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Ahhh, well CLEARLY you have never witnessed the cuteness that is Xanatos. He's such a cutie! *fans self*

*is lost in thought thinking of Xan's adorableness as she is dragged off by THE pirate fanning herself*

Alright, I would've been done earlier but a friend dropped by and we were talking for a few hours

Anyway, here ya go, baby doll! <3

The fanaticism is no worse than those people who are in love with Whedon and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Or Star Trek. Or Star Wars...

To women's defense on the topic, it has been one of the only female-targeted shows in a very long time. I mean sure, they tried it again with Desperate Housewives (which sucked and was pale in comparison to the brilliant writing on SATC) and Lipstick Jungle (which was canceled quickly). But before SATC, there wasn't MUCH. And it was empowering for female viewers because we knew that SJParker was running the show.

One of the reasons the show WAS so special is because of the structure of the show.
-You had the 4 archetypes of woman (making it accessible to several audience types of women). None of them were ever "insulted" or seen as "lesser," they were just different personality types (albeit simplified and exaggerated).
-Each show you were presented with a premise that not only moved the overall story along, but were tangible situations in which almost every individual has been in, in one form or another.
-That premise/question was addressed four times throughout the episode through each of the characters, all of whom would tackle the situation differently, giving a variety of perspectives. And the writers were unapologetic of handling the issues.
-At the end of the show, the question was never truly answered - it was left up to the audience to think, "What would I have done? What wouldn't have I done?"

People have accused the show of promoting materialism when if they actually watched the ******* show, it didn't. In the same vein that people accuse the show of being anti-men, pro-women, etc, those are individuals who I can guarantee watched the show (or didn't) and just didn't understand the messages being sent. Perfect example is the SATC movie. Think about what happened when SJParker's character allowed to get sucked INTO materialism and the social conditioning of the world...her personal relationships fell apart. Another example is the fact every time in the show that they supposedly "GLORIFIED" materialism they were being realistic and socially chiding of the lifestyle choice. SJParker's forgoes eating for days and buys an expensive pair of shoes simply to make sure she looks ravishingly gorgeous at a luncheon in front of her ex's new wife. Something that MANY people (women and men) do due to low self esteem and the like. I don't qualify myself as someone with excessive amounts of low self esteem...I don't look for the approval of people, I like to think I'm more self-actuated than that...but ya know what? When I ran into an ex-boyfriend of mind and saw that he had accomplished nothing (as I had predicted he would have) and had gotten fat? Yeah. I gave myself a little freaking pat on the back for calling that and getting the hell out when I did.

We can posture all we like, but the written psychology behind the show was freaking brilliant.

And ya know, I watch a lot of foreign television shows (French, British, Korean) with subtitles and DESPITE there being cultural differences and issues with references, I can still enjoy the show for what it is. SATC didn't depend on social references. It depended on social psychology.

/flex.

This is a giant myth. Sex and the City isn't man-bashing and all estrogen and actually a very significant amount of viewers were straight men. They were "suckered into" watching with their wives, or girlfriends, or sisters, or mothers, only to realize the show was flipping hilarious. You'd be surprised over the "straight men" whom you and I either both know or know ABOUT who admit to watching and loving the show. Just sayin'.

In fact, the show made fun of women more than anything by expressing the female-gender-conditioned insanity through the four stereotypical archetypes. That's what made it brilliant.

It had no more "drama" than "Entourage" or "Rescue Me," the only difference is that it occasionally talked about "female fabulous things" such as shoes. And that really WAS occasionally.

Just like me watching WWE (which I don't' because I find it god freaking awful writing and acting) or Rescue Me, or any other "male" oriented show doesn't make me into a butch ****, no it just means that I am secure in my femininity and can appreciate good writing no matter the "genre."

Oh I threw the gauntlet down. :O

...BLASPHEMER!!!!! *dies*

LOLz

Well, come on, we can live in this world together. No need for us to get power hungry. Unless of course you're into that kind of thing. LOL!

But...but...fine. But I get dibs on the next dude. Haha!


I can be your apprentice...it'll be like Jedi's only we won't run from every fight <_<

Psh, plenty of older people are still spanky. Helen Muren (Murren? whatever) is still gorgeous and she's like 60? Total GILF LOL!

And guys get better looking with age!

As for experience...damn you. Can I have some?

Thanks for the compliments! I am having a lot of fun with this one. I still gotta do a lot of work on it.