{"id":861,"date":"2008-05-29T21:37:12","date_gmt":"2008-05-30T01:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=861"},"modified":"2022-10-12T17:48:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T21:48:13","slug":"sex-and-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/sex-and-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Who do you think you are, Mr. Big? Sex and the City: The Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yep, I saw it. I work for the movie company that produced it, so I got to go for free. The standard line with Michael Patrick King’s now decade-old Sex and the City<\/em> franchise is that it has always appealed mostly to gay men and the women that love them. Even though this blogger more or less a whitebread straight dude (while I like naked lady bottoms and affirm Sean Connery is the best James Bond, automobiles and professional sports don’t move me), I don’t mean that as a disclaimer. While I’d never seen more than portions of the original television show, and I’d not voluntarily pay see the movie in the theater or rent the DVD, I’m not ashamed to say I’ve seen it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After shopping, let’s go shopping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had recently seen an advance screening of a yet-to-be released film (that will have to remain nameless here) that had more than a little in common with the plot and characters of Sex and the City<\/em>. Let me just say that in comparison, Sex and the City<\/em> is a masterpiece, and at least, watchable by straight men. The male characters in the film are endowed with more characterization and complexity than I would have expected. When Mr. Big (Chris Noth) does something “bad,” it’s because he’s confused and conflicted, not because he’s a douchebag (which is the explanation of any and all bad behavior by male characters in the aforementioned movie-that-cannot-be-named-for-professional-reasons).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hey there, Mr. Big Stuff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To get into the nitty gritty of the plot, there was one aspect that I just couldn’t wrap my head around: Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) makes an understandably bitter comment about marriage in general to Mr. Big that becomes one of many influences upon his spontaneous decision to leave Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) at the altar. Miranda neglects to tell Carrie about her comment, and the event and its cover-up is weighted by the film as A) the worst thing one friend can do to another and B) the single reason why Mr. Big stood Carrie up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Miranda eventually comes clean, Carrie reacts as if she sees Mr. Big and his actions in a wholly new light, and the reconciliation begins. I just don’t get it; it seems to me, based on the fictional characters’ actions and motivations in the world of the film, that Miranda’s minor indiscretion is exactly that, and the true problem is in fact Mr. Big’s ambivalence about Carrie’s desire for a disgustingly overblown princess wedding. But I suppose the answer to my confusion may simply be that I don’t get it because I’m a dude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally, a Public Service Announcement for any other bloggers searching the interwebs for movie stills with which to illustrate their reviews of Sex and the City<\/em>: depending on your inclinations, exercise caution when Googling “Mr. Big.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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