Sarah Jessica Parker has said that women depicted in popular culture today are “cruel” and “not supportive” to one another and that “it’s not good for us.”
The star of Sex and the City, notorious for its risqué subject matter and characters, says that at the heart of the program were devoted friendships between four women.
“I think so much reality television — and the women that dominate culture today — are pretty unfriendly towards one another. They use language that’s really objectionable and cruel and not supportive.
“I like to remember that Carrie and the other women in Sex and the City were really nice to each other.”
Speaking about her character, Carrie, and her on-screen relationships with Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha, Parker says Carrie was “a deeply devoted friend”.
Miranda and Carrie in Sex and the City.
Miranda and Carrie in Sex and the City.
“That’s why [women] can forgive those very apparent flaws and selfishness.”
“It’s kind of surprising to say, but in a way (Sex and the City) was a more innocent time.”
Speaking to the British Harper’s Bazaar magazine, Parker reflects on how the culture of cruelty is not limited to television screens. “I don’t Google myself. Good God, no! I have absolutely no constitution for that,” she said.
“I’m curious about everything, except what people have to say about me. It’s the random cruelty I really don’t understand. It’s not good for us. I don’t know, you know, how we go back in time to a better place.”
