Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love

ISBN: 150116483X

Author: Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin

Condition: New

The bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes cultural history of the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a bubbly, yet fierce cultural dissection of the groundbreaking show (Chicago Tribune).This is the story of how a columnist, two gay men, and a writers room full of women used their own poignant, hilarious, and humiliating stories about dating and relationships, womens friendship, and sexuality to launch a cultural phenomenon. They endured shock, slut-shaming, and a slew of nasty reviews on their way to eventual-if still often begrudging-respect. The show wasnt perfect, but it revolutionized television for women.When Candace Bushnell began writing for the New York Observer, she didnt think anyone beyond the Upper East Side would care about her adventures among the Hamptons-hopping media elite. But her struggles with singlehood struck a chord. Beverly Hills, 90210 creator Darren Star brought her vision to an even wider audience when he adapted the column for HBO. Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha launched a barrage of trends, forever branded the actresses that took on the roles, redefined womens relationship to sex and sexual politics, and elevated the perception of singlehood.Featuring exclusive interviews with the cast, creators, and writers, including star Sarah Jessica Parker, creator Darren Star, executive producer Michael Patrick King, and author Candace Bushnell, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong brings readers inside the writers room and into the scribes livesThe writing is fizzy and funny, but she still manages an in-depth look at a show thats been analyzed for decades, giving readers a retrospective as enjoyable as a $20 pink cocktail (The Washington Post). Sex and the City and Us is a critical and nostalgic pop culture history of a television series that changed the way women see themselves.