PICTURE me sitting poised at a laptop, whimsically staring out of the window of a New York apartment, curtain billowing in a gentle breeze, as I write this column.
Because - yes, you guessed it - the Sex And The City movie is finally out this month.
It's been four long years since the show finished and, God, how I have missed it.
The new movie has been dangled like a carrot on a stick over us fans for months now: snapshots of the girls in their hot new outfits have been filtered through magazines and rumours have abounded that Carrie will marry Mr Big and ditch her blonde curls.
But at last we will be able to find out for ourselves because the release date is almost upon us.
I have never been as excited waiting for a film. I feel like one of those obsessive Star Wars fans who cried at the trailer for Phantom Menace.
But talking about the film with my friends the other day, I couldn't help but wonder . . . would the world be a different place if Sex And The City had never existed?
The show changed young women's lives and gave us so much more than a decent TV programme to watch on Friday nights.
And of course The Rabbit - A seemingly innocent device which certainly seemed to make a lot of women very happy.
At one time every group of girlfriends will have had the conversation where they decide which character they'd all be if they were in Sex and the City.
And every time there will have been a squabble over who had to be Miranda.
I heard of a SATC-themed fancy dress party where four people came as Carrie, two as Charlotte, three as Samantha - and none as Miranda.
No offence to actress Cynthia Nixon but it's just those boxy solicitor's suits were never going to be in the running against Carrie's off-the-wall outfits.
Men don't "get" Sex And The City.
They can't understand why we're all so obsessed with a "horse-faced woman dressed like a transvestite" and her cronies. They don't like watching a group of women talking about sex and relationships in such an up-front way.
And the cackles of recognition they hear make them feel nervous.
But do we care? Of course we don't. Sex And The City made us feel like brilliant, brave feminists who could do what they liked when they liked.
And I for one will be dusting off my oversized corsage in preparation for the big day.
2:25pm Saturday 3rd May 2008
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CommentPosted by: simplysimon, burnley on 3:48pm Thu 8 May 08
Since being introduced to the Rabbit it has opened up a whole new world of meaning to mans limited understanding of domestic appliances.
Not [italic]all[/italic] men don't get it. We just can't understand what intimacy and relationships have to do with communication.
Sex is still intimacy isn't it?
Since being introduced to the Rabbit it has opened up a whole new world of meaning to mans limited understanding of domestic appliances.
Not
all men don't get it. We just can't understand what intimacy and relationships have to do with communication.
Sex is still intimacy isn't it?
Posted by: simplysimon, burnley on 4:03pm Thu 8 May 08
"If a Rabbit can be Sensual beyond Infinity. I reckon I can try Carrie."
"If a Rabbit can be Sensual beyond Infinity. I reckon I can try Carrie."
Posted by: Parly, Whalley on 8:29am Sat 10 May 08
[quote]Men don't "get" Sex And The City.[/quote]
I don't either.
Not because I’d rather watch a programme with Michael Palin going up and down in a lift all day, but because I just don’t get the whole “girly” thing.
Men don't "get" Sex And The City.
I don't either.
Not because I’d rather watch a programme with Michael Palin going up and down in a lift all day, but because I just don’t get the whole “girly” thing.
Posted by: simplysimon, burnley on 12:02pm Sat 10 May 08
To be Honest Parly, I don't get the whole 'girly' thing either. I might be missing something, I know it's possible, but I don't understand the 'girly' thing.
Maybe it's what divides the Women from the girls or the Lovers from the Mothers.
I'm only a simple Blokey..... And if I knew everything there would be nothing left to Discover and Learn.
Strange notions with Carole Vordamen might make more sense come to think of it. :)
To be Honest Parly, I don't get the whole 'girly' thing either. I might be missing something, I know it's possible, but I don't understand the 'girly' thing.
Maybe it's what divides the Women from the girls or the Lovers from the Mothers.
I'm only a simple Blokey..... And if I knew everything there would be nothing left to Discover and Learn.
Strange notions with Carole Vordamen might make more sense come to think of it. :)
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