Sex, The City, And Penn State

If you haven't guessed from my previous blog posts my mother and I are extremely close. Naturally she is the main influencer of the kinds of television shows and movies I would watch. Since I was little my mom would be watching Sex and the City, the television show, and it seemed so amazing with the gorgeous clothes, a glamorous look at New York City, and of course the group of women who are the ultimate best friends. I wanted to watch it so I could learn lessons on fashion, friendship, and most importantly love. Once I was old enough I started to watch Sex and the City with my mom and it has been a solid bonding experience. Once I finished the TV series it was onto the film, which is still what I watch when I want a pick me up.

The film follows the television series and is supposed to wrap up the lives of the four best friends who the audience has watched grow, fall in and out of love as well as wear amazing outfits. The four best friends are Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha. All interesting women with different personalities that make up an unstoppable group. It has been popular for fans to identify with one friend so I will say mine, Charlotte the hopeless romantic. She is sweet, honest, and is looking for true love (I can honestly say this is me just look at how many quizzes I've taken to confirm this). Miranda is the not afraid to speak her mind, tends to be a pessimist, but is so loyal to all of her friends. Samantha is bold, brave, and well outgoing especially when it comes to sex. Carrie is free spirited, knows who she is as a person, and is trying to find someone who won't change her but compliment her. These women go through trials and tribulations in the TV show and by the moive most of them have found "the one". Carrie is getting married, Miranda has a son and is getting married, Charlotte is married and has a daughter, and Samantha has a reliable boyfriend.


Throughout the film as well as the TV show everyone seemed to constantly be looking for "the one" besides Samantha. Yes they all had career goals and other things going on in their life but honestly it was kind of obnoxious how everything seemed to be centered around "landing your perfect man". As much as I love the show and movie that is just not an acceptable message to portay to women. No one has to be constantly looking for love becuase that is exhausting and your not focusing on other important aspects of life. Instead of contantly searching, take a step back and try and let love find you.


While the women were looking for love a lot they were extremley hard workers. Miranda is an attorney who is tough and works her butt off especially to support her son. Her husband is a bar tender so she actually makes more money than he does. The show did branch out to show that there relationship remained normal and her husband had no problem of this which I appreciated. Charlotte works in an art gallery and has a keen eye for discovering new talent which is extremley impressive. Samantha is a successful PR pro for some of the most famous actors in Hollywood including her boyfriend. Carrie began as a columnist and then became a book author. All these women worked extremley hard to be successful which is truly inspiring. This makes the charatcers even more relatable because all of their careers require different skill sets.


All in all this show and movie has been with me throughout high school and has taught me some very important lessons. While there are some dissapointments there are plenty of good and sound advice given throughout the series. I highly recommend watching both the series and the film.