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Sex and the City - The Complete Second Season Reviews
My Rant On Circumcision
OK, Sex and the City is one of my favorite shows ever, and this second season is almost perfect, except for one episode I don't like; in fact, it's the only episode of all 94 throughout the series run that I don't like, "Old Dogs, New Dicks" (the title was changed on TBS to "Old Dogs, New Tricks," which really doesn't make sense since the episode has nothing to do with tricks). However, I really, really hate this episode, so I decided to write an exclusive review on why. OK, well, I hate the way Charlotte acts in this episode. The plot has her dating a man who is uncircumcised and not liking it. I thought this was wrong. I know this show has had a lot of subjects covered that could be considered offensive, but I never was offended because these were all mostly based on some truth, while this episode ignores all truth and dishes out urban legends and foolish misconceptions about circumcision. One is: circumcision doesn't hurt. It does. A lot. And the baby can feel ALL the pain. Don't believe your doctors who say it's "just a little snip." It's a major surgery, very bloody, very violent, and very painful; all in all, totally sick. Another misconception is that circumcision makes the penis cleaner. All you have to do if you're uncircumcised is wash under the foreskin. Should we pull our teeth out just so we won't have to brush them? Now perhaps you're thinking, "But teeth are useful and foreskin is not." It amazes me that people continue to think this way. Obviously, if you are born with something it serves a useful purpose. And foreskin happens to have tons of sexual nerves, millions upon billions. perhaps Charlotte should have given the guy a chance before judging based on looks (PS, an uncut penis doesn't look like a sharpei in any universe). My main beef with the whole procedure is that the baby has no way to say no. He doesn't know how to talk and he doesn't know what the heck's going on. Babies are people, too, and doing this type of thing to them destroys their human rights before they can even talk. For the rest of their life they will always know they are missing a part of their body because of their parents and not because they wanted it removed. It is sick, unhumane and incorrect. The reason for my rant is mostly because, whether people believe it or not, they are inspired by the media. I'm not saying people are shooting up schools because of video games (THAT, my dear friend, is crap), but if someone says something on TV, people generally beleive it more. Most TV shows always show circumcision as a painless, consequence free little surgery that's make you "normal" and "accepted." They must not know that over 85 percent of the world remains uncircumcised (actually Carrie mentions it in the episode, but it's brushed over quickly). What would have been really cool would have been to see an episode of this show where the girls realized the whole procedure was sick and wrong. Maybe Charlotte would sleep with the guy and the sex would blow her away and they'd all start to question the merit of it. That would have been unique and special and different from all the other TV shows, and it would have been truthful, like the other episodes. What we have now is a naive and juvenile episode that gets all its facts wrong and grossly misinterprets the whole ritual of circumcision. Will a show ever get it right? Anyway, I guess this rant might seem kinda pointless, but I just want you to think about it. Just because somethings socially accepted doesn't make it OK. What if everyone started cutting off one of their kid's toes at birth. What if, in a thousand years, noone had five tioes on each foot. Would that make someone with 10 toes a freak? Just think about it.
I don't mean to diss the show. I mean, if you skip this one episode and watch the 93 other brilliant ones, you have yourself one of the greatest shows ever, and this one episode doesn't damage the quality of the show, but it's still bad. However, the show itself is brilliant.
One of the best original cable programs ever...
Based on the bestselling novel by Candace Bushnell, the HBO original series Sex And The City took the television world by storm following its release in the summer of 1998. Following the exploits of four young and educated female friends living and working in New York City, the show revolves around the various relationships and life problems experienced by each member of the group. Sporting an experienced and talented cast, the show has developed a strong, borderline fanatic following...
Sarah Jessica Parker (the de facto lead character of the show) stars as Carrie Bradshaw, a popular sex columnist for a local newspaper who travels in numerous Manhattan social circles. Carrie is engaged in a tempestuous on-again, off-again relationship with a mystery man always referred to as "Mr. Big". The young urban professional shares her life with three best friends who have similarly interesting jobs - Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon), a lawyer tired of being single given the societal ramifications; Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), a promiscuous publicist who enjoys non-exclusive relationships; and Charlotte McDougal (Kristin Davis), an art museum curator who is relatively less open about her sexuality... Together, the women seek each other's advice on the ever-present and varying predicaments in which they find their romantic relationships...
The Sex And The City (Season 2) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in which Carrie, having broken up with Mr. Big, starts dating a member of the New York Yankees. However, when they run into Mr. Big, she realizes she's not really over him. Meanwhile, Miranda is tired of her friends talking about nothing but men, and Samantha thinks she's found the man of her dreams - at least until she gets him in bed... Other notable episodes from Season 2 include "Four Women and a Funeral" in which Carrie's reflections on the shortness of life following friend's death lead to a reunion with Mr. Big, and "The Man, The Myth, The Viagra" in which Carrie urges Mr. Big to get to know her friends better and Samantha dates a wealthy man in his seventies...
Below is a list of episodes included on the Sex And The City (Season 2) DVD:
Episode 13 (Take Me Out to the Ballgame)
Episode 14 (The Awful Truth)
Episode 15 (The Freak Show)
Episode 16 (They Shoot Single People, Don't They?)
Episode 17 (Four Women and a Funeral)
Episode 18 (The Cheating Curve)
Episode 19 (The Chicken Dance)
Episode 20 (The Man, the Myth, the Viagra)
Episode 21 (Old Dogs, New Dicks)
Episode 22 (The Caste System)
Episode 23 (Evolution)
Episode 24 (La Douleur Exquise!)
Episode 25 (Games People Play)
Episode 26 (The F*ck Buddy)