SEX IN THE CITY 2 – A Course in Villain Busting
By Judith Parker Harris | July 13, 2010
Was SEX IN THE CITY 2 a Blockbuster? Regarding Box office receipts it was only a minor player, but in terms of BUSTING BLOCKS, it was a Major League winner.
The four ladies we have grown to love over the years represent so many archetypes that we can each live out our fantasies and deal with our villains through them. That is exactly why watching them is addictive. The clothes, the shoes, the breath-taking scenery is nothing compared to living out our fantasies and busting our villains – that’s the real key to why there will be another sequel. We need these girls.
Lets start with Carrie, the woman of so many questions. She definitely falls prey to the Saboteur villain. In this round, she couldn’t help question if marriage had made her "big" romance go cold. When she ran into Aiden, the Saboteur villain threatened her marriage, but truth and love won out.
Samantha, our bad girl/sex goddess was dealing with the Sorceress villain. What if natural foods and a store full of supplements could keep her young? What if she could outrun menopause? But loss of her medicine chest made her get past the "if’s" and begin dealing (at least a little) with age, just as an age-appropriate hunk came into steal her heart and help her deal with what is, what’s present, what’s true in life.
Miranda, the red-headed flame struggled with the mugger/rapist villain. Always more comfortable with her work façade than facing up to her many insecurities personally, she found her husband and child demanding that she quit her job. She raced off to Abu Dhabi with her friends, still not sure of who she really was, but the answer came through sound-headed balance.
Lovely Charlotte, gave us the Pirate/Bandit conflict. Was she enough as a mother? Was she enough as a wife? Was she a monster for ignoring her child’s cries for 5-minutes while she cried herself. A breakdown and a heart-to-heart with Miranda took the pressure of being perfect off of Charlotte’s shoulders and introduced her to just right, leaving the "Not Enough Pirate" villain behind on the sand dunes.
For the critics who felt the movie was complete debauchery, garish, over blown… Get over it! It’s a fantasy, a cartoon. The movie goes too far so we don’t have to feel bad about our own villains. You’re taking yourself and this movie, too seriously.
So many villains, so little time. See this one and work out some of your "stuff."
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