Why And Just Like That is so BORING!
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- Опубліковано 20 лют 2022
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wait,so a man cannot be funny,interesting and exciting unless he goes against metoo and a**ults a woman? please, watch TedLasso asap. also, Carrie saying that being bi is not real and it doesn't exist, in the original, was okay? should tv shows revert back tothat....? as well as Carrie punching Big in his face, that
is not a problem? Charlotte wanting a traditionaI marriage is not a probIem. Lots of peopIe want that. Charlotte being prejudiced against Mexicans,weII.....that's
where some problems were....
I think Samantha played a huge part of their success. Since she is not on the reboot it is impacting the tone.
The writers were so focused on diversity, inclusion and social justice causes that they forgot about character and story. Kim Cattrall made the right decision to not come back to this dumpster fire.
I've literally never seen anything worth seeing which made diversity and inclusion a priority.
Totally agree with you on this one! Loved the original show. This new show is too focused on all the BS social diversity & current news social issues. Kim Cattrall was smart not to join this "And Just Like CRAP."
I don't think they forgot, they didn't care
As President Trump said, “Everything WOKE turns to sh*t”. 😎
I agree. there was once a time when content like that was important, things like that needed to be on the nose. I think we are passed all that night now and it just seems preachy instead of woke. it's time to take these more "woke" themes and make them good again. time to normalize these issues instead of drawing pandering attention to them.
Cynthia nixon stopped playing miranda. She played Cynthia nixon.
what a good comment! I didnt think of it like that.
Exactly!!
This!!!!
True, so true.
@@Muffinga and just like this?
The reason why And Just Like That is boring isn't because of bad writing...it's the FEAR of good writing in a politically correct, overly sensitive, woke 2022. It's trying to make everyone happy instead of trying to be daring and fresh again.
You hit the nail on the head!!!
Exactly!!
Yup, go woke go broke.
So damn TRUE!!!!
I never watched the show but this video was suggested to me tonight. Gotta say that every character became a push over without having any kind of opinion or tought progress. What a bunch of weak & afraid yes sayers.
The obvious choice for the story line would've been to make being in your 50's cool and explore what dating in your 50's is like.
The golden girls were in their 50’s and they did it MUCH better!
yeah instead they made the women look loke freaks desperately trying to hold onto not only their physical youth, but their immaturity as well
lol
A missed opportunity.
Dating in your 50s isn't that cool tbh
This new version is bullshit. Kim Cattrall really dodged a bullet and clearly knew better putting Samantha to rest.
Especially Miranda's storyline...UGH. They were just dying to make her a lesbian because Cynthia is one in real life, thinking a traditional heterosexual relationship made her less of a feminist. But feminism is about CHOICES. And Miranda chose Steve, she proposed to him, their wedding was HER idea of a wedding, he always gave her the best he could. And then, she had to be a lesbian in the name of inclusivity.
The whole thing was stupid. I have even more respect for Kim Cattrall after this.
what, they made miranda lesbian here too? i haven't watched it because it was too cringy for me. but i saw that scene where they did make her sound racist because she acted all weird about her professore being a black woman - while forgetting that she dated a black doctor back in satc.. i mean, logic, right.
Cynthia is an actress, she should be portraying Miranda, not herself.
@@kathleenklein4231 oh you didn't get the memo? You can only portray someone that is a reflection of yourself now.
They kind of portrayed her as a low key lesbian in the OG series. Dressed her like one. Made her tom boyish. She was always concerned about not being feminine or motherly. Not saying any of that makes her less hetero or outright gay but JS they wanted her to be one. Like you’re surprised they just made her the gay character they were afraid to make her originally lmao!!!
They did play with the idea in one episode where her coworkers set her up. But, she even kisses the woman and basically says "hmm, nope." And they even had the other woman say "definitely not" after the kiss, haha.
I loved Sex in the City. Hated the movies, watched 10 minutes of this new show, and changed it. They killed Big??? No Samantha? Ditched Steve??? Everyone is gay now??? I am all done here.
Well Samantha not being in it was guaranteed when the 2nd movie came out.
it worked out that they killed Big because the actor playing him turned out to be a terrible person :/
What's wrong in everyone is being gay though? Everyone was straight once..
@Priyankar Majumder I'm not gay, I have nothing to watch.
@@hollyh1969 but other people can be gay, and they might have lot of things to watch in it. It's just not about you.
Charlotte used to stand by her convictions until proven wrong and that’s one of the things I really liked about her. Now she just accepts something blatantly wrong because... because? So disappointing
I FULLY agree. If Charlotte had heard Miranda was randomly up and moving to another city to be with someone she just met, Charlotte would've thrown a fit! Charlotte would've challenged to her friend about what an impulsive and bad idea it was.
Charlotte's Conservative views are frowned upon in this super woke series. She's not allowed to accept traditional values anymore.
@@dannyknightblade4592Thats the difference between a conservative world and a liberal world, films 50 years ago still allowed for a liberal left leaning narrative despite a more conservative crowd...and people were ok with that. There are a ton of films and shows that were edgy and against the norm, and it made history. Nowadays, dont even think about having a different point of view on television
@@sew_gal7340 Yeah, virtually everything coming out of hollyweird nowadays is super leftist. It's very annoying.
I think the character I'm most disappointed with is Charlotte. They made her a caricature of herself, a vapid society woman. Yes that was always a part of Charlotte but she was deeper and more complex which is why she struggled to never fully fit into that mold. That is why she ended up divorcing Trey because she couldn't fake it anymore ... watching her in just like that is painful.
