ReluctantRomeo Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 Originally posted by tiki Banana?! Please....make it stop. Samantha wouldn't say this
Pocky Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 Originally posted by tiki Please....make it stop. :lmao:
Cecelius Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 Actually, I agree with Tan in princ. that a great red flag is women who watch this show for more than the shoes, but I think it actually makes women MORE attentive to their relationships: more pointless, high maintenence, naval gazing, drama creating, fixing what isn't broken, looking for the "One" chump who'll put up with all the cr@p in the world. You can tell who these women are: the ones who are shocked at your ability to walk away at a moments notice. I watched the series finale: what would most dudes say about a women who leaves her b/f spontaneously (I understand her needs were not being met and she was miserable) and is basically hooked up with another guy within a few TV seconds after she gets back to NYC? "Fickle" is the nice word. I can think of some less nice ones.
moimeme Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 So a person who defines a relationship or your actions on a TV show based on some very unusual and unrealistic situations may not be the best partner to have. I put this right up there with romance novels. How very odd. I gather that after the Gap ads for chinos, sales went up 60%. I suppose some people use TV as some sort of guide to life and I agree that's a red flag. In this case, however, I think the phenomenon you've observed boils down to people who perhaps hadn't developed much character on their own and so used something else. I don't think it's the SITC ladies, however, because they were various sorts of neurotic and only one was a real princess. I'd suggest that perhaps many of the women who loved SITC may have read 'The Rules' or another such book (perhaps one mentioned on the show) and are using it as their relationship bible.
whynotme Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 I as a female have not watched 1 show of SITC, but I also work at an adult bookstore (with toys) and all I keep hearing from females who come into the store is that they want the toys talked about on the show. They look at me like I am stupid because I have no clue, maybe they should know what THEY want, not what a TV program tells them, they want. sorry off subject here.
Jennifer'sSecret Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 Originally posted by tanbark813 I never said that the female fans resemble the characters one for one. I'm saying that the women who are the biggest fans of the show seem to harbor similar personality traits (among themselves, not similar to those on the show). I can't make a statement like that because I've only seen 2 or 3 SATC episodes so I don't know a lot about the show. It's not so much that watching that show will completely change a woman, it's that the women who are most drawn to that show have their negative personality traits encouraged and emphasized. If you haven't watched the show, than how the he!! are you in any position to place judgments about it or the people that watch it? I mean, really...your comments about this are no different than saying, oh, that girls that get their hair done regularly and have an addiction to shoes are spoiled (Carrie clearly lets her roots grow, so that proves your wrong), that women that speak their minds are b!tches (Miranda is a strong women, but hardly a b!tch), that women who prefer to stick to traditional values and gender roles are weak (Charlotte goes after what she wants, even CONVERTS for it...that ain't weak), and women who love their bodies are sluts (ok, well...Samantha certainly isn't a virgin...). I, for one, have been a faithful SITC fan since day one. Actually, day one was during season 4, the episode where Carrie is the "normal person" in a fashion show and ends up wearing the blue jacket and the sparkly panties and falls flat on her face on the runway... That was the first time I ever saw the show, and I laughed so freaking hard at her falling on her face, but was just as equally pleased to see her (literally and metaphorically) pull her a$$ up off the ground and keep walking, all while her best girlfriends, all vastly different, applauded her. From that point on, I was hooked. The show appeals to women who are torn between the different parts of their personalities - the women who want to be traditional women (Charlotte) yet still sexually uninhibited (Samantha), the women who want to be girly girls in love with fashion and boys (Carrie) while still maintaining their professional stregnth in the man's world (Miranda). Women who love this show see themselves in each character. Each character is too extreme to be any one fan, but by watching the show, they can see how certain aspects of a character learn and grow. If you watched the season from day one, you would see how much these women have grown, how much they have learned, what they have fought for, given up, who they have loved and lost and why. They each came full circle. So...to watch a couple episodes and make such generalizations is just...silly. Should I assume that Six Feet Under fans are all morbidly depressed?? (Another show I LOVE)?
latida Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 Originally posted by westernxer Television really sucks!!! 4real I also think another point that hasn't been fleshed out is: Is it art imitating life to some degree, and life imitating art? Although SIC (the real abbv:laugh: ) is not my idea of art. It is possible that this is the sort of entertainment that women in their thirties were seeking, it just filled a niche. Something that spoke to them like no other show, a mix of reality and play. I think that women today are sometimes in a strange place now out of the feminist revolution this generation. It becomes hilarious to see your own personalities broken up into several people. Some of us just don't realize that is what is going on. Not unlike comedies and tragedies of ancient history, Friends is a classic example. I think it really boils down to the fact that you may be meeting the wrong women. As in shallow and selfish (difference?) I would have to say that someone who references their life to a show too much has issues. Whether it be man/woman, SIC/Friends or whatever. No TV show can be as interesting as someone's true opinions and feelings brought on by introspection or educating oneself. I in fact got the "I'm a princess bug" from Ms. Piggy
alphamale Posted May 21, 2005 Posted May 21, 2005 Originally posted by la]ti[da Friends is a classic example. Now there was a totally worthless show...totally unrealistic and convoluted. Had the cast members been not so good looking they would have been looked at as a bunch of co-dependent nerds who live in their own little fantasy world. Can u imagine some fat ugly chick singing "Smelly Cat, Smelly CAt"....
Author tanbark813 Posted May 21, 2005 Author Posted May 21, 2005 Originally posted by Jennifer'sSecret If you haven't watched the show, than how the he!! are you in any position to place judgments about it or the people that watch it? It's funny because you quoted one of my posts that you obviously didn't understand. I never said the girls I'm basing this theory on mimicked the characters on the show, nor did I say their situations were the same. I'm saying that girls who tend to be die hard fans of the show have certain personality traits that are then reinforced by the show. I don't need to know the details of the episodes to see a pattern in the fanship.
latida Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 Originally posted by alphamale Now there was a totally worthless show...totally unrealistic and convoluted. Had the cast members been not so good looking they would have been looked at as a bunch of co-dependent nerds who live in their own little fantasy world. Sad thing, they are all basically like this, but, I didn't think any of them were that good looking. What drove me crazy was the can laughter after EVERY line. Nothing is that funny, and each sentence doesn't need a laugh after it. Couldn't stand the show anyway but this just made it excruciating. I doubt I could seriously date anyone who put a lot of stake in their TV viewing anyway, and someone who loved Friends? Fugetaboudet.
westernxer Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 Originally posted by la]ti[da Sad thing, they are all basically like this, but, I didn't think any of them were that good looking. What drove me crazy was the can laughter after EVERY line. Nothing is that funny, and each sentence doesn't need a laugh after it. Couldn't stand the show anyway but this just made it excruciating. I doubt I could seriously date anyone who put a lot of stake in their TV viewing anyway, and someone who loved Friends? Fugetaboudet. Took the words outta my mouth.
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