Comments on: Sarah Jessica Parker stars in “Taliban recruitment film”? http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/28/sarah-jessica-parker-stars-in-taliban-recruitment-film/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:01:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jony vergara mendoza http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/28/sarah-jessica-parker-stars-in-taliban-recruitment-film/#comment-131167 jony vergara mendoza Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:15:56 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3007#comment-131167 yo quiero ser uno de los poker star que requisitos se necesitan para ser uno de ellos yo quiero ser uno de los poker star que requisitos se necesitan para ser uno de ellos

]]> By: Emprice-Sario http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/28/sarah-jessica-parker-stars-in-taliban-recruitment-film/#comment-113230 Emprice-Sario Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:19:19 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3007#comment-113230 I've become disapointed with SATC. As a general, I can say that I enjoy the show, but there are times when the show upsets me because: They play on stereotypes. Real women dont talk/act like that(all the time, at least.) Real women dont casually sit in restaurants, talking about vulgar things and having sex with any man who they meet in an art gallery or some bullshit like that. SATC is "supposedly" expressing how women in NYC act, but no, I dont think so. On any given day, sitting in a restaurant, Ive never heard a few women blurting out pu$$y and co*k words, casually over their eggs benedict. I’ve become disapointed with SATC. As a general, I can say that I enjoy the show, but there are times when the show upsets me because:
They play on stereotypes.
Real women dont talk/act like that(all the time, at least.) Real women dont casually sit in restaurants, talking about vulgar things and having sex with any man who they meet in an art gallery or some bullshit like that.
SATC is “supposedly” expressing how women in NYC act, but no, I dont think so. On any given day, sitting in a restaurant, Ive never heard a few women blurting out pu$$y and co*k words, casually over their eggs benedict.

]]> By: starkravingmadeleine http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/28/sarah-jessica-parker-stars-in-taliban-recruitment-film/#comment-106008 starkravingmadeleine Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:07:27 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3007#comment-106008 The women in this show/movie are not empowered or sexually liberated; they are desperate, clingy, whiny, selfish, and shallow. Somewhere along the line we mistook high-maintenance for empowerment. If the life of Carrie Bradshaw is supposed to represent my fantasy life... yikes! The women in this show/movie are not empowered or sexually liberated; they are desperate, clingy, whiny, selfish, and shallow. Somewhere along the line we mistook high-maintenance for empowerment.

If the life of Carrie Bradshaw is supposed to represent my fantasy life… yikes!

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]]> By: Sujewa Ekanayake http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/28/sarah-jessica-parker-stars-in-taliban-recruitment-film/#comment-101416 Sujewa Ekanayake Thu, 29 May 2008 05:24:06 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3007#comment-101416 I can't find the Sullivan's Travels quote that I was referring to above (something about escapist entertainment being "not much but that's all we have in this messed up world...", something like that). But here's some dialogue from the pic that relates to this discussion re: the value of Sex/City: "Sullivan: This picture is an ANSWER to Communists. It shows we're awake and not dunking our heads in the sand like a bunch of ostriches. I want this picture to be a commentary on modern conditions, stark realism, the problems that confront the average man. Lebrand: But with a little sex. Sullivan: A little, but I don't want to stress it. I want this picture to be a document. I want to hold a mirror up to life. I want this to be a picture of dignity - a true canvas of the suffering of humanity. Lebrand: But with a little sex. Sullivan: With a little sex in it. Hadrian: How about a nice musical? Sullivan: How can you talk about musicals at a time like this? With the world committing suicide, with corpses piling up in the street, with grim death gargling at you from every corner, with people slaughtered like sheep! Hadrian: Maybe they'd like to forget that." From http://www.filmsite.org/sull.html Sullivan's Travels (1941) - Sujewa I can’t find the Sullivan’s Travels quote that I was referring to above (something about escapist entertainment being “not much but that’s all we have in this messed up world…”, something like that). But here’s some dialogue from the pic that relates to this discussion re: the value of Sex/City:

“Sullivan: This picture is an ANSWER to Communists. It shows we’re awake and not dunking our heads in the sand like a bunch of ostriches. I want this picture to be a commentary on modern conditions, stark realism, the problems that confront the average man.
Lebrand: But with a little sex.
Sullivan: A little, but I don’t want to stress it. I want this picture to be a document. I want to hold a mirror up to life. I want this to be a picture of dignity - a true canvas of the suffering of humanity.
Lebrand: But with a little sex.
Sullivan: With a little sex in it.
Hadrian: How about a nice musical?
Sullivan: How can you talk about musicals at a time like this? With the world committing suicide, with corpses piling up in the street, with grim death gargling at you from every corner, with people slaughtered like sheep!
Hadrian: Maybe they’d like to forget that.”

From http://www.filmsite.org/sull.html
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