When Miranda left Steve after he cheated on her, it was a "huge mistake". But when she cheats on him and immediately asks for a divorce, everybody's like "okey dokey!"
Admitting you are in love with the person you cheated with and only having sex with a random person once are two completely different things.
@@camilaferrorojas No, it is the same thing. Cheating is cheating no matter the reasons.
@@leviacronym6770 let these people try to justify cheating. CHEATING. If you cheat it's okay for reasons. If HE THE MAN AND ONLY THE MAN cheats, IT'S BAD. BAD.
Women cheats -> his mistake. Men cheat -> his mistake.
God i hate CHEATERS. I HATE CHEATERS. Go break up and have sex with your other guy. Stop using one guy for one thing and another for sex.
DISGRACE to humanity if you are like this.
@@camilaferrorojas No it’s not. Falling in love with the one you cheated with might even be worst because all you have to do is be honest about your feelings.
@@Joy.W. hmm I actually agree with LEVIA - cheating is cheating. That being said, there are some evolutionary studies that suggest that women cheat because they are missing an emotional connection while men cheat for variety. And that when a partner cheats, for women (on average), they are concerned with if their partner fell in love with the other while for men, the question is if they had sex. (Speaking on average, obviously individuals have their own opinions)
Miranda's entire storyline (definitely not a story arc) was clearly dictated by Cynthia Nixon's contract demands. She wanted to mirror her own life's journey and in the process ruined a once great character's 23 year arc.
The homosexual is a menace to society, just as saner people have always claimed.
Yep, Cynthia Nixon is no longer playing Miranda. Cynthia is just playing herself while calling herself Miranda onscreen.
Miranda was NEVER that great!!....
@@mollybrolly4717gurl please og Miranda was the best
@@wes9061 well...she wasn't as bad as Carrie...who could be though?!?!🤔🤔
The whole line with Che was soooo funny to me , and the fact that they all took it seriously) cuz when Samantha was in a relationship with a woman they all made fun of her and said she ran out of men !
I couldn't stand Che. They were shoving woke ness down our throats. It's all a bunch of narcissistic, entitled, whiners.
This whole thing sucked.
same as the roseanne re-warp essentially
Me too. U said it well ..I couldn't stand her either. Or him. Idk.
Exactly
Che was very predatory. if she had been a white man, people would have said to cancel him the way she behaved throught the show. i couldn't stand that character.
@@avg18 i initially thought she was a man. Especially with Miranda prattling off pronouns of them and their. I get the trans, i get gay and lesbian but the non binary stuff just pisses me off. They said it's always been around but has it? Why does society always have to have new "causes"
Kim Cattrall saw this coming a mile off, at least she knew not to dirty her rep with this garbage
The whole point of SATC, and something I think Samantha would say, is to be sexy. Whatever this is, is not that.
Well, suddenly she's reconsidered and is doing a cameo appearance in this years series. The price must have been right for her to make an appearance after making such a big deal about never, ever coming back, ever again. Money talks apparently.
@lisab.1595 its not about the money. By the time HBO bosses contacted her, she doesnt need the gig. She already working on movie project with Robert DeNiro and starring in Glamorous. The ratings and reception was so bad (as they should cause the viewers -especially die hard SATC fans- are not stupid. We KNOW good quality script and character development~), the HBO bosses have had to call Kim asking; "WHAT CAN WE DO?"
The writing this series was so focused on putting out a specific message it forgot about making us care about characters. I laughed out loud at one point because I could believe how obvious it was.
And Miranda leaving her marriage was an absolutely ridiculous decision.
And the way she left it, too. Like, where is the friendship element, the caring she had for Steve. Even the times they weren't dating, in SATC series, they still shared those things.
I find it a little ageist too. I get with age you’re more likely to have health issues , some people have midlife crisis, some older people are out of touch etc. But they had to do all of this + let the characters negatively mention their age constantly. I find it disappointing.
The analysis started ageist too. "Geriatric Steve", what the hell is that.
Agreed. It's some people in their peer group traveling, freaking, and exploring new hobbies. Today's 50 is not your grandparents' 50.
Charlotte became overtly superficial, Harry became a pushover, their daughters became super-spoiled entitled brats, Miranda became a sad sexually confused people pleaser, Steve became...old af, Carrie stayed her egocentric self. Best character development so far: Big and Samantha.
When I saw that Big was killed off in the first episode and Carrie just stood there for seemingly forever before intervention, I was done.
@TheDoogieT absolutely. I was screaming at the screen. Do something Carrie
@TheDoogieT right. I'm got certificated for CPR a few months ago and I would NEVER stand there when my husband was clearly having a heart attack.
@TheDoogieT ha ha!!
@TheDoogieT I think everyone should learn CPR.
@TheDoogieT right
I applaud you. I watched one episode and the cringe was so bad I couldn’t do any more.
Same
I cringe to
I didn't even make it 10 min.
Woke destroying everything. Wouldn't watch this rubbish anyway. Only clicked on the video because baggage claim has done some good videos on narcissism.
I watched half an episode and couldn’t finish it. It felt so wrong. 🤢
Seeing Miranda so socially inept in navigating this woke new world broke my heart.
You hit the nail on the head about friendships. I noticed this is a cultural shift in American society where friends are no longer painfully honest and where people drop friendships for politics. It took me a long time in the US to find friends who would tell me the honest truth even if it was painful.
