Comments on: ’sex & the city’ reader review http://savetheassistants.com/2008/06/04/sex-the-city-reader-review/ a blog for the beleaguered Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:03:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Urban Thought http://savetheassistants.com/2008/06/04/sex-the-city-reader-review/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Urban Thought Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:34:16 +0000 http://savetheassistants.com/?p=905#comment-572 Hi, I'm a person of color. LOL... I didn't care for JHuds acting. But outside of that it appears that they've never really had a Black Woman on their show at all. You've seen both Samantha and Miranda dealing with Black men in some sort of sexual way or the other. But never have you seen any of them deal with someone on a professional level. It's great to see the cast member added, even if for a limited appearance. However, it would have been nice to see it on a more peer based role than an assistant. I'm not saying that Black people aren't assistant. I am one myself. But really... Hi,

I’m a person of color. LOL… I didn’t care for JHuds acting. But outside of that it appears that they’ve never really had a Black Woman on their show at all. You’ve seen both Samantha and Miranda dealing with Black men in some sort of sexual way or the other. But never have you seen any of them deal with someone on a professional level.

It’s great to see the cast member added, even if for a limited appearance. However, it would have been nice to see it on a more peer based role than an assistant. I’m not saying that Black people aren’t assistant. I am one myself. But really…

]]> By: Lorraine http://savetheassistants.com/2008/06/04/sex-the-city-reader-review/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Lorraine Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:24:45 +0000 http://savetheassistants.com/?p=905#comment-571 I was torn by the assistant thing also, but for different reasons. I think of shows like "Friends", as well as "Sex and the City", that are set in New York City, which is 40% African-American, and yet you never see people of color in these shows. So I thought that including Jennifer Hudson was a sweet, though perhaps misguided, attempt to include a person of color and to get a message out that "we are all the same" (if "we are all the same" means, "we all like expensive purses"!). Because I have been involved in anti-racism activism for some years now, I am a bit wary of this type of "easy" solution, yet at the same time I have to give the producers some credit for even taking this step. But I am a white woman, so I don't want to be the "last word" on this. Any people of color out there who would like to weigh in on this? I was torn by the assistant thing also, but for different reasons. I think of shows like “Friends”, as well as “Sex and the City”, that are set in New York City, which is 40% African-American, and yet you never see people of color in these shows. So I thought that including Jennifer Hudson was a sweet, though perhaps misguided, attempt to include a person of color and to get a message out that “we are all the same” (if “we are all the same” means, “we all like expensive purses”!). Because I have been involved in anti-racism activism for some years now, I am a bit wary of this type of “easy” solution, yet at the same time I have to give the producers some credit for even taking this step.

But I am a white woman, so I don’t want to be the “last word” on this. Any people of color out there who would like to weigh in on this?

]]> By: Miss Attitude http://savetheassistants.com/2008/06/04/sex-the-city-reader-review/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Miss Attitude Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:20:35 +0000 http://savetheassistants.com/?p=905#comment-570 I had actually never seen Jennifer Hudson in anything before and honestly thought she did a good job. But something about it just didn't fit, besides the renting of the purses. How is that Carrie always turned to her friends to help pick her back up all the other times, but instead turns to an assistant this time? And if your reader watched more SATC, she'd know that the only time Carrie tried a shrink she ended up having a one night stand with Jon Bon Jovi:) I had actually never seen Jennifer Hudson in anything before and honestly thought she did a good job. But something about it just didn’t fit, besides the renting of the purses. How is that Carrie always turned to her friends to help pick her back up all the other times, but instead turns to an assistant this time? And if your reader watched more SATC, she’d know that the only time Carrie tried a shrink she ended up having a one night stand with Jon Bon Jovi:)

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