First of all, Carrie encounters her old flame, Aidan (John Corbett), at the spice market, but even more importantly, she and her friends run up against the puritanical and misogynistic culture of the Middle East. The rather scathing portrayal of Muslim society no doubt will stir controversy, especially in a frothy summer entertainment, but there's something bracing about the film's saucy political incorrectness. Or is it politically correct? "SATC 2" is at once proudly feminist and blatantly anti-Muslim, which means that it might confound liberal viewers.There's nothing more fun than confounded liberal viewers. I hope I get to see them squirm.
Monday, May 24, 2010
My Wife's Gonna Make Me Go See This Movie
Sex and the City 2 opens this weekend and I've already been told that we're going to go see it. My wife liked the TV show (at least the toned down version on TBS - she never saw the original uncut HBO version) and the first movie, so off we'll go to see the sequel. The scenes in the trailer featuring the quartet riding camels somewhere in the Middle East look a little like something out of an old Bob Hope road movie, but that's probably where the similarity ends. If nothing else, this part of a review I read could make it interesting:
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