Agree 100% - especially about how the men were treated in the series. The original show was about four women who loved men. The new show doesn’t seem to like men at all - either killing them off or neutering them.
Or leaving your husband for CHE.
Do you not remember the review of Carrie’s book in the series and general opinions in even news magazines that the men were disposable?
Men were the third characters, but, certainly not the most important.
Men are not allowed to have Strength and opinion in Modern Hollywood as it takes away from the agency of the Women
Hence EVERYTHING with Woke Cult Mind Virus Propaganda fails
I believe Women actually like watching strong Masculine Men but that's not allowed anymore, you see it in EVERYTHING Disney / Marvel have done over the last few years, if it's a well established Male character he has to now have a Female sidekick who degrades, outclasses, betters him in every way .
Whether it's been Thor , Han Solo, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Loki , Hawkeye, Hulk, Luke Skywalker etc......
They have all been sacrificed on the alter of intersectional Feminism.
Why do you think the majority of movies bomb now ?
Men were the main audience for ALL of these Franchises.
But nothing ruins things Men love quicker then a Feminist.
EXACTLY THIS! Your comment is why I LOVED the original show geez
@@sarcasticallyrearranged The old show men were sex objects for the women the way women are sex objects for guys in other shows so it was pretty equal. The old show didn't hate men, this one does. Big difference.
They made all the males boring and nothings, made sure to insert a gay relationship and then the required POC? What a surprise!
Don’t forget the transvestite in the women’s bathrooms and the lecture on pronouns!
Yes, it’s lazy writing and insults to the original audience
They made politically corect
@@ohwellwhateverr are you serious?? Wow I'm glad I stopped watching after the 1st episode
@@ohwellwhateverr Yeah well, they need to hammer it home that the innate discomfort and instinct of women is eroded, and that all those 'trans women' are just the same feminine flowers as we are.
I agree completely. I think the show tackling gender identity, death, aging and divorce could have been really interesting if they handled it honestly. What I mean is, let the characters be challenged and try to reconcile their emotions without just brushing it all under the rug lest they be seen as bigoted. In our culture war torn world, we need to be able to disagree and hash out everything but in a respectful way. (As long as it doesn't deny basic rights to everyone). Avoiding sharing opinions isn't the answer. It's fake and doesn't resolve anything.
Omgggg you hit the nose on the head “it seems fake “ like the Disney land version of life
“Wokeness” is ruining everything 😒 do new shows instead of ruining the old and loved ones!
I agree, and I consider myself part of "the left", although more and more I'm realizing this new left is quite different than the old-school left. Can't have a sense of humor, have to walk on eggshells etc.
You're missing the point. It's all part of the indoctrination process. If they just invented a brand new show with brand new characters and made it a complete wokefest, nobody would watch it. So instead, they take a beloved old show with established characters that people recognize and insert the wokeness so people will think that if their favorite characters are good with it, then it must be a good thing and become woke themselves.
Y'all literally don't even know what wokeness means. Stop using the term.
@Aya Egbuho we know. It's the garbage in the show. That is wokeness, lies and nonsense
@@yasminevine My point exactly. You don't know. That's not wokeness. That's bad writing. If you really knew what being woke meant and you didn't like it...well then that says a lot about you.
This show was so cringy I managed to stay only until that scene with Miranda's first time at school where showrunners made her into a racist (surprised that university professor is black woman). I'm sorry, what? Did they forget that in SATC she quite seriously dated a black doctor? No racism there but now, all of a sudden, she acts like this? That scene was enough for me to realise they switched storylines and character development for woke propaganda. They did Miranda dirty and I don't need to see what they did to others. Bless Kim for not being a part of this trash.
The professor’s hair style took me by surprise too though. I’m a black woman who lives in the south where black women in professional settings are are still assimilating by wearing European hairstyles. I was happily wowed to see an attractive black woman with long braids act as the professor. New York is progressive that way which is cool. Not only does she wear braids, she wears Afrocentric clothing too.
Was she racist though? She got flustered by her mistake and then dug a hole and buried herself but I didn't think she was being racist, didn't she just make a mistake because the professor changed her hairstyle or have I forgotten the whole thing?
@@anonymousaccount8941 I don’t think so… she was surprised because of her Afrocentric hairstyle. It was more of delight. I felt similarly.
I don't think she was being racist, she knew what the Professor looked like due to her photo on the website. she only saw her from the back & her photo showed her with short hair, thats why she said it. it was a ridiculous scene!
Exactly. Then Charlotte climbing all over herself to find black friends for her party? Can't she just be trying to develop a friendship with an obviously beautiful, smart, successful woman? We can see see is black. They explored gay culture extensively in original series...Samantha dated a woman , Charlotte played with Gender roles dressing as a man ? Lived in gay clubs Now they are totally confused by it all? They tried to make a politically correct show NOT a good show that focused on the friendship of characters? It was terrible. The Che character was just dreadful NOT funny. NOT likeable. The men ,old ,or dead Kids having sex in the house just Effed up.all the way around .
Your points are so true! Especially the fact that you can't challenge a perspective anymore without being labelled as the enemy.
It is in the image of this world today about everything with social media. And it's not just about your political views, it's also about what you like. For example, I've been mocked on social media for being a fan of Zack Snyder.
It’s not you can’t challenge an opinion it’s how one chooses to challenge an opinion. It’s about two way discourse and dialogue. The discourse was present in the previous series but not in AJLT.