- Sujewa

]]> By: Sujewa Ekanayake http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/28/sarah-jessica-parker-stars-in-taliban-recruitment-film/#comment-101415 Sujewa Ekanayake Thu, 29 May 2008 05:13:27 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3007#comment-101415 Hmmm, maybe I just know some unusual first world women :) I have met real people with similar life elements (incidents, habits) to those depicted in Sex/City. According to the reviews I read of where the four ladies end up (one with an adopted kid & married, one dating a younger man, one living with a rich dude, and one living in Brooklyn, married, with a kid; if I recall correctly) - relationship wise - I don't think those are fantasy destinations; rather places that probably a lot of American & other women visit at some point during their lives. Re: first world media influencing third world lives - US media/TV shows definitely have an effect (overall, for the better I think) world wide. So, shows & movies depicting women w/ sexual freedom definitely will support third world people who are interested in some of that freedom. My view is that there are far worse things than shopping & sleeping with people (or movies that show/celebrate such things). A lot of people in this weary world can use some HBO style comedy-drama for a little bit of an escape from their troubles; and that escapism/dream time might even give them some hope (false or otherwise; maybe inspiration or motivation is a better word than hope) that will help them deal with grim realities that they are otherwise surrounded by. The above approach; of comedic escapism/realism laced with heavy doses of wish fulfillment helping people/or appealing to people with real problems - has worked well for Hollywood for decades (success of H-wood movies during the Great Depression, for example). And I think it'll continue to work. I watched & enjoyed Entourage; and I hear that show was a male version of Sex/City. Entourage was an enjoyable show, I didn't watch it for a record of downbeat realism. Also, happy endings are as real as unhappy ones. Sure we all die in the end, but a lot of us have many happy & fulfilling moments before that. What was that quote from Sullivan's Travels? - Sujewa Hmmm, maybe I just know some unusual first world women :) I have met real people with similar life elements (incidents, habits) to those depicted in Sex/City. According to the reviews I read of where the four ladies end up (one with an adopted kid & married, one dating a younger man, one living with a rich dude, and one living in Brooklyn, married, with a kid; if I recall correctly) - relationship wise - I don’t think those are fantasy destinations; rather places that probably a lot of American & other women visit at some point during their lives.

Re: first world media influencing third world lives - US media/TV shows definitely have an effect (overall, for the better I think) world wide. So, shows & movies depicting women w/ sexual freedom definitely will support third world people who are interested in some of that freedom.

My view is that there are far worse things than shopping & sleeping with people (or movies that show/celebrate such things). A lot of people in this weary world can use some HBO style comedy-drama for a little bit of an escape from their troubles; and that escapism/dream time might even give them some hope (false or otherwise; maybe inspiration or motivation is a better word than hope) that will help them deal with grim realities that they are otherwise surrounded by.

The above approach; of comedic escapism/realism laced with heavy doses of wish fulfillment helping people/or appealing to people with real problems - has worked well for Hollywood for decades (success of H-wood movies during the Great Depression, for example). And I think it’ll continue to work.

I watched & enjoyed Entourage; and I hear that show was a male version of Sex/City. Entourage was an enjoyable show, I didn’t watch it for a record of downbeat realism.

Also, happy endings are as real as unhappy ones. Sure we all die in the end, but a lot of us have many happy & fulfilling moments before that.

What was that quote from Sullivan’s Travels?

- Sujewa

]]> By: Karina Longworth http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/28/sarah-jessica-parker-stars-in-taliban-recruitment-film/#comment-101406 Karina Longworth Thu, 29 May 2008 04:32:56 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3007#comment-101406 I never said that I was engaged in a "defiant act against consumerism" –– I just stopped buying into a brand when it started to disappoint me. And to say that SatC shows a "better" version of life than what's available to real women in the 3rd world is sort of silly, considering that most women in the first world acknowledge that it's basically a fairy tale. I never said that I was engaged in a “defiant act against consumerism” –– I just stopped buying into a brand when it started to disappoint me. And to say that SatC shows a “better” version of life than what’s available to real women in the 3rd world is sort of silly, considering that most women in the first world acknowledge that it’s basically a fairy tale.

]]> By: Sujewa Ekanayake http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/28/sarah-jessica-parker-stars-in-taliban-recruitment-film/#comment-101391 Sujewa Ekanayake Thu, 29 May 2008 02:40:30 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3007#comment-101391 But what's the real difference between not watching Sex and the City and watching tons of other movies (which you have to do for your work) that were made possible because of the existence of a wealthy country & filmed entertainment as commodity/product culture? I have no plans to see the Sex/City movie either (but I did like some early episodes of the TV show), but, I don't see how skipping the TV show or the movie is a defiant act against "consumerism". On the reverse, you could argue that Sex/City is a show is a positive thing, one that advances female freedom & empowerment in a world where women are killed in shockingly high numbers for acting on their desire for sex or what others perceive as their desire for sex/romance, etc. (this happens in Asia mostly - Pakistan, India, etc. plus no doubt in many other ultra-conservative places of the world). The world depicted in Sex/City is a far better alternative than the current world in which many women are killed or at least siginificantly harrased for trying to have a say in what they do with their romantic & sexual lives. - Sujewa But what’s the real difference between not watching Sex
and the City and watching tons of other movies
(which you have to do for your work) that were made
possible because of the existence
of a wealthy country & filmed entertainment as
commodity/product culture? I have no plans to see
the Sex/City movie either (but I did like some early episodes
of the TV show), but, I don’t see
how skipping the TV show or the movie
is a defiant act against “consumerism”.
On the reverse, you could argue that Sex/City
is a show is a positive thing, one that advances female
freedom & empowerment
in a world where women are killed in shockingly high
numbers for acting on their desire for sex or
what others perceive as
their desire for sex/romance, etc. (this happens in Asia
mostly - Pakistan, India, etc. plus no doubt in many
other ultra-conservative places of the world).
The world depicted in Sex/City is a far better
alternative than the current world in which many
women are killed or at least siginificantly
harrased for trying to have a say in what they
do with their romantic & sexual lives.

- Sujewa

]]> By: Xavier http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/28/sarah-jessica-parker-stars-in-taliban-recruitment-film/#comment-101316 Xavier Wed, 28 May 2008 19:42:49 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3007#comment-101316 As one fan said, "We waited in line 21/2 hours. I guess we'll go drink a Cosmo or five now." As one fan said, “We waited in line 21/2 hours. I guess we’ll go drink a Cosmo or five now.”

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