{"id":10427,"date":"2021-01-12T02:45:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T15:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=183859"},"modified":"2021-02-04T23:02:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T23:02:01","slug":"sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"I Can’t Help But Wonder, Can ‘Sex And The City’ Really Work In 2021?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"sex
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 21: Actresses Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall on the set of “Sex In The City: The Movie” in New York City on September 21, 2007. (Photo by James Devaney \/ WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The year was 2018. Word of a potential <\/span>Sex And the City<\/span><\/i> reunion was spreading and millennial women everywhere were dusting off their Manolo Blahniks and mentally prepping their viewing parties. But very quickly our hopes were dashed when Kim Cattrall, who (of course) played Samantha Jones on the show, not only said she wouldn\u2019t be joining a reboot, but accused Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw) of constant bullying during the pair\u2019s decade-long stint as co-stars and on-screen best friends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only did the accusations spur a messy month-long she said, he said (even Jason Lewis, who played Samantha\u2019s younger boyfriend, Smith Jerrod, got involved), which included public call-outs on social media and tell-all interviews, but the revelation that the four women, whose friendship was the driving force behind the show\u2019s success, didn\u2019t get along behind-the-scenes sent shock waves through its fandom. When SJP released a statement saying that conversations to bring another <\/span>SATC<\/span><\/i> to the world had ceased, no one was surprised. What\u2019s <\/span>Sex And the City <\/span><\/i>without Samantha Jones, anyway?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But almost three years on, surprising everyone, HBO Max announced that not only is a reboot back on the table, but that production is set to start in New York City in just a few months’ time. Titled \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026,\u201d the revival will star Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis. As she stated previously, Kim Cattrall is sadly not returning. Parker, Nixon, and Davis will also executive produce the show,\u00a0 along with Michael Patrick King. The series, which will consist of 10 half-hour episodes, will follow Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Charlotte York (Davis), and Miranda Hobbes (Nixon) as they navigate love and friendship in their 50s – around 20 years on from their ages in the show and subsequent movies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Though it\u2019s not uncommon for much-beloved shows to return years, even decades on, simultaneously giving audiences the content they want and studios a guaranteed success (even if the revival is bad, it\u2019ll still get watched), the more I think about what a<\/span> Sex And the City <\/span><\/i>remake could offer in our post-Me Too, post-Black Lives Matter world, the more I\u2019m confused about exactly how they\u2019ll make it work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The gaping hole left by Cattrall aside, many of the things that fans loved about<\/span> SATC<\/span><\/i> just wouldn\u2019t fly today. Not only does it make little to no sense that Carrie would be able to afford her own New York City apartment on a freelance writer\u2019s wage, but women today don\u2019t want to watch story lines almost solely centered around dating, men, and lack thereof. Throughout its six seasons, with the exception of Samantha (RIP), the show\u2019s white, cis, able-bodied, and thin characters obsess over having relationships with the opposite sex, to the point where Carrie compares being single to being the \u201cmodern-day equivalent of being a leper.\u201d There’s also the time that Carrie, a woman who makes a living out of writing a sex and dating column, says that bisexuality doesn’t exist, and that it’s just a \u201clayover on the way to Gaytown,\u201d and the time that Samantha dates a Black man, but \u201cdoesn\u2019t see color; only sees conquests.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
Kristin Davis and Sarah Jessica Parker during Kristin Davis and Sarah Jessica Parker on Location For “Sex and the City” on May 08, 2001 at Central Park in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Tom Kingston \/ WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course, the show\u2019s stars, writers, and producers are well aware of the climate we\u2019re currently in, both socially and politically, and you\u2019ll bet they\u2019ll do their darnedest to accommodate. There\u2019ll no doubt be a range of diverse characters and woke story lines interwoven throughout the new series, and perhaps even the addition of another leading lady to replace Samantha. But when each of the show\u2019s main characters is white – and married to a white man – how much diversity can there really be, without it looking a bit\u2026 tokenistic?