I am with you. I live this everyday. The woke people are the real bullies. Nobody is allowed to voice a different opinion without being labelled something horrible. I think women loved the original show because we see a little bit of ourselves in each of the 4 women. Now I am older that all the main characters..but nothing I can relate to any more.
@@megamanxhunter I still love 300.
@@AlwaysLearning123 For people who are supposed to be the more empathic and accepting than previous generations, they're intolerant of different opinions.
Miranda was always the sensible one. And not because she was repressed or had a hard tough background and HAD to be tough- so now she needs to make for it or something. Because it's just who she is.The recent writers screwed up. #JusticeforSteve
She was a stranger to me during this show.
It's bc there's no competitive/conflicting conversations. I specifically remember in SATC the lunch scenes, how the girls disagreed or even argued. Everything is bright and sunny and everyone gets along super well. Especially the new characters, there's not enough conflict. Everyone is so agreeable. And I agree about Miranda she's the weakest version of herself out of everyone.
In the original, Miranda and Steve's story WAS about an issue that's probably more relevant now than ever - the one about passing on someone that you (both) could grow to be soulmates and genuine partners with, just because of unrealistic expectations, the fear or missing out on a better option and "settling down". How having a personality defined by desire to prove yourself and to be strong, not like every-boring-body, and in control of your life doesn't mean sharing that life with someone and being able to compromise and work through issues instead of bailing out at the slightest friction is absolutely out of question. That priorities and goals can change and evolve. That, while individuality matters and shouldn't be suppressed, and having a supporting partner and a family still will undeniably take something from you, but may ultimately bring other things into your life that's worth having.
Steve and Miranda's arc was the most consistent, grounded, and developed in the show. It was about needing time, and friction, learning to forgive and confront, working through layers of doubts and BS, and gradual conscious dismantling of the "next shiny object"-style of living for over a decade to realize what's important and is worth having in your life-because it centers you.
These season, though, it's just a complete regression for Miranda. It's tired, and weird, and worst of all - we've seen this before (only written smarter, tighter, and fresher than here). TPTB just slapped a new gender on there to, I guess, make the story more relevant for today's audiences. Now, they're either going to make it the embarrassing middle-age-crisis story for Miranda, or still worse, make Miranda the dumbed-dowm, clingy version of SitC Steve in her new relationship. Oof, talk boring and lazy.
Absolutely, I didn't like the way they ended SATC - to me it showed women everywhere that your life is only complete when you find a man but not everyone's story needs to go that way. I always thought it would have been better if Carrie (for example) returned to New York alone because Big had messed her around so many times, Alexander had messed her around too so why would anyone in their right mind bother with either of them? - her love was New York and I thought that's how it should have ended. Miranda's story was so important because it showed growth and how this hard-nosed business woman could get in touch with the emotions, compassion and empathy she had shut herself away from (in order to protect herself from being vulnerable in business and love) so that she could show true love for a man who adored her - so much so that she bathed and cared for his mother and if she were her own. I really like that arc but now they've ruined it
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i never liked Steve as a boyfriend for Miranda.... She could have done much better and he was not letting go in a very irritating way for me. It never clicked for me this couple and I was soooo glad she finally broke up with him.
@@panloum Steve loved her and cared about her very much. Miranda could never have done better because she's self absorbed and she treated Steve like dirt under her shoes and anyone she met really, just look at the relationship with the guy she couldnt say she loved and he was great too. Maybe she really was a lesbian all along lol
The absence of Kim Cattrall from this dumpster fire is its greatest indictment
And since she's the fan favorite aka current year people's favorite it's more amusing that she's not even on this show lol.
Sarita Choudhury is a perfect Samantha.... much morte interesting
It just looks odd the 3 of them sitting there.
Samantha was the Sex in SATC- without here, it’s as spicy as flour
I think the main issue isn’t the way the show was written but the way our reality is being written at the moment.
Because the show seems to be a perfect reflexion of today’s trends
Are they trends if we have to be coerced to accept them, threatened, cancelled, debanked, and imprisoned if we don’t?
On important topics - the struggle with alcoholism, Miranda.
Just so wrong.
1. We see Miranda drink to much.
2. Miranda receives a book from Amazon about alcoholism, briefly thinks Charlotte sent it to her.
3. Realizes she drunk Amazon'd the order.
4. Miranda vows sobriety dumps bottles down thedrain.
5. Miranda is magically cured.
What was that a sideline in 2 episodes? Maybe 3????
So beyond not helpful 😔
Just so intensely WRONG.
I'm Gen Z and this show reeked of political correctness which I hate. Great video!
Ditto and I’m a Millennial.
Can we bubble wrap you? We need more people like you. I'm a gen Xer and our opinions are dismissed like we're boomers.
@@zsuzsuspetals I'm a millennial as well and I can't stand this PC propaganda, because it's full of hypocrisy and double standards. I actually deeply respect Gen X's and had the best interactions with them. You were so lucky to be around in truly amazing cultural times.
Gen-X here, glad to see some sane Gen-Z's :)
@@zsuzsuspetals Gen-X here too my friend :))
And she was actually kind in this review, bc the show is a piece of shjt
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Someone said that 'The Golden Girls' handled these topics better- & they're not wrong...
@@OcarinaSapphr- The Golden Girls never preached or lectured with topics. They discussed them and handled them with heart and sensitivity but were actually still FUNNY! That's what makes it so iconic and beloved to this day.
