Sex and the City fans, you don’t have
to suffer anymore! Your show hath returned in the form of a slightly
more teen-fuelled Carrie. She’s younger, but still faaaabbulous and
sexy – (but shhh, don’t say it cause she’s under-aged).
Or at least that’s what I would say
if this show was, well, any of those things. The plug for this show
had me going, I must admit. Having grown up on a steady diet of Sex
and the City and pizza at girly sleepovers as a teen, I thought:
‘yes, another excuse to watch more junk food of the mind television
that you hate to love, because really if you have an XX chromosone,
it’s mandatory.’
However, this show turned out to be
another lazy attempt to ride off the back of a good show that did
well back in the day. Aside from the fact that 80’s fashion is kind
of in right now, this show has nothing going for it. Teenagers will
find it boring, because it’s not different or cutting edge like
‘Girls’ or ‘Skins’ and fans of ‘Sex and the City’ will
find it boring because it’s too pre-menstrual – there’s just no
sex. The characters are a bit too whiny and unrealistically naïve,
making it all a bit after-school special.
Not too mention some basic stuff ups
(this will show how much a hardcore Sex and the City fan I am), but
in the show Carrie’s Mum has died and her Dad is still alive. But
in ‘Sex and the City’ her Dad was the one who died when she was
very young.
Then there’s the lazy and constant
80’s pop culture references, (Crowded House, Motley Crue,
high-waisted jeans – it’s the 80’s we swear!).
This show is just one example in a
long-standing fight against original programming and the plight to
insult viewers with blatant numbers-hungry television.
Review by Jemma Nott
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