Script written by Tiffany Ezuma
A lot has changed since Sex and the City first aired 20 years ago! For this list, we're looking at the scenes and plotlines that would raise eyebrows if they were aired today. We've included issues like subtle racism. Remember when Samantha starts dating Chivon? The entire storyline is full of awful cringeworthy moments from her fetishizing his blackness to the inclusion of the “angry black woman” trope with his sister, Adeena. A plotline like this would have been handled with much more insight and sensitivity if it were written today. How about slut shaming? In the questionably titled episode “Are We Sluts”, Charlotte laments that “nobody wants to marry a whore”. In the same episode, Carrie asks, "How Many Men Is Too Many Men?" when reviewing her sexual history. Despite all the positive things the show had to offer, these types of comments bring it back down to a much more regressive level.
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A lot has changed since Sex and the City first aired 20 years ago! For this list, we're looking at the scenes and plotlines that would raise eyebrows if they were aired today. We've included issues like subtle racism. Remember when Samantha starts dating Chivon? The entire storyline is full of awful cringeworthy moments from her fetishizing his blackness to the inclusion of the “angry black woman” trope with his sister, Adeena. A plotline like this would have been handled with much more insight and sensitivity if it were written today. How about slut shaming? In the questionably titled episode “Are We Sluts”, Charlotte laments that “nobody wants to marry a whore”. In the same episode, Carrie asks, "How Many Men Is Too Many Men?" when reviewing her sexual history. Despite all the positive things the show had to offer, these types of comments bring it back down to a much more regressive level.
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