Posted by
JP on Friday, May 30, 2008 10:10:23 AM
by Steve
Finefrock - Hollywood Forum [scriptwriter]
Broadcast
TV finally conveyed “Sex and the City” episodes to a wider public,
albeit with a bit of editing here and there. The HBO breakout
chick-flickette series gathered garlands and huzzahs, and a few
brickbats, thru S&C’s long run on cable. It quickly saturated the
post-HBO syndicated broadcast market, and fell short of many
assessments by conservative voices. Much more mainstream than you’d
have guessed, and far more than I’d guessed until the saturation
distribution reached my eyes and ears. And analytical synapses.
Now comes a summer release of the awaited feature film, with Big and
Carrie rumored to wed. It’s no surprise, if one came to “S&C” the
way I did. Thanks to circumstance, I saw middle episodes before the
pilot, running thru the final season on LA outlet broadcast signal,
before an unheralded repeat loop showed the series’ original concept.
All the chattering commentary escaped my eyes at its inception, so I
risk an overlap with what may have been said way back then, but here
goes:
Much better, and much more conservative, than one would have guessed. [more]