And Just Like That...

And Just Like That... fanden wir uns in weiteren Geschichten von Sex and the City wieder. Nach den ersten Folgen fielen einigen Zuschauern fast die Augen aus dem Kopf, aber bald wurde auch diese Staffel zu einem klassischen Glossenformat über Beziehungen und Sex. Das Leben geht weiter, und wenn man fünfzig ist, heißt das noch lange nicht, dass man aufhören sollte zu leben. Ich halte die Linie, die Mirandas Wandel gewidmet ist, für die am besten geschriebene, weil ich mich dabei genauso gut gefühlt habe wie während der neuen Staffeln von The L Word: Generation Q. Diese Show hat schon immer Grenzen überschritten und tut dies auch noch Jahre später. (19.06.2022)

Season 1: In the 90s, Sex and the City had to shock a lot of people with its openness and presentation of taboo topics. But in 2022, And Just Like That also shocked me in a certain way with its approach. This series, in my opinion, is a historic milestone and a symbol of the beginning of neo-socialist realism, paying tribute to political hyper-correctness simply because it is trendy and challenges unpopular opinions. Essentially, it addresses breaking down white stereotypes, gender fluidity and how mothers of teenagers who deal with it cope with it. It also involves the forceful promotion of non-binary individuals, experimentation with sexuality in old age, the challenges of aging itself, and of course, ethnic diversity and cultural pluralism. It would be a long debate about all the topics this series opens up. What's worse is that it doesn't close any of them. Many storylines fizzle out (e.g. Steve, Miranda's alcoholism, infertility) and everything sort of pretends to be something it's not. The original series' theme of friendship and camaraderie is absolutely disappearing here. Even the first episode cut the branch under me by tarnishing Samantha's absence in quite a vile way, and there was a real cause behind the scenes of local relationships. I don't know, on the one hand, it was terribly current, modern, fashionable, and trendy, to the point where I was actually repelled by it and wondered if I am even the target age group. It was visually appealing, but it lacked any cohesion and was just a display of the problems of today's world. A slap in the face. (08.02.2022)