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps Carrie gets sick of Mr Big – and the somewhat condescending way he calls her \u2018kid\u2019 – and realizes that she\u2019d rather be in a polyamorous relationship with her next door neighbors, who can offer her both the stability and excitement she\u2019d always craved. Perhaps Miranda realizes that what was missing from her relationship with Steve is that she\u2019d rather be dating a woman. Perhaps Charlotte gets reimagined as \u2018Woke Charlotte\u2019 – a character made up by the @EveryOutfitOnSATC Instagram account – and realizes that gender pronouns are unnecessary. Perhaps, as British writer Raven Smith joked, Carrie rewears her John Galliano newspaper dress, but this time it\u2019s covered in QAnon conspiracy theories. Perhaps she\u2019s in a Twitter war with Trump.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps the <\/span>SATC<\/span><\/i> reboot could work. But after we\u2019ve already dealt with <\/span>that<\/span><\/i> second movie and 2018\u2019s dose of drama, the show is already walking a fine line. Just please spare us from any mention of a global pandemic. No one needs to see how much Miranda Hobbes hoards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":12825,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"\nSex And The City Reboot: What Will It Be About And Will It Work In 2021?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HBO Max has announced that not only is a Sex and the City reboot back on the table, but that production is set to start in New York City in just a few month\u2019s time. Titled \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d the revival will star Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. As she stated previously, Kim Cattrall is sadly not returning.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I Can't Help But Wonder, Can 'Sex And The City' Really Work In 2021?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HBO Max has announced that not only is a Sex and the City reboot back on the table, but that production is set to start in New York City in just a few month\u2019s time. Titled \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d the revival will star Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. As she stated previously, Kim Cattrall is sadly not returning.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grazia USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-04T23:02:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/SATC.jpg?fit=1280%2C720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/\",\"name\":\"Sex And The City Reboot: What Will It Be About And Will It Work In 2021?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-11T15:45:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-04T23:02:01+00:00\",\"description\":\"HBO Max has announced that not only is a Sex and the City reboot back on the table, but that production is set to start in New York City in just a few month\u2019s time. Titled \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d the revival will star Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. As she stated previously, Kim Cattrall is sadly not returning.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I Can’t Help But Wonder, Can ‘Sex And The City’ Really Work In 2021?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/\",\"name\":\"Grazia USA\",\"description\":\"Driving tastemakers in Fashion, Beauty and Culture\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sex And The City Reboot: What Will It Be About And Will It Work In 2021?","description":"HBO Max has announced that not only is a Sex and the City reboot back on the table, but that production is set to start in New York City in just a few month\u2019s time. Titled \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d the revival will star Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. As she stated previously, Kim Cattrall is sadly not returning.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I Can't Help But Wonder, Can 'Sex And The City' Really Work In 2021?","og_description":"HBO Max has announced that not only is a Sex and the City reboot back on the table, but that production is set to start in New York City in just a few month\u2019s time. Titled \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d the revival will star Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. As she stated previously, Kim Cattrall is sadly not returning.","og_url":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/","og_site_name":"Grazia USA","article_modified_time":"2021-02-04T23:02:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/SATC.jpg?fit=1280%2C720","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/","url":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/","name":"Sex And The City Reboot: What Will It Be About And Will It Work In 2021?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-01-11T15:45:18+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-04T23:02:01+00:00","description":"HBO Max has announced that not only is a Sex and the City reboot back on the table, but that production is set to start in New York City in just a few month\u2019s time. Titled \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d the revival will star Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. As she stated previously, Kim Cattrall is sadly not returning.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-reboot-confirmed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I Can’t Help But Wonder, Can ‘Sex And The City’ Really Work In 2021?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/","name":"Grazia USA","description":"Driving tastemakers in Fashion, Beauty and Culture","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Grazia USA","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/10427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}