So I went to a private screening on the new SATC film on Saturday for an exciting assignment. Oh my, what a gem. Seriously! A genuine pure bred hit. The characters we love are back, sparkling brighter than ever. The stories are richer with heart, with depth.
I couldn't help but wonder: as the movie opens with a statement that most twentysomethings move to New York for labels and love, what my own life be like without our iconic heroine, Carrie Bradshaw?
I didn't come to New York looking for love. Forget that, I thought - I just wanted a life. Living in the north Jersey suburbs does not a social life or sizzling journey make.
I was wooed by Manhattan, press event after press event, interesting people after their own aspirations. It's like he was courting me. Still is. The funny thing is, three years later, the honeymoon ain't over.
The relationship is only just beginning. It's blossoming, it's blooming and as I sat in the plush seats of the press screening in the heart of midtown Manhattan, I was channeling the best of me.
My inner Carrie, you know, the witty fashionista we're all rooting for, most importantly, the author, was shining. As many of my single New York friends allude to the show on a daily basis (similar to how you could be in a conversation with someone and instantly break into Seinfeldisms, "Yes, he double-dipped the chip!" or a fave in the ladies room, "Can you spare a square?"), I can't imagine not having this show in my life.
Yes, we know it's in re-runs and even the most muted episodes on TBS don't thwart us faithful New Yorkers whose friends here serve as surrogate families. But as the actors and writer/producer/director said yesterday during the press junket, this show hit on a zeitgeist of culture. It happened at the right time, the characters connect with viewers. They're archetypes.
We're them. They're us.
We can relate so I can't imagine living in this metropolis in the midst of the scene and much to my chagrin sometimes the trendy yet btn (bridge-n-tunnel) crowd of the Meatpacking District, sans our SATC (Sex and the City).
Our favorite characters are back and yes, they're spectacular.
