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Rare Affinity
02/25/09

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I am single and I loved Sex and the City. Nothing would ever make me lust after the ridiculously expensive and unfeasibly high heels but then I never ended up looking like an American quarterback with my padded shoulders, despite watching Dynasty. The Patricia Field fashions usually made me laugh rather than feel pangs of envy and it was clear that SJP was the producer since she ALWAYS had the male guest stars falling madly in love with her character on first sight. However, I can identify with quite a lot of the storylines touching on dating and relationships and often re-watch the series whenever it is shown again on the television.
I don't understand why people take it so seriously. For me it was just an amusing romp with some witty one-liners, pretty frocks and the occasional keen insight.
India is hardly Maoist China, when everyone was forced to wear the same drab clothing and therefore ripe for takeover by Carrie's obsession with colourful fashions. Rest assured, educated middle-class Indian women are just as capable as their Western counterparts of determining for themselves what constitutes a suitable role model.
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dirtybee
02/25/09

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If there was one movie I wish I could live by, it would be Natural Born Killers

Mallory!!!!
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R_Claw
02/25/09

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They should live by the gospel of Flight of the Conchords. That's what I try to do.

In fact, I'm thinking of becoming a part time model, but I won't quit my day job. Oops, sorry can't help but stare at your sugar lumps. Damn last night there were too many dicks on the dance floor. When Jemaine broke up with me, I got hurt feelings, I got hurt feelings...
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sportz.star
02/25/09

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Well, as an HBO show to emulate I guess Sex and the City is preferable to Big Love.
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lilbobbytables
02/25/09

@sportz.star: I prefer Deadwood.
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JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
02/25/09

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Did single women who liked to drink and wear heels have a name before "Carrie Bradshaw?" Or were they not worth a name because they'd eventually grow out of it when they found a nice man and had a few baybeez?
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lilbobbytables
02/25/09

@Jessica Hussein Lovejoy is stimulatin' ur package: The one I heard most was "slatternly trollop"
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morninggloria
02/25/09

@Jessica Hussein Lovejoy is stimulatin' ur package: They were called "snobby, neurotic, self-important urbanites."
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hello.kitty
02/25/09

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Honey, no! Screw Mr. Big. Love these guys:

Demetrius Williams (MISSISSIPPI MASAL)

Will Darcy (BRIDE & PREJUDICE)

Gogol/Nikhil (THE NAMESAKE)

Stop watching SATC and rent some Mira Nair films!
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R_Claw
02/25/09

@hello.kitty: I love Mira Nair! She came and spoke at my law school, and I was soooo jazzed. BTW - Bride and Prejudice is a classic.
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baraqiel
02/25/09

@hello.kitty: Really? I thought Gogol needed to grow a spine, actually. The women in that book were all much more interesting than he was.
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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
02/25/09

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I'm sorry, I'm sure this a very insightful post, but all I can see is the GIANT FLOWER. Is that an actual costume from the show? Because it is literally bigger than her head!
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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
02/25/09

@Benevolent_Dictatrix: To bring it back on-topic: I hope western cultural hegemony isn't extended to exporting giant flower apparel abroad.
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bluebears
02/25/09

@Benevolent_Dictatrix: heheheh. great, just one more thing we'll get blamed for.
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AthertonMerriweather
02/25/09

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Women in Mumbai are actually very fashion minded, so it doesn't surprise me that they would like Sex And The City. I don't think most people realize the amount of wealth in Mumbai. It makes sense to me that they would aspire to be a Carrie Bradshaw.
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morninggloria
02/25/09

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Luckily, my Indian-American friend, we have something here that combines all the stability of arranged marriage and the drama and romance of a "love match"--

THE BACHELOR!!!!11!!!!!!!1!
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Eleanor Ramilly
02/25/09

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It irritates me that writers feel the need to compare life and its troubles to pop culture so frequently. It feels like they're dumbing down the issues by attempting to speak in a language easy enough for the public to understand. It only muddles the topic.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
02/25/09

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I've chosen to live my life according to "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" and I've never regretted it. I've learned that... oh, man do I need a damn burger. It's so bright in here. Hahahahaa LOL Cats are so funny!

