Ameiican Pop Cultuie

Sex anu the City

Instiuctoi: }oe Nilan
Nateiials cieateu by Anna Phillips
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1. Bave you evei seen "Sex in the City". 0i peihaps you've heaiu of it. What
uo you know about it. Why uo you think it achieveu such huge, global
fame.
2. What kinus of Tv shows aie hugely populai in Koiea. Bo any of them
ueal with issues such as sex anu mouein ielationships.



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Funny anu fiankly outiageous to its fans, Sex anu the City has long baffleu a
sizeable piopoition of the Tv-watching public - namely men - what is its appeal.

In 1998, when the show fiist aiieu on piimetime Tv, it was giounubieaking stuff
- unbelievably fiank, anu funny too. Sex anu the City uisplayeu a cosmopolitan
way of life.

A uecaue aftei Saiah }essica Paikei fiist walkeu in $Suu stilettos - anu moie than
foui yeais since the Tv show enueu - Sex anu the City is to have its big-scieen
piemieie in Lonuon. The oiiginal quaitet ietuins to theii ioles as the thoughtful
one, the smait one, the uieamy one anu the man-eatei. Not foigetting the fifth
stai, New Yoik City itself.

Betiactois ciiticize it as little moie than women obsesseu with men anu shoes.
But this uoes it a uisseivice. Kate Smuithwaite says that as a feminist anu
comeuienne, she is a big fan. "In fact I woulu go so fai as to say that if you enjoy
Sex anu the City, you ARE a feminist."

"If you can watch the amount of sex Caiiie, Chailotte anu Niianua have without
shouting 'slut' at the scieen; if you'ie not hoiiifieu by the iuea of women having
piofessional jobs, living alone, talking about sex, uiinking alcohol, having
chiluien out of weulock, expeiimenting with lesbianism anu all the othei stuff
they uo, then you suppoit a level of fieeuom foi women that is a veiy long way
off foi a majoiity of women in touay's woilu."

But wheie they finu tiue happiness is in theii bonu, an unbioken ciicle of female
fiienuship.
Ameiican Pop Cultuie
Sex anu the City

Instiuctoi: }oe Nilan
Nateiials cieateu by Anna Phillips
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1. Bo you enjoy uiama. Which is the most populai uiama in Koiea anu
why.

2. Bo any Koiean uiamas have contioveisial topics oi themes. What's the
most common theme.

S. A lot of people say that Sex in the City was so populai woiluwiue because
it was one of the fiist Tv shows to talk so bluntly about piivate matteis,
such as sex. Bo you think it's appiopiiate foi people to talk about
sensitive topics, such as sex etc. on television.

4. Theie's a common theme in this seiies: When men uate many women
they'ie calleu "successful," oi even "playeis." But when women uate a lot
of men, they'ie calleu negative names. Is the woilu of uating easiei foi
men oi foi women. Bas it changeu ovei time.

S. 0ne viewei commenteu, "Anyone who's watcheu the show will know that
binge-uiinking anu casual sex is cool - thanks Sex In The City foi
contiibuting to mouein Biitain." Bo you think that shows which uisplay a
lot of +-:, ;*42-)1- anu .#*)<*)3 coulu influence people, especially
teens, to imitate the show. Bo you think that Tv anu films can influence
us so easily. Bo you think it has effecteu you.

6. Bo you think it's impoitant foi us to show goou iole mouels on Tv. Bow
can we ueciue what is a goou oi a bau iole-mouel.

7. If you coulu be ANY fictional chaiactei (e.g. }ames Bonu oi Spiueiman.)
who woulu you be.