I was cajoled into watching it by a friend. I'd never watched it when it was on HBO in the 90's. For some reason I though there would be more than six seasons. It seems like if a show is popular now, they run it until it runs out, after about a dozen seasons. It was explained to me that the four main characters (as most of you have probably seen it you'll have to stick with me for a minute) Miranda, Carrie, Samantha and Charlotte are four different personalities. In theory all women are supposed to be represented by a mix of the four. Before I started watching, this friend told me I was Carrie. I took slight offense. I am not a SJP fan, never have been. She's like Nicolas Cage for me, if I watch something it's in spite of him not because he's in it. After 96 episodes (I think), I've been thoroughly convinced I am Carrie with a good measure of Miranda thrown in. I am questioning, pondering, looking and sarcastic nearing snarky. I see very little of Charlotte in me. Samantha? Well, I think most of us want to be a little more Samantha but we haven't got the guts.There are two side to the SATC review for me. Heads: it makes a point of showing lots of different issues: gays, cancer, familial obligation, trouble conceiving/adoption, etc. The show demonstrates a lot of the issues and different reactions women have to those issues. People fight, life isn't always great, we pull together and move on. I did see some very true "observations" in the show. Alternately, I wasn't thrilled with the all's well that ends well ending. Everyone had someone, most had what they wanted all along and it wrapped up in a nice little box. Now I know it's TV. Don't lecture me about it being a fictional media. It just seems to me that after going too far to try are represent topics that often get glossed over, they did the show a disservice by ending it with everyone with someone. Can we, as a society, or as women, not acknowledge or accept that maybe we won't find someone? Maybe we'll only find that someone when we're 40? Maybe it wont be at all like we imagined. I found it absolutely incredulous that Carrie and Big ended up together. It could be that someone's life ended up that way, but I think reality tells us most people's wouldn't.
