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Sex and The City - 1933?

posted 16 years ago by alannahryane
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Did anyone else feel like they were watching an early version of Sex and The City? The typewriter crawl, the lovers, husbands, New York, careers, Libby/Samantha and the telephone conversations?

[–] solex10 15 years ago

No, as these ladies become something better than the idiots in Sex & The City due to the Depression.

[–] liscarkat-2 15 years ago

The characters in "The Group" are interesting women. The girls in "Sex and the City" are irritating middle-aged adolescents. But yes, there are some stylistic similarities between the film and the television series.

[–] mojo2004 12 years ago

If anything Sex & the City was a lazy attempt at updating the classy film ,'The Group'.

Just for the record, I'm not a Dude, I'm a Dudette!

[–] Devans00 10 years ago

According to Wikipedia, Sex and the City was Candace Bushnell's attempt to update The Group. That could be why you see so many similarities between the two.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Group_%28novel%29

I think the concept works better with four main characters instead of 8. I kept having to look at a name guide to keep the women apart.
http://mmcentenary.blogspot.com/2013/09/suitable-only-for-adults-sidne y-lumets.html

No two persons ever watch the same movie.

[–] alannahryane 10 years ago

Thanks for posting, I didn't know that. Just shows how 'in tune' we have become with the creative process being flashed before our eyes. I remember going backstage to tell these 2 guys who had just performed as an opening act that the whole time they were singing I kept hearing Shawn Phillips. Shawn is an obscure but extremely talented musician from the '70s. They thanked me for the comparison because they had spent a long time with him absorbing what they could.