack of sex but you can die from lack of love. Learning the difference is the main lesson.
The film also emphasizes that forgiveness, love and friendship are the only things that endure. Meaningless sex, material things and retail therapy are empty promises that do not resolve the deepest longings of the human heart and yield no lasting happiness. If you see this film, keep an eye on the bejeweled, blue, high end retail shoe. Explicit sex and language.
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