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Sex And The City.
This started out on HBO from 1998 to 2004 (six seasons), then got to basic cable, and was recently turned into a movie with all four of the main characters
It takes place in Manhattan, but none of the characters have a New York accent. They talk about sex, their relationships, their lives, etc. all the things that women who don’t live in Manhattan do. They talk about having children, but Miranda is the only one who gets married and has any children. As a matter of fact, they view children as something “other women” have, who live in big houses in Connecticut. And for that matter, the suburbs might as well be another planet. They live for shopping, for cocktails, for parties, for the single life in trendy, fashionable Manhattan.
And of course, it’s fashionable, trendy New York City, so Carrie has a gay friend, what’s-his-name. I’ve noticed in a fair amount of these movies and TV shows, every trendy, single woman has to have a gay male friend. His primary role seems to be to give her advice about men from a man’s perspective, without the bias of being a straight guy who might actually be interested in her. He’s also supposed to pass judgment on the various men who she dates, and when the “right one” comes along – as the plot decided – he’s supposed to say something provocative like, “you go, girl!” or “if you don’t take him home, I certainly will!” What’s funny is that I never see men seeking out lesbian women as sources of information on straight women, so why should women consider gay men a reliable source on straight men? To me, gay men have a different way of thinking than straight men, closer to ...women! Not completely the same, something like half-way, but sufficiently different to make their analysis somewhat flawed.
