Nobody, not even Carrie Bradshaw, is immune to the ingrained idea that beauty is synonymous with youth, writes LNivenPhillips.
left off will have breathed a sigh of relief at the episodes we’ve seen so far. No, these characters have definitely aged: Miranda has embraced her natural
, Carrie has undergone hip surgery, Steve’s got a hearing aid – hey, Big’s even dead. Which is why witnessing the characters having the conversations that many women in their fifties really are having today feels so rewarding., directed by Cynthia Nixon, Carrie accompanies Anthony to a meeting with a plastic surgeon.
“Oh, I remember her,” she breathes, naturally seduced by the prospect of erasing the years which – in the last few months alone – have included losing her husband, becoming estranged from Samantha, and wetting the bed. She’s tempted. And for a 50-plus woman whose life has recently been turned upside-down, that seems a fairly realistic place to find herself.
What feels more realistic still is the conversation it prompts between Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda later on. It feels like one of the first discussions fromwhich truly reflects the cafe scenes from the original series, where the four would hash out their latest dilemmas – then blow jobs, now– over brunch, with Charlotte and Miranda tackling opposing sides of the debate like a Greek chorus.
This message feels particularly pertinent coming from Kristin Davis’s character, following the furore generated by promo shots and images from’s set last year. Negative social media and tabloid commentary on Davis’s appearance and alleged plastic surgery were rivalled only by criticism ofRead More
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