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筆記 – Male Views on Sex and the City
To my mind, Sex and the City is the equivalent of one of those Soviet propaganda films in which the factory workers are depicted as happy, singing citizens of tomorrow. The truth is that women like Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are wretched, unhappy and isolated. The key to their survival is not the sisterhood, but a combination of slimming pills and anti-depressants.
Men were scared of Sex and the City. Not only did credit card debts soar as the show shamelessly plugged Manolos and Jimmy Choos (I think it’s more to blame than sub-prime mortgages for the current credit crunch) but our physical and emotional foibles were cruelly exaggerated by an endless roll call of pathetic male characters. And instead of our other halves meeting up with friends to discuss Sontag, Sondheim and the Sudanese crisis, all they apparently talked about was sex and shopping.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/may/11/women.film
看這些男人對慾望城市的評價真的很有趣,顯然很多人是對這部情境喜劇(sitcom)是又愛又恨的,一方面男人藉由此片得以了解一些女人的思考模式,但令一方面又被片中女主角們對男人的「苛刻」感到非常懼怕。我猜想德國人看美國的二戰片大概也會有類似這樣的感受─其實自己知道納粹有很多邪惡的罪行,但看到自己人被主角們秋風掃落葉般屠殺還是覺得非常不舒服。
不知道有多少男生也像我一樣,被女朋友「強烈建議」來看慾望城市的….


