Remember Sex and the City?
If you haven't forgotten, remember the shyness, excitement or relaxation when you first followed the show?
If you don't pay attention, "Sex and the City" has been an American drama that has been broadcast for 20 years.
On June 6, 1998, HBO began playing the work, which is still avant-garde to this day.
Until 2003, a total of 6 seasons and 95 episodes were broadcast.
Later, the two spin-off films "Sex and the City" (2008) and "Sex and the City 2" (2010) solved the fan lovesickness.
Three years later, cw TELEVISION, which focuses on the young audience market, released a prequel, "Kelly's Diary" (2013-2014), which looks back at Kelly's high school life.
It's just that the episode has a poor reputation, and it was cut after 2 seasons and 26 episodes.
In addition, "Sex and the City", which is at the forefront of fashion, can also be regarded as a pathfinder for fashion dramas such as "Gossip Girl" (2007-2012).
And in this long IP development, the most classic is still the original episode.
Xiao Wan will review this work of 20 years ago with you today, maybe the old fans can find some resonance, and the new customers can also find the motivation to brush the drama.
Sex and the City was originally a book written by Candice Bushnell that featured her newspaper op-eds.
At that time, in order to protect her privacy, she also used the pen name of Kelly Brayshaw.
When the book was adapted into an episode, Kelly (Sarah Jessica Parker) naturally became the protagonist.
The well-known New York columnist has a lot of money, but as a fashionista, he also has a lot of tight moments because he is addicted to expensive shoes.
But no matter how good, people who sell literature for a living have a very sensitive observation of human feelings and the state of the world.
And her experiences and experiences with her three sisters constitute the main body of this play.
One of the sisters, Charlotte York (Kristen Davis), is an art gallery manager, sweet, elegant, and somewhat idealistic.
Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) is the opposite, as a lawyer, she has been able and tough with short hair for many years.
The eldest, Samantha Jones (Kim Cate-Lorre), opens a PR firm.
Extroverted, she is very sociable and loves to communicate, and she is the most open-minded veteran among the sisters.
They are quite close, sitting around and chatting is a regular thing, and sex and love come naturally.
So many forms and opinions are associated with their words and actions.
The identification with the self, the tolerance of attitudes, and the innovation of thought are all based on this kind of cognition and communication.
Screenwriter Darren Star has a very keen eye, he knows that such content is in line with the needs of contemporary urbanites, but he can't express it on public television.
HBO, who is willing to explore fresh expressions, provides a platform for him and Sex and the City to show their fists.
In that era of hot sitcoms, Star and other creators abandoned hilarious incitement and used a witty but profound form of comedy.
This form is very much in line with the attributes of "Sex and the City", so that it can span comedy and drama, with wider acceptance and stronger vitality.
The Emmy Award for Best Drama Series in a Comedy series and other awards won softly, which is enough to prove that it is highly affirmed by the industry.
In Sex and the City, Kelly, as a columnist, not only shoulders the responsibility of narration, but also takes on the role of exploration.
She is a deep participant in the bustling metropolis of New York and is familiar with all the rules and taboos here.
She is also a deep and keen observer, through her own emotional experiences with her sisters, as well as her extended connections, to see the various manifestations and directions of the love field.
Interestingly, precisely because the four of them have very different personalities and concepts, they naturally have different views on various things.
But it is very valuable that the difference between each other did not cause a dogfight like a false face sister, but instead gave birth to the greatest degree of tolerance.
In any case, there is no adultery, and many choices and opinions are not absolutely right or wrong.
In this way, "Sex and the City" makes people see the diversified expressions and needs, and also makes people see the ease and strength of symbiosis.
For example, in the sixth episode of the first season, they talked about how many dates they should go to bed—
Charlotte felt that if she cared about the other person, she wouldn't roll the sheets on the first date, at least after the fifth.
Miranda scoffs at this "dating code", but also feels that she should not start it the first time.
Samantha even pointed out that the people who proposed this idea could not find a partner for sex themselves.
And if the other person dumps you because they went to bed on the first date, the tenth time is equally likely.
This in turn involves the proposition of truth and falsehood -
Charlotte believes that by the tenth time, people may have paid their true feelings.
Samantha said it would be good to see if the sexual interests matched before the heartbreak.
Many well-intentioned arguments are still interesting today.
And many seemingly taboo issues, we may not be able to talk freely with friends to this day, but in their mouths, there is no such confusion.
The dissolution of the secret has allowed many topics worth exploring to be fully divergent thinking, and no one has to make a conclusive conclusion, let alone convince the other party.
Everyone can be themselves well, can explore themselves freely, and please themselves, and such a realm, 20 years later, still has room for people to yearn for.
Especially in the environment that most people are accustomed to, there is a paradigm for a happy life and a happy family, and even in the face of their own bodies and fantasies, there are many rules.
So in a way, female audiences and even male audiences can find a kind of relief power in "Sex and the City".
No matter when you start watching this show, you can find the key to a door in your heart.
On another level, the freedom and pioneer led by these women is not a declaration of equal rights.
It can be sharp and can be overheated, but in a relatively depressing environment, it must be representative, topical, and even inspiring and revolutionary.
Therefore, male audiences should also look at it, if they really understand the equality and respect under the surface of sexual liberation, there may be no so-called straight male cancer in the world.
Like Samantha says she's "try sex", there are a lot of things you can try.
Or, at least try to get to know or even understand.
In this harmonious and different interpersonal society, everyone needs such empathy and distance.
In the final analysis, "Sex and the City", which is at the forefront of fashion and concept, has achieved a high degree of integration of material and spiritual.
Even after 20 years, instead of becoming obsolete, it has freed up more room for thinking.
And if you've ever seen it, do you remember any lines or events that touched you?
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