Saturday, June 5, 2010
Finally Saw SATC 2
I haven't thought of the song "I am Woman" in so long. I used to totally love it, back in the 70s. I was in high school with subscriptions to Ms. Magazine and Seventeen. Somehow, I owned a Helen Reddy album. I have vivid memories of listening to this song and "Delta Dawn" on the headphones to the stereo my parents bought me as a 15th birthday gift (one component contained a turntable, receiver and 8 track!; it came with a T Rex 8 track as well; it was my sole stereo until the late 80s.) This song may be cheesy, but I like a little cheese. And, the point is, I think it really helped me form my feminist convictions at a young age. (Interesting aside: while searching for this song, I learned that the United Nations declared 1975 as "The Year of the Woman" and chose "I Am Woman" as its theme song.) I think it was a very good karaoke choice for the SATC girls.
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Love your blog, and oh how I reminisce about the Sassy days. Did you like the movie?
ReplyDeleteIf only the movie had displayed an ounce of the feminism the song does.
ReplyDeleteGillian, I did like the movie. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I thought it showed the hard parts of being a mother in a very real way, and I like how close the four of them are even though they are so different. Of course, Carrie is not as relatable s she used to be, with her closet as big as my entire 2nd floor and her acres of clothes. The consumerist stuff was silly, but it was entertaining. And I liked the menopause stuff.
ReplyDeleteJill, I didn't find it anti-feminist.
SAT2 is just fantastic! Samantha is just so funny..yams! and that guy abdul...like paula.. so funny.
ReplyDeleteIm with Christina Kelly on this one, it's so girl power!
I liked the parts with Charlotte and Miranda talking about motherhood...until they exclaimed "How do women without help do it?" It's hard to feel bad for or relate to characters that are on an all-expenses-paid trip to Abu Dhabi and wear couture the whole time while they sneer at local people and ignore local customs. It felt like the movie thought it was oozing feminism, but instead it was just entitled, whiny and culturally ignorant.
ReplyDeleteI see your point, Jill.
ReplyDeleteBut I really liked the earlier scene where Charlotte was baking with the girls while the baby screamed and she tried to have a phone conversation. And then she lost it when her daughter smeared her white skirt with frosting (although why was she wearing a white skirt while baking?) I thought the way she lost it, and then felt bad for losing it, was very real. I've felt that way before.
I'm glad you liked the movie. I went w zero expectations, and thought it was pretty A-OK. I know a lot of ppl disliked the desert location, but having been to Morocco w Andrea for Sassy, I loved seeing all that stuff. (Admittedly, I liked Ishtar, too.)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree on that. I liked when she said that sometimes she would leave the crying baby in another room. I don't have kids, but have spent an obscene amount of time caring for my younger siblings and have definitely done that.
ReplyDeleteBut I also questioned who in their right mind would wear a white couture skirt whilst baking. With children.