Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love
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This is the story of how a columnist, two gay men, and a writers' room full of women used their own poignant, hilarious, and humiliating stories to launch a cultural phenomenon. They endured shock, slut-shaming, and a slew of nasty reviews on their way to eventual—if still often begrudging—respect. The show wasn't perfect, but it revolutionized television for women.
When Candace Bushnell began writing for the New York Observer, she didn't think anyone beyond the Upper East Side would care about her adventures among the Hamptons-hopping media elite. But her struggles with singlehood struck a chord. Beverly Hills, 90210 creator Darren Star brought her vision to an even wider audience when he adapted the column for HBO. Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha launched a barrage of trends, forever branded the actresses that took on the roles, redefined women's relationship to sex and elevated the perception of singlehood.
Featuring exclusive new interviews with the cast and writers, including star Sarah Jessica Parker, creator Darren Star, executive producer Michael Patrick King, and author Candace Bushnell, "Jennifer Keishin Armstrong brings readers inside the writers' room and into the scribes' lives...The writing is fizzy and funny, but she still manages an in-depth look at a show that's been analyzed for decades, giving readers a retrospective as enjoyable as a $20 pink cocktail" (The Washington Post). Sex and the City and Us is both a critical and nostalgic behind-the-scenes look at a television series that changed the way women see themselves.
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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. (2018). Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. 2018. Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love. Simon & Schuster.
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A retrospective of the groundbreaking TV series, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of its premier.When Sex and the City first aired on HBO in 1998, the provocative comedy about four attractive, single women living glamorous lives in New York City quickly gained an immense following. The show marked a significant departure from typical network situation comedies and, along with the Sopranos, would lead to an increased demand for well-written adult-themed programs, many of which would be produced through cable networks. TV historian and entertainment writer Armstrong (Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything, 2016, etc.) provides an in-depth account of the show, from the early development stages in its transformation from Candace Bushnell's popular weekly column in the New York Observer to its six seasons and eventual incarnation as two films. Through interviews with various cast members and writers, including the show's creator, Darren Star, and executive producer, Michael Patrick King, the author shares vivid stories of the writing process, with particular emphasis on the women writers whose personal dating experiences inspired many of the memorable plotlines. Armstrong is clearly a fan of the show, yet she offers a balanced and insightful perspective of its cultural influence, specifically in relation to our country's evolving feminist movement. "Sex and the City, for all of its excellent and addictive qualities, served as a weekly commercial for white ladies doing what they want as the ultimate liberation," she writes. "Its portrayal of women as layered characters, flawed and sometimes unlikable, freed the women of television and the women who watched them to embrace more than the traditionally feminine role meant to delight men at all costs. But the show also equated feminism with wearing expensive clothes and sleeping with lots of men. While this was a step up from single women as cat ladies, it only provided a limited view of liberation in which patriarchy hasn't lost much ground."An entertaining, well-documented consideration of a significant TV series--thoughtful fare for TV historians as well as fans of the show.COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Armstrong (Seinfeldia) affectionately traces the history of Sex and the City, from its inception in the early 1990s as Candace Bushnell's column for the New York Observer to one of the first TV shows to put HBO on the map. Impeccably researched and as absorbing as the program it follows, the book swiftly dismisses critics who called the program insipid fluff, instead lauding it for breaking new ground in its forthright, empowering depiction of female sexuality and single women. Armstrong adeptly explores the show's vital place in pop culture but falters when it comes to examining its shortcomings. She acknowledges that Sex and the City portrays a whitewashed, gentrified New York, where feminism is defined as the choices of privileged white women. But despite a few perfunctory stabs at unpacking some of the show's stereotypical representations of black women, trans women, and bisexual individuals, Armstrong steers clear of overt, sharp criticism. Still, this is a smart, well-crafted love letter to a cultural phenomenon. VERDICT An addictive read that's sure to circulate; a must for fans of the show and TV junkies.--Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal
Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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