5. Tone down the ‘wokeness’
I’ll admit it. I almost didn’t make it through the first episode of the season. Whereas ‘Sex and the City’ was funny, emotive and ground-breaking, the first episode of ‘And Just Like That…’ was a check box exercise to attempt to right the perceived wrongs of the original series. While I applaud the attempt to show a more realistic portrayal of New York City, it was handled so poorly that it felt like a sledgehammer had been taking to the show while Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte behaved like they hadn’t known that people that weren’t white existed. It was patronising to the viewers, a betrayal of these once smart women and incredibly painful to watch. The show can be inclusive without checking boxes and a bit of nuance and subtly would go a long way.
