Heterosexual Fornication and the City

How momentous.

As it stands according to Boxofficemojo, Sex and the City 2 has currently raked in $184 920 481 in the worldwide box office.

How splendid.

Sure, its going to fall very short of the first movie's $415 252 786 worldwide takings, but considering it only cost $100 000 000 to make, raking in $85 million that quickly is pretty good.

How swell.

On the topic, I'll tell you how much I liked Sex and the City.

On a scale of World News Australia to Breaking Bad, I'd give it a Danoz Direct.

That's how much I hate it.

Absolutely goddamn terrible show.

Let's list the shows good points:

#1. Rather jolly theme tune.

#2. -

And now, lets list the bad points:

#1. Characters - Holy crap, can you write anybody more hateable? Why would I want to watch selfish, middle-aged women brag to the others about how selfish and middle-aged they are?

I really can't be bothered writing every point I hate about the show, as it would take my blog's entire front page (and I'm sure you don't want to read it) so I'll skip to what I hate about it the most;

#86479. The vulgarity and hypocrisies this creates - Now I've watched my fair share of crazy things and grown somewhat of an immunity, yet Sex and the City still somehow repulses me. Several women I have spoken with have said that they were disgusted by films that I have thoroughly enjoyed, such as Clerks and Knocked Up who love the god-forsaken show. They reason that the aforementioned films are vulgar and sexist. Now, do tell how is a little sex-talk (and no explicit acts) worse than a show which episodes revolve around, organising three-somes, dildos and - wait for it -

… That ain't apple juice

- a urine fetish. For the love of the anti-christ, how can a urine fetish be a substantial plot element for a prime-time show loved by millions? To address the sexism, how can a film, for example Knocked Up about a 'smart' woman and 'bumbling bafoon' of a male character - who may talk about pussy a little (which is referred to on multiple occasions in Sex and the City as that dreaded word that rhymes with punt - my ears hurt just thinking about it) sexist as opposed to a show where the women spend their days discussing how they stuck it to the (objectified) man.

I'm not saying that there are no sexist shows against women, or even that there is equality in the industry - far, far from it - (see: this article), but hypocrisy sickens me.

And thats coming from a hypocrite.

How hypocritical.