Critics have slammed em...reviews screech "Dried up old prunes!"....... (I wonder about the age/sex demographic of the reviewer)
Yet the theatre was jam packed on opening nite; masses of Indian women dressed to the 9s...Id like to point out over here that I doubt the pulled together chic look, worked by most of the attendees would have been possible without SJP and her posse!
Could be wrong but I have never witnessed such a gathering in India before; effortlessly styled women (that too in western wear, this isnt just about brands and money its about pulling a look together and working it to the T... kudos ladies).
In the past i couldnt help feeling that most women in this city just couldnt carry certain looks... its a bit like Samantha and the gang (with the exception of Carrie who could probably wear a brown paper bag with elan! ) trying to work middle eastern chic... garish, embarassing and lacking pizazz!
2 come sharply back to the point... SATC is primarily about attitude! Its about a bunch of soulmates who simply refuse to conform...
So why do we love em so ? The movie did drag in places..I found it culturally insensitive and far to "in your face" at times (particularly when Samantha loses it in the souk). Theres not much of a plot... its more or less an update on their lives..
Guess the film works despite this simply bcoz each of us identify with these women...
we admire the fact that they are independant, sucessful, make few compromises or apologies for living life on their own terms.. and make no mistake they do fall , but every time one does the rest of the gang is there to pick up the pieces....
Lord knows my gal pals have been doing this for years! Guess we like the fact that no man or situation has been able to drag any of these ladies away from who they really are :)!
My mind cant help flicking to another really good film I saw recently "Raajneeti"
One particular scene stuck in my mind... the one where Katrinas mother in law trys to comfort her and says " beti we (us women) verare always the one's who have to understand..!"
Do we? Or do we pretend to? is there a bit of us that while publicly shunning SATCs overt displays of feminism secretly admire and yearn for that level of independance?
It quite clear that whilst all those women are capable of sustaining sucessful relationships... NONE of them needs a man to define who she is .
Cant help believin Ill be watchin Samantha turn 99 :)!
