A discussion on Sex in the City

Mommy Monsters Inc.:”Sex and the City” A Microcosm of Real Life?

I’m taking issue with Heidi’s assessment of the characters and the story. I find SITC to be much like the Harry Potter books: very controversial, lots of opinions (by people who haven’t actually seen the series or the movie!) and a discounting that there could be anything contained therein that would speak to Christians.

Update: Heidi answered my last posting. I don’t want to take the last word on her blog but I did have a followup comment

Sure, people do take up the little traditions (small t) with enthusiasm when they convert to a new faith and unless those are grounded in true faith they can quickly die. Heidi brings up the parable of the seeds and I absolutely agree with that. Sometimes however, it’s the small traditions (small t) that open our eyes to bigger truths. When Charlotte York in SIC adopted Judaism and all of its traditions (becoming more Jewish than her Jewish husband!) I found it charming and reminiscent of my own reversion to my Catholic faith with a need to learn and adopt all of the traditions, smells and bells! I never saw any indication from the series or the movie that Charlotte’s was not a true conversion. It simply doesn’t come up in the movie.

Heidi thinks the character of Miranda is sheltered. Well, she’s an attorney. I guess she’s as sheltered as anyone else with a large disposable income. Typical? Probably not. Realistically portrayed for her income level? Most likely.

Heidi ends with:

Bottom line, this series/movie is not supposed to be a documentary. It’s fiction. It’s supposed to be entertainment. And while it’s possible to extract a few positive lessons (e.g., “The best way to be happy is to live by Christian moral principles”), you have to wade through a LOT of garbage to find them.

True die hard SIC fans (the ones who lined up en mass last Friday for the opening of the movie) HAVE waded through the garbage. In the showing we attended, many of them were quoting dialog! Bottom line though, when you cut through all the crap, the girls really are the happiest when they are living selflessly, for other people, not focused on themselves, in what appear to be monogamous marriages.

If they do a sequel I’d love to see it revolve around Samantha going it on her own with another cancer recurrence and how her character and her friends (all married and some with kids) now, deal with it.

BTW, I notice on your blog that you’ve cross-posted to this. Thanks for the link! (Though the comment about people who write about the series without having seen it is a little confusing, since clearly I’ve seen an episode or two myself!).

There are 94 episodes of SIC. I’m just sayin.

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