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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
When you begin comparing your husband to Sebby, you have a problem.
Early on I thought SATC was funny. The episode where the slut had a bf with a tiny penis was my intro to the show, and it was hilarious. It was never insightful, I thought -- the attempted insights were trite, obvious at best.
Hard to understand why you would think men find the show "threatening" -- I suppose some men are uncomfortable with women who are comfortable with sex
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Naah -- though I tend to describe the more cartoonish aspects of mr.dtb on this board, he is more than the one-dimension I tend to highlight. How funny would it be to talk about what a steady family-man he is, or what a hard worker, or good father, etc. That doesn't make for much entertaining conversation, even though it's true -- and I'm sure Sebby is more than his "persona" here (as are we all).
Yes, SATC dropped off a bit here and there, but what show hasn't (I am admittedly on shaky ground here, as I don't watch many tv shows)? I never said it was insightful -- what person's life is fraught with deep meaning at every turn? I said it resonated with lots of women -- because women have inane and repetitive conversations about relationships.
What's so hard to understand why men find the show "threatening" (I did say "men of [a certain] ilk" -- though I know how you like to take offense when anything against men is proffered)? Men are threatened by women who talk about sex (and as many have observed -- women talk about sex a lot -- and they don't lie; which for some men is likely unsettling). Is it your view that no man is threatened by a show depicting true-to-life (well, for a tv show anyway) conversations among women? Why else the visceral reaction against it? It's not like it was offensive so as to deserve the vituperative remarks against it. Was it often trite? Sure. Was it silly? Sure. Was it fantasy (I mean, how did she afford all those clothes?!?)? Of course. But to hate it with passion like the heat of a thousand suns seems a bit exaggerated. So you tell me. If not "threatening" then why the overreaction?
