Recently, I am degenerated to be a S.O.L, namely soap opera lady. God knows what happened to me all of a sudden that I become a manic for such fantasy stuff. Before I finished watching the TW idol series “I am destined to love you”, I fell for another fabulous series—Sex and the City. It seems quite embarrassing that a girl who has never been in love being so mad about this show. In less than two days, I have stuck to this opera without break. Certainly, at first, I thought it quite erotic, I just can’t believe this is such a thing in this world, four amazing successful ladies at their 30-something could have their sexual partners changed in such a frequently superb speed. That really stunned me. However, when I had enough nerve and curiosity to watch on, I found these four lead characters are gorgeous, glamorous and adorable. It’s not erotic anymore; instead, it’s enlightening and eye-opening. In this drama, there is a topic in each session. The conversations are incredibly smart and witty; these four different women are so funny and intelligent.
A: The awful truth: Will you be candid or not when you think your friend’s new things are lousy and awful? Will you just be frank or tell the white lies in broad daylight?
B: They shoot single people, don’t they? Is single fabulous?! Should there be the question mark or exclamation point?
C: Is it better to fake it or be alone? No armor, no faking.
D: The man, the myth, Viagra. How do we explain the random hopelessness of our miserable life? Can that fabulous mythic relationship ever happened to me?
E: In a world where everyone is dying to make a connection, can a relationship bring you back to life? She is prepared to live in the shadow of a dead one, but she is not prepared to live in the shadow of three live ones?
F: Is “happily ever after” is really just a myth?
G: It won’t kill you to slow down? Imitation is the sincerest flattery. You can not change men, but once in a blue moon, you can change the woman.
H: The caste system: It’s not about money, but compatibility. It’s normal for men to be rich, if he is rich, it would become an advantage; but if a woman is rich, it becomes a problem she has to deal with. Question: Can we date outside of the caste!
I: Evolution: Do we need to leave behind something as souvenir when we have a relationship with somebody? Imagine Samantha with a broken heart was also more confusing to charlotte who has a French kiss with a gay man. Samantha: she is a power hybrid, the ego of man trapped in the body of a woman. Every single man yearns for the separate togetherness in NY city.
J: La douleur exquisite: In love relationship, there is a fine line between pleasure and pain? Someone even holds that a relationship without pain is a relationship not worth having. Pain implies growth. When it comes to relationships, how do you know when enough is enough?
K: Game people play: Sometimes, there is no better thing to be out of relationship. Do you have to play games to make a relationship work?
L: Relationship Pattern: Are we all victims of conditioned response, doomed to repeat the same unconscious relationship patterns, will we date the same person over and over again?
M: Shortcomings: I like stability, I like routine, I like someone to wait for me at home. When you are dating someone, how many people are becoming emotionally involved? When you sleep with someone, are you screwing the family? (a bit nasty though (∩_∩)o…)
N: twenty-something girls vs. Thirty-something women.
O: ex and the city. Can you be friend with ex. “The way we were”. It the heartbreaking ending of the second season when I saw Mr. Big dumped Carrie for another younger and flawless girl. Carrie was devastated by this shocking fact that she spent two years with this man, but he just end up with engagement with Natasha after they meet each other for simply 5 months. But it dawned on Carrie that maybe there are some women not meant to be tamed. Maybe they need to run free until she finds someone just this wild to run with. There are two types of girls: simple and complicated. Mr. Big can’t take the risk marrying a girl he feels hard to see through. So, he just takes every safe step in choosing his bride to get married. It’s universal rule, isn’t it?
P: Where there’s smoke: Girls are always in a position to be rescued. What if Prince Charming have never showed up? Was Snow White slept in the glass confine forever! Or she eventually woke up and spit out the poisonous apple and got the job and bought the health package and married and had babies?
Q: Attack of 510 woman: Are there women just there to make us feel bad about ourselves?
R: Boy, girl, boy, girl: In an age when gender is confused, has the opposite sex become obsolete?
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I find myself always uncomfortable at my leisure hours. That’s why I am so hard-working and even take notes when I am watching these Series. But frankly, these shows are amazing. These topics involved are explored so contemplatively and deeply. I love this way of exposing the common problems that may plague us everyday, so common that many of us just take it for granted or ignore it. Not to mention the awesome dialogues that really spark off inspiration, their friendship is truly the single and whole thing that allures. Whatever happens, these four amazing women could never forsake each other for their own good. They know what how valuable the true friendship is, and nothing, even the men they are so obsessed with, could beat their together time on a weekly basis. They could help each other to get through their worst time with 100% sweetness and faith. Actually, the whole play may revolve around the sex, but what I really am touched by their strong bond—life-long friendship. How to maintain different relationships is really really one art that would take you whole life to get just a hint.
