I watched several episodes of the show. It didn't inform me of much, but it did provide dozens of frank discussions of sexual subjects that many people might not know or wouldn't research. That was awesome, though a little repetitive for me. The drama seemed incidental to me with so much honesty, give or take a few episodes.
Now, the movie made a big splash, and I expected there to be one big taboo subject to be discussed at length in the film - it would follow from the series.
Monogamy (and non-) would have been a big bold subject to cover in the course of 2 hours, it really would have. Masculinity and the workplace (touched on by the heels interview) would have been a big bold subject too, especially from the feminine perspective which is practically absent from culture at this time.
Appearantly, fidelity (and in-) was the subject, which is something many many women face today, so its not bold but it is good. At least one character witholding and being unhappy about her husband cheating is necessary to make this subject complete, because many people in the audience will empathize with this. To make the issue complete, if I were writing the movie, I would have the other 4 characters have other experiences from being faithful and amorous, to being encouraging of the aforementioned non-monogamy. This way, the frank discussions that I liked about the original show could happen, with the incidental drama and the mandatory product placement for a hollywood movie.
So I ask you, was there a spectrum there? Or was it really biased and bland?
I'd be interested to know. I read a review that called it a "women's indiana jones" which soured me on seeing it.
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Date: 2008-06-12 04:46 pm (UTC)From:I watched several episodes of the show. It didn't inform me of much, but it did provide dozens of frank discussions of sexual subjects that many people might not know or wouldn't research. That was awesome, though a little repetitive for me. The drama seemed incidental to me with so much honesty, give or take a few episodes.
Now, the movie made a big splash, and I expected there to be one big taboo subject to be discussed at length in the film - it would follow from the series.
Monogamy (and non-) would have been a big bold subject to cover in the course of 2 hours, it really would have. Masculinity and the workplace (touched on by the heels interview) would have been a big bold subject too, especially from the feminine perspective which is practically absent from culture at this time.
Appearantly, fidelity (and in-) was the subject, which is something many many women face today, so its not bold but it is good. At least one character witholding and being unhappy about her husband cheating is necessary to make this subject complete, because many people in the audience will empathize with this. To make the issue complete, if I were writing the movie, I would have the other 4 characters have other experiences from being faithful and amorous, to being encouraging of the aforementioned non-monogamy. This way, the frank discussions that I liked about the original show could happen, with the incidental drama and the mandatory product placement for a hollywood movie.
So I ask you, was there a spectrum there? Or was it really biased and bland?
I'd be interested to know. I read a review that called it a "women's indiana jones" which soured me on seeing it.
-FW