That lines that you quoted from Samantha. "I love you but I love me more." It reminds me of a video that Tim Pool made about an interview with the creator of Sex and the City and her admission that by following the lifestyle of her main character Carrie Bradshaw, as a now older woman, she had ended up not only alone, but lonely. While never a big fan of the show, I admired its creator for that honest humility. I actually felt a little sorry for her.
Diversity got all the blame, but the real issue is Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King. Did they do any of the returning characters justice? Absolutely not, it's just all about Carrie. It's just a Carrie show and her one dimensional friends along for the ride.
The modern age revisits old intellectual properties just to tear down the original characters and usurp the success of thier legacy.
It's as if the cast is forced to pay penance for the sins they committed before getting "saved".
I think the show was borderline ageist like how they lost all there personality once they aged the traits that made them standout were rather subdued and instead we get woman struggling with midlife crisis which do be fair women do struggle with but how could take out miranda's savvy nature her witty lines carrie's annoying and petty attitude which was lowkey entertaining Charlotte 's optimism was there but we don't see her idealist view or her traditional ways and samantha not being there already made the show less enjoyable for me
I saw a way more less conservative Charlotte (funny how Lily, the adoptive child is more like it should have been Charlotte on her 15's 😂, than Rock). Miranda: where were you on this show?: Carry: self petty and has some fun with the indian girl (don't remember the name) than her long life friends.
Your videos are very thoughtful and precise! They're very moving. Thank you for the hard work that you put into all your videos. It's most appreciated!
Brilliant analysis ! And thanks for reminding us what the original serie was about and why we loved it so much
I watched some of the original show and back then took it for what it is: something light and fun, a bit unrealistic but with relevant storylines. It’s awful to see these shows become so political and « woke » that they’re plain boring, We watch shows to escape reality, not to get it shove down our throat
I think it became that way (light-hearted frivolity) I think it was quite political to start with but in a good way, JLT was painfully, boringly cautious
I think it was anything but political or woke. It was safe, boring and pandering. Political should challenge your point of view. They were just checking off boxes. Glad I didn't watch it
It wasn’t “woke” at all. Ppl love to weaponise the word “woke” as soon as a reboot crams in a bunch of marginalised groups. And just like that was utter shit and extremely boring.
I binge watched a bunch of old Law and Order SVU episodes somewhat recently and was so glad that they would set up different points of view in all the detectives about why people do the things they do or about things that were obviously hot topics in the media at the time. That aspect is completely gone now in the newer seasons and they totally switched up Lt Mary Sue Benson. It sounds like this show was like that. Definitely not watching.
@@mallorycarpinski1160 They could have done a lot more with her character. She was really good when she was the logical foil to Stabler's hot-headed emotionalism. As they promoted her to leadership positions she became less of a logical, intelligent leader and more a social justice warrior who acted on her emotions and ideologies rather than provide capable leadership to her squad.
Diversity is not the problem but how they handle the diversity. It was not genuine, very degrading, and only focused on the numbers.
Exactly! It's a prime example of how it shouldn't be done. The original was sometimes problematic and the movies were just unnecessary but it had a very distinct tone and message. Changing everything so drastically was just idiotic and doesn't fit the characters or the show as a whole. It seems just all over the place without an actual idea where it's going. Diversity isn't the issue. More diversity and representation is a good thing but certain characters and storylines shouldn't be added just to have some sort of shallow pseudo representation. When people try to write stories about things they clearly don't know anything about, it just ends to turn into a tone deaf mess like "And just like that". The problem isn't diversity but shitty writers who rely on stereotypes instead of being creative.
THAAAAAAAANK YOU for this sensible rational nuanced perspective. I cant take the "Im the most woke ever" bs so many media analysis vids do UGH
The two forces of a trend to hire writers that don't care that much about developing interesting characters (even if they're already established and interesting) but focus instead on lecturing people on the correct way of thinking while making their characters as immature as they are, and studios so afraid to offend anyone that they hire sensitivity experts to go over scripts with a fine-toothed comb until there's nothing funny or even interesting left, it's a wonder anything even remotely interesting comes out of Hollywood these days.
So true!
Charlotte's poor lips. It makes me sad that aging women ruin their faces with this plastic, unnatural look. I bet her natural lips would've been lovely.
Is that what's wrong with her? I thought it was her voice, i felt like something was off with her ,apart from her personality make over but couldn't put my finger on it. I really can't stand the thought of going and looking tho!
Charlotte used to be the most beautiful out of all of them. I was so in love with her graceful and elegant style. She still had the style in AJLT, but her grace and elegance were completely erased.
@@ElsasPet I thought she was speaking a little differently, like the letter "S" seemed to be emphasised, I agree, something they way she talks was definetley "off"
@@ElsasPet I think it's because she got veneers that are too big/long for her mouth. The tongue catches on them, and it can give people this weird lisp or makes them talk like they have marbles in their mouth. The lip augmentation obviously doesn't help but I think it's her new teeth that have subtly changed the way she talks.
I agree! She was so beautiful! Now I can barely look at her! It was in my top 3 things I couldn't stand about the show. The ultimate cringes!!
Wow that was a fantastic analysis! I see every thing you are saying but I'd never be able to put it as eloquently as you have. For me it felt like the show just fell flat but I couldn't figure out why. And you nailed it.
The problem is that everything is politically correct and that's what makes it plain boring!
I'm going to say it....Carrie always drove me nuts and I thought she was a bad friend in general. .