What?
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
02/25/09

@BrutallyHonestZombies: I live my life according to The Life of Brian. I'm not the Messiah, honestly!
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lilbobbytables
02/25/09

@BrutallyHonestZombies: I'm a business hippie!
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bluebears
02/25/09

@BrutallyHonestZombies: I live my life according to The Breakfast Club, its actually a bit of a problem. I keep turning up at highschools on the weekend and trying to talk to teens about their intimate sexual histories. yes, i have had several restraining orders entered against me.
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emilyanne
02/25/09

@BrutallyHonestZombies: I wanted to live my life according to either The Thin Man or His Girl Friday. Sadly there are a lack of debonair cocktail drinking William Powell lookalikes in the world, so instead I settled for living my life according to Days of Wine and Roses instead. It won't be a long life but it's a relatively pleasant one.
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LaComtesse
02/25/09

@BrutallyHonestZombies: If it meant doing blow off a strippers ass with NPH, I would live my life according to "White Castle." As it stands now, however, I would like to live my life according to "Elizabeth": be queen of a European country and begrudgingly allow others to kill religious zealots to assert your power while feigning ignorance.
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la.donna.pietra
02/25/09

@emilyanne: I found the lack of seriously disposable income and fabulous cocktail dresses to be my main impediment towards the Thin Life, unfortunately. The debonaire cocktail-drinking guy, I have. (He doesn't look that much like William Powell, but he makes a mean Cosmo and happily drinks it, too.)
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
02/25/09

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I hate the term "on the prowl."
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
02/25/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god: Whenever I'm accused of stalking I say I'm 'on the prowl'. I think it sounds more dignified, but the cops rarely agree.
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lilbobbytables
02/25/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god: Why? It is fitting for me, what with my all-black ninja suit, grappling hook, and fully armed crossbow i keep in my trunk at all times.

Wait, are we talking about dating or cat burglary? I can never keep the two straight...
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morninggloria
02/25/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god: What if it's in reference to an actual cat looking for actual mice to actually nom?
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debo matar la zombi goldberry83
02/25/09

@lilbobbytables: ...That's your dating outfit, right? Have I been doing this wrong?
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mllej
02/25/09

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I can't get beyond her first sentence (Kashyap's, not Sadie's). Scary Sadshaw indeed.
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nyc-caribbean-ragazza
02/25/09

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As a first generation American I understand the whole "out of respect for your parents" thing.
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gangey
02/25/09

@nyc-caribbean-ragazza: I may be old-fashioned, but as a third generation American (read: just a regular California girl) I also understand the whole "out of respect for your parents" thing.
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nyc-caribbean-ragazza
02/25/09

@gangey:

My parents were a little too strict and it wasn't easy growing up.

Some of my friends would say all kinds of things to their parents who were so easy going. I didn't understand what they were complaining about.

I valued my life so there was no yelling "I hate you" in my house. ha
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gangey
02/25/09

@nyc-caribbean-ragazza: Same for me! I couldn't believe some of the things my friends said to their parents. My parents were really strict, and it wasn't easy at the time, but I think I turned out pretty well because of it!
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bluebears
02/25/09

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Actually it makes sense that a conservative society would enjoy Sex in the City, as I've always found the show to be a conservative message wrapped up in glitzy paper.
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morninggloria
02/25/09

@bluebears: Yes. I love the show; it is very crack-esque to my ladybrain, but I was watching an episode from the first season the other day and Carrie's voiceover referred to marriage as "the holy grail" for single ladies. It seemed startlingly old-fashioned and anti-feminist to me.

But that's probably because I'm just jealous of everyone who is married and has kids and stuff.
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pandorasmittens
02/25/09

@bluebears: That is exactly why that show irks me to no end. People claim it to be liberating, but it's not exactly liberating to engage in massive over-consumption of goods and services so that you may look good to not only men, but your female peers (and this, like many things is disguised as "doing it for onesself"). Instead of a 14 year old buying Abercrombie jeans, a 33 year old buys Manolos. It's a shallow treatise on conformity.

And of course, we have the "I need a man! I want a man! Someday, I will find a man, and my dreams will be fulfilled!" message. But I already thought that one was pretty obvious.
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bluebears
02/25/09

@morninggloria: at least you can realize that about yourself. so many women are just in denial about their jealousy of the marrieds.
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bluebears
02/25/09

@pandorasmittens: It's like they try to distract you with their gay male friends and frank talk about sex but the end message of the show is hetero-domesticity.
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LaComtesse
02/25/09

@morninggloria: In spite of your constant puns, I'm shocked that you like SATC. And remember; being married only means your legally obligated to deal with the fact that he farts in front of you ;-)
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morninggloria
02/25/09

@LaComtesse: I think it's partially nostalgic, as friend group viewings of Sex and the City drunk comprised probably 30% of my freshman-junior year of college.
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