Afterthoughts From Watching Sex And The City
I am someone I know who is very very late who writes about "Sex And The City" years after its final release.
Why I want to write about it then? Because I have just finished watching the finale season of the tv series, thanks to the DVD, a loan by colleagues. And I would like to say that the final season of the show was much more profound that when the series first started. Imagine my shock when I saw how "risque" the show was on my first experience with the show's launching episode. "Gosh... You mean they actually allow THIS on tv in the States?" I know some of you may just throw in a "huh... you mean you don't know meh..." I admit I am conservative, and may I say those behaviours are unacceptable in my belief system. So it was quite a bit of pondering whether should I pursue the series further.
I got over the issue quickly because I know I am definitely not watching the show for THAT sake. The series has a very interesting perspective of living as a single person in New York City, or for that matter any city. Besides risque scenes peppered in the initial episodes of the show (they gradually have lesser and lesser of them, thank goodness), the show talks largely about the 4 women and their friendship and their quests to find love. I grew numb to THOSE scenes eventually "[ ffwd >> ]" and follow the series constantly.
It's pretty amazing to know that the series ran for a good 6 years, spanning from '98 - '04, and the ladies in the show went through many different kinds of experiences. One significant thing I noticed is that they transit from snobbish, wild party, and very sexually open creatures to people who matured into... Real people. Life's experiences are weaved into the series such as births, deads, cancer and adoption, and through it all, everyone kinda "grew up".
Ok, I think I am repeating myself... What I am trying to say here is that the show depicts rather accurately the truth of the matter. No, I don't mean all THAT, but more so of the relationships and especially, the friendships of the 4 women, spanning the amount of time. No matter who were are, or where we go to, at the end of the day, one should thank God for friends to hear their woes or give them a shoulder to cry on, or someone to affirm who we are, the decisions we make, or just be there for us even when there is nothing they can do... This is especially true for girlfriends. It's such complicated matter, this girlfriend thingy, yet its of such vital importance.
Ok, I think this is really what I am trying to say.
Friendships are very, very important. Make an effort to keep it.
(rethinking my "don't believe in best friends" belief system...)
Why I want to write about it then? Because I have just finished watching the finale season of the tv series, thanks to the DVD, a loan by colleagues. And I would like to say that the final season of the show was much more profound that when the series first started. Imagine my shock when I saw how "risque" the show was on my first experience with the show's launching episode. "Gosh... You mean they actually allow THIS on tv in the States?" I know some of you may just throw in a "huh... you mean you don't know meh..." I admit I am conservative, and may I say those behaviours are unacceptable in my belief system. So it was quite a bit of pondering whether should I pursue the series further.
I got over the issue quickly because I know I am definitely not watching the show for THAT sake. The series has a very interesting perspective of living as a single person in New York City, or for that matter any city. Besides risque scenes peppered in the initial episodes of the show (they gradually have lesser and lesser of them, thank goodness), the show talks largely about the 4 women and their friendship and their quests to find love. I grew numb to THOSE scenes eventually "[ ffwd >> ]" and follow the series constantly.
It's pretty amazing to know that the series ran for a good 6 years, spanning from '98 - '04, and the ladies in the show went through many different kinds of experiences. One significant thing I noticed is that they transit from snobbish, wild party, and very sexually open creatures to people who matured into... Real people. Life's experiences are weaved into the series such as births, deads, cancer and adoption, and through it all, everyone kinda "grew up".
Ok, I think I am repeating myself... What I am trying to say here is that the show depicts rather accurately the truth of the matter. No, I don't mean all THAT, but more so of the relationships and especially, the friendships of the 4 women, spanning the amount of time. No matter who were are, or where we go to, at the end of the day, one should thank God for friends to hear their woes or give them a shoulder to cry on, or someone to affirm who we are, the decisions we make, or just be there for us even when there is nothing they can do... This is especially true for girlfriends. It's such complicated matter, this girlfriend thingy, yet its of such vital importance.
Ok, I think this is really what I am trying to say.
Friendships are very, very important. Make an effort to keep it.
(rethinking my "don't believe in best friends" belief system...)
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