I think a lot of people felt that way. She was an imperfect person with her fair share of flaws, but that also added layers to the original show.
I Always Hated Carrie. Shit Show With Her. Yiyiy
That's the first criticism of this show that made sense to me. You clearly pointed out how the tone of the show has changed and why the same characters sounded like completely different people. You cleverly showed why the new events did not live up to our expectations and not just said: 'Ooh, Che is terrible, she's not funny...or Miranda is not gay, her makeup looks awful' Just like that!
I still miss Samantha!! And RIP Stanny , no one can replace you two!!
The anti climax of Mitaranda telling Steve she met someone and him not getting an on screen reaction did my head in. After all of Carrie's cheating, and Steve cheating on Miranda, for her to be so blasè about Steve's feelings was extremely out of character and robbed us of a juicy scene that felt like it was building up.
I couldn’t finish it, and you’ve absolutely hit the nail on the head with why it was such a failure. Having been a fan for so long, what they did to Steve and Miranda’s relationship was so wrong. Not because it was risqué but because we spent years watching them fall in love and fight for the relationship and then it was just like all that didn’t matter, Miranda had never been happy. So badly thought out!! All of it sooo badly done!!
Not a fan of the franchise but love hearing your perspectives on characters of all kinds!
Agree, after i saw Big die & the funeral i haven't watched a single episode. It's cringey at best
I love to hear her voice!! ☺
Same. Never watched the original series but love to hear her take on pop culture. Every time I hear about Sex and the City, I remember the Family Guy line "so... it's a show about 3 hookers and their mom?"
This was FANTASTIC. Thanks for talking us through it.
Great review, thank you for this. Sooo much to the point and very accurate observations
This whole wokeness nonsense has ruined EVERYTHING! I quit watching network TV all together because it's too stupid & a waste of time.
So true. I cancelled my cable TV and now don't even have an antenna to watch anything at all. Do I miss it? Nope. Tired of having wokeness shoved down my throat day after day after day.
its so suffocating not being allowed to have an opinion or discuss the difficulties life throws at us in a real way anymore. F that, I reserve the right to be "Toxic" as I like
Adult life is boring, that's what.
The script in this video is amazing-- very well put together criticism,, good job!
I had figured out some of the effects of wokeism you described already, but this - otherwise brilliant - video gives a whole new regrettable layer to our current state of affairs. What a drab world we live in now, so suffocating in all its "compassion".
Absolutely loved when she mentioned this. It made so much sense. And in the end, it’s always compassion masquerading as social fear. I used to hang in these woke spaces a few years ago thinking they wanted change, but it was all exercises in teaching everyone to avoid conflict. When the pandemic began, instead of having compassion for people in some of the most direct danger (the allied disability community), the woke ran away. Because it was scary and forced them to face uncomfortable truths they didn’t want to relate to after all.
@@Sidera17 Is there anyone more worthy of pity than the fearful, I wonder? I'm glad you got away from those fonds of poison for the public sphere. A crowd which introduces a bunch of don'ts to public life, whether with a whip or with a smile, hasn't gotten it right.
@@citrusbutter7718 It is crap. It demands without creating or compromising. The roots of change I believe are in the right place- ending discrimination, etc., but there is no sacrifice, no plan. Just a demand that the rest of the world change bc it’s the morally correct thing t9 do. Morally correct to whom? Morality is relative. Demanding like that reminds me of children demanding something from a parent. And if the world is so full of oppressors, you cannot demand they change if they already don’t see you as human.
I would honestly hate to be in my late teens early 20s now... so glad I had those years when I did - I just escaped all that crap
@@citrusbutter7718 You are 100% right! That's exactly what it is.
It went woke. That’s the death sentence on any franchise.
Yours is the best summary I've seen. The writers had been criticized for their mostly white cast, that they bent over backwards to the nth degree to tick off every conceivable box and put it into the reboot. Lesbian? Check. Non-binary? Check. Daughter who identifies as a boy? Check. It's like the writers tried too hard lest they offend this new world of Karens where nearly everything offends somebody. In so doing, the show and the characters are no longer recognizable, and only a shell of what it once was.
I haven't watched the show yet, but your analysis is so well thought out and constructed! Thank you!
This is amazingly insightful! There’s no conflict because the characters are all psychotically supportive of every asinine decision lest the show be called problematic.
This.
And what bothers me is that "problematic" is really just daring and pushing limits that everyone is now afraid to push.
@@jennifers1040 Exactly. Even as a gay man I was delighted when they were saying they don’t think bi is real, and other “problematic” statements. It’s exciting to watch something that doesn’t sound like a fucking pamphlet put out by Glaad
@@jennifers1040 Some of the edgiest, most wildly funny shows that changed television like All In The Family, In Living Color, Married with Children etc. never would've gotten greenlit today due to being "problematic" and "toxic" and other stupid, made up words by woke freaks.
To put it a nutshell, EVERTHING that made SATC so iconic and funny to watch was missing from AJLT. Not to mention it made being Older look so BORING.
Excellent video, very good points towards the end.
Great analysis! Thank you 🙏
The rules of the "woke" and their agenda in today's society DO NOT allow for disagreement, discussion or dissent and this show is just showing us exactly how they think. As you said, you're either with them or you're the worst person that ever existed. Others opinions are invalid and censored, just like we're experiencing in real life.
@@mollymalone2838 It's a bit more than just stupidity. It's the elites way, the woke's way (politicians, Hollywood, mainstream media, tech companies, corporations and what's called the ruling class) fundamentally changing America. It's about bringing Anerica to its knees (closong down the worlds economy due to a flu and putting millions out of work , defunding the police, allowing riots to take over cities, pushing global warming and stopping people from driving and flying and changing the way we live, totally open borders with no account of who is coming in (terrorists, drug traffickers, human traffickers, and criminals in general all pouring in and having a field day!), having gas prices go from $1.79 a gallon to 4, 5, 6 dollars a gallon when all they have to do is reopen the pipeline like Trump did and make us energy independent again like President Trump did. Biden and the people controlling him have taken away our freedoms by censoring free speech and they're doing their best to make us completely dependent on government for everything and destroying life as we know it.
Great analysis. I watched the whole new season out of loyalty, but it felt really “off” and I didn’t know why. You’re right that the modern culture of accepting everything and questioning nothing eliminated the best part of the show and the friendships. And wth with Miranda. She was the judgiest of all of them and should be the most resistant to woke bs.
'I guess all that silence really does make sense now' - killer line!
Wow, your insight into SATC, JLT and the world today is mind blowing. You need to write a sitcom and bring some laughter and entertainment back to TV. 👍👍👍
This show was killed by wokeness. I watched the first 15 minutes and had to stop.
The whole Sex and the City style is totally out. It's all the blacklist now.
They went overboard with the greatness of gray they turned them into grandma and grandpa there was no middle in between stage
girl you ATE making this video! bravo!
Absolute best analysis of SATC and 'And Just Like That'. Thanks for posting.
Thank you!!! Finally someone criticizing 'And Just Like That' who was actually a fan of the original show. I'm sick of conservatives bashing the show when they didn't even like 'Sex and the City'. I mean, they're kind of connected. 🤷♀️
I mean I’m a conservative but I see what you’re saying. Gay people don’t bother me, (if that’s what you’re implying) I loved Stanny, (RIP Willie) and nothing in the original show bothered me at all. It’s the changing everything about what made the show what it was. It’s the forcing of gender identity issues… it felt like social justice propaganda. Super annoying and pushy. It lost its spunk, and AJLT is not a “feel good” show like SATC was. I started watching when I was 17, and have binged then show countless times. Im super disappointed in it all 😓
I'm not a conservative not a liberal, I'm an independent thinker and was a fan of SATC, not only conservatives are bashing this show, any person who love movies, who is used to watch good series, understand that "Just Like That" was a voice of the woke movement, real art is not political, real art is spontaneous, political incorrect, edgy, free. This reboot is booooooring, and the worst thing, they put down women as sissy little girls without personality. To hell with this show.
I'm actually kind of conservative. So I don't mind when a conservative criticizes this trainwreck of a show. However, when I looked online for reviews I found mostly conservatives (f.e. Lauren Chen, Matt Walsh etc.) reviewing it critically. They mostly were critiquing the woke plot points and used it as an example to criticise the media in general. I did not like that at all.
'And Just Like That' is directly connected to the original 'Sex and the City' and that show was already not really for conservatives. I mean it was about 4 women with unconventional lifestyles and their sex life. Specifically Sam talks numerous times about how things would be different if she were a man. She and Miranda were the most feminist of the bunch.
My point is, if you didn't like the original show, I think, you won't really understand the backlash for this show and why it's soon bad. Maybe then you shouldn't talk about it.
The video of Baggage Claim was on point. But watch the video of The Take. I was very disappointed how they put a positive spin on it.
@@corneliabosold9474 not even close to all conservatives have traditional values when it comes to gender roles and sex. In fact studies have shown conservatives have better sex lives. Most are egalitarians. I'm conservative in political nature, and know many conservatives that are fans of Sex and The City. It's the woke propaganda crap we are disgusted with. It completely ruined the show and the characters. The media deserves all the criticism it gets and more. I agree with Matt Walsh and Lauren Chen. It was more about pushing leftist woke propaganda, then it was about the authenticity of the characters and Sex and The City. The woke propaganda took away from that.
@@leeannsickels8074 read my comment (just above yours)
As always, you hit the nail on the head. I liked how they had these women getting old but they didn't make them some sort of stereotypical grannies without life or conflict and I thought SJP's reaction when she realised Big was dying was well performed... that was all I liked. I HATED H-A-T-E-D the Miranda story line - how many times do they want her to screw Steve (her perfect counterbalance) over? the wonderful thing about that relationship was that Miranda was really forced to examine herself when she found someone who was gentle, honest and really loved her - how was Che worth ruining that? Also, remember when she tried to be a lesbian to fit in with all her bosses in one of the early SATC episodes and just couldn't... What happened to that person? And I agree with her being some giggling idiot, and for a person who doesn't know themselves, isn't funny and has made smoking weed a whole personality 🙄puh-lease! Miranda was such an a*sehole in that series! Whether its expressed or not, everyone makes judgements because we cannot survive without so doing - we make judgements about whether we are safe in the company of certain people, how much we should drink, whether we will get on with certain people, hell, even whether we should cross the road so why is it suddenly wrong to use judgement look out for your friends best interests? It's not like these people have just met, they're established friends, they know each other. I would hate it if my friends weren't straight with me - how would I ever know if they were judging me? 😂All this woke nonsense needs to die a death - you cannot escape offending somebody - that doesn't mean you should be purposefully cruel but its okay to disagree about things that aren't established facts. It's not okay to pretend that we all live in some fantasy world that can never exist - for one thing, it performs the far more dangerous task of erasing history. When did people become so fragile? I think it was somewhere between 2016 and 2020... any way, rant over.
Well, if you criticise somebody online, you don't and can't have a valid point, you're just a hater (because hate is irrational and haters are always wrong).
I hope I can use your comment for my thesis against wokemism overload..
@@carah1232 You are working on a thesis about that monster - kindah - thing? That's a very interesting subject to start with!
Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. You may all guess where we are heading into.
@@irondasgr 🎯
You are one of the few sane media critics left. Thank you for your well reasoned content rather than pandering to some of the more ridiculous aspects of our current culture.
Judging Miranda's new relationship when Miranda went through such a nightmare when Steven cheated on her once, years ago, and now she's all forget my long-term marriage and my child, I want to sleep with Che, someone I've known a minute and a half. I thinking judgment has its place.
Excellent review explaining how modern cultural mores have excised the core appeal of the original show. Overtly woke stuff is one thing, but when people aren’t allowed to challenge their friends’ opinions and decisions and must be uniformly supportive, the central character interaction is removed.
Just found out your channel. I absolutely agree with every word you said.
From myself I’d like to add. It’s really sad how society become less “toxic” but more fake
Thanks so much for this video! you cleverly pointed out really important issues that made this show so disappointing. You really helped to clarify things. Great analysis, I agree with all said👍
Never saw this show. The little teasers, even the ones aired back during the original run of the series, already seemed cringe--worthy to me. It was insanely popular though. Based on the scenes you’ve shown here, as well as your excellent review, it seems to have become significantly more “careful” (woke) - thus even more cringe-worthy and uninteresting - in its reboot. Thank you for your thoughtful analysis.
I tried to avoid it but then could help myself... its a bit like turning you head to look at a car crash
"Everything woke goes to shit" - Donald Trump.
Trust me: 15 years is not that long to hold a grudge.
Your perspective is spot on!
This is the strongest assessment I've seen of AJLT. It's not trashing the show, so much as it is about asking who these beloved characters have become. SATC does not just have a huge fan base, but a long one. The original episodes are still clever and funny. Hence why we re-watch them over and over.
I agree that this spinoff had no audience while trying to include all audiences. And toned down aspects of the characters we love, in order to avoid judgment and the many isms out there.
There almost wasn't one scene in the whole season that wasn't WOKE as hell
Thank you much for expressing my thoughts about this new series! I totally agree with every word you've said. It's just a failure and unfortunately has nothing to do with the spectacular Sex and the city series
Great review and points. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This is what happens when "writers" choose to pander to a certain, minute yet overly noisy part of the population rather than come up with a good show.
I feel so nostalgic seeing older clips of the show- especially samantha.
These ladies were very classy and much more confident.
Sad they ruined it all with new show.
Absolutely on point 🍾👍🏻🥳 it was a mockery of a fast grab to make some quick buck and run. A betrayal to one of the best TV shows ever made, empowering women when this was not even in the Global Agenda. Great video review, well done ♥️
Excellent video essay!
Brilliant analysis and very well spoken.
She’s great. Fire Ms. a-hole Mojo and hire this lady.
Yay glad to see you’re back BaggageClaim! I saw you on CriticalDrinker too!
I was a big SATC fan in my early 20s. You nailed it at its core- it’s not even the wokeness dialed up, its the lack of allowable conflict! Even a show like The Golden Girls as a parallel allowed the core unit to disagree and then find common ground. I feel like so many shows now, even stuff like superhero blockbusters in the MCU, don’t allow for these types of organic nuanced conflicts! Every things follows a script of being not only woke but agreeable. This kills any dramatic tension.
I would argue that this IS made for Gen Z, bc it seems a lot of Gen Zers (and late millennials) grew up from childhood in this kind of Therapy Industrial complex. If the therapy/wellness system has labeled it as toxic, you can’t relate or like it because then YOU are toxic. Interpersonal conflict in social situations is scary. Wokeness dictates rules of behavior based on a purity culture. Your assessment at the end about the friendships makes me realize why my own interpersonal ones over the past 10 years have felt so superficial and topical. As the culture shifted, everything has to be devoid of conflict, ultra accepting, and almost “scripted” or you become a bigot. There’s no realness, rawness, flaws, mistakes, humanity, dynamism, growth. Thank you for this insight!
It honestly sucks because it's not just for Gen Z. It's for *that* brand of Twitter warrior, "I believe in millions of genders" Gen Z. I mean, I'm Gen Z - The average Gen Z I honestly don't believe is into that kind of BS. Most people I know aren't. it's such an ugly, overly sanitised, *corporate* movement in the media.
@@madamebkrt This is such a good point! I think I read recently that the most vocal Twitter types are only 10%?! of voters? They just scream the loudest. I’m multiple marginalized identities according to their reasoning, so I should be making a splash in their spaces, but I find myself hating more and more what they do because it’s forcing people to behave in certain ways to “help” certain populations. All it does is cause negative stereotypes and backlash towards the group. I also don’t want to feel like I’m meeting a Diversity Quota box. Like, just let me live my life! lol.
@@madamebkrtCorrect - my Gen Z son isn't having a bar of it. And it is indeed a product of "self help Twitter". No therapy worth a cent enables f*qery as therapy is about insight, perspective and accountability.
This was amazingly done, ty!
Excellent review!!!
And just like that TV hit rock bottom.