Sex in the City Movie

Filed in archive Single Life on April 28, 2008

Are you looking forward to the new Sex in the City movie coming out next month? I know tons of gals (and even guys) who are anxiously awaiting the movie's release.

I came to the show late (seeing the heavily edited version on TBS rather than HBO) and was surprised to find that I instantly got into it. I say "surprised" because, as a dating writer, I think the show gives dating a bad name. I know a few gals who feel worse about their life after watching it, because they don't jump in the sack every few minutes with a new guy and don't really care to blow their entire rent money on a pair of shoes.

However, I get why this show is so appealing to girls everywhere, including me. It's about women who think dating sucks and want to find Mr. Right and aren't afraid to complain out loud about it. There is an instant likeability to the characters because we root for them more than we envy them.

I caught an interesting tidbit from the Telegraph about the upcoming movie and TV show. Please note there are a few speculations in the article, which could serve as spoilers if you've heard absolutely nothing about it.

The article starts at the very beginning, with Candace Bushnell (pictured above), the New York newspaper columnist who serves as the basis for Carrie Bradshaw. Bushnell says of her column, "My girlfriends and I were all in the same boat. We had lots of adventures and dated all these crazy guys, and my girlfriends said, 'If we don't laugh about this we'll go insane,' so that is how Sex and the City came to be written."

And maybe that's what made the show such a huge success that we could laugh along with the characters and in doing so feel okay about the dating mistakes we might have made as well.

So let me ask you, will you go see the movie? And if so, what are you hoping the movie brings to light about the characters?