Many people who have not previously watched Sex and the City tend to stereotype it as a show obviously about a group of four ditzy, promiscuous women who are shopaholics. Although this show does live up to these certain perceptions, Sex and the City has a deeper message to it. Yes this is a comical show but it addresses real life issues that single, middle-age woman go through at some points in their lives. Each individual woman of Sex and the City has their own extreme personality and experiences, or lack thereof, which they bring to light in their frequent conversations. At every afternoon brunch, these four ladies come together and address their current weekly problems. The most prevailing topics that come up in these entertaining talks include: love, lust, work, men, sex life, relationships, and of course the issue of dealing with being single middle age women living in the up and happening city of New York. The real message of this show is that no matter the struggles that every day presents, the confusion that every relationship comes with, and the heartbreak that every man brings, at the end of the day you will always have your girlfriends, which is sometimes all you really need!
Sex and the City is a television show based on the lives of four women so evidently the viewers who make up the majority of this shows audience are females. Sex and the City does have sexual content and is not totally appropriate for younger girls. Sex and the City's UK sponsor Baileys, describes Sex and the City's target audience as being a "young, socially active female audience." Although this show mainly addresses topics pertaining to women, it does not exclude an audience of the opposite sex.
I thoroughly enjoy watching Sex and the City because the characters bring up so many diverse issues in their lives that any woman can relate too. An example of one of these issues is when Carrie, the main character, spent her monthly rent on a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes to simply match a cocktail dress that she was going to be wearing to a function. Her reason for impulsively purchasing these shoes was simply because they made her outfit. Another example of a situation presented in this show that has the intentions of relating to the audience is the notorious relationship that Carrie has with a man named Big. Carrie and Big have one of those complicated relationships. They never can seem to be able to get it together. When Carrie moves right, Big moves left. When Carrie says yes, Big says no. At some point in every woman's life, there has been a complicated relationship where you do not truly know where you stand. These two examples demonstrate one way in which the producers of the show try to connect on an emotional level with their audience.
On the other hand, one aspect about Sex and the City that I have a problem with is that some episodes are repeated throughout the series. What I mean in saying this is that some of the situations presented in one seasons show are recycled and reused in a different episode. The character is usually changed and the situation is slightly varied but overall it is the same situation. Another thing that I dislike about the promiscuity of Sex and the City is their representation of casual sex. The show sends a message to their viewers that casual sex is more common today than are real committed relationships. Although this might very well be the case, it is nice to see a relationship work for the better sometimes!
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