I’m going to be like Sex and the City lead character Carrie Bradshaw and begin this piece by posing a question.
Does Sex and the City really appeal to all women?
If you’re a 30-something female, like me, people will automatically assume that movies like 27 Dresses, Made of Honor, and Sex And The City do, in fact, appeal to you. This goes double if you’re a New York City gal like I am. It goes triple if you have a man in your life, in which case everyone thinks that you probably forced him into seeing 27 Dresses instead of Iron Man.
I guess the fact that I run a geek entertainment website where I write about comic books, superhero movies, and scifi television means nothing. I’m still a 30-something girl, therefore things like lipstick, nylons, and hangbags must be what’s important to me (like Susan Pevensie at the end of the Narnia series!), thereby automatically associating me with something like the Sex and the City. I’ve actually been asked already if I planned to “drag” my husband to go see Sex and the City: The Movie when it opens in theaters this Friday.
The answer, plan and simple (and obvious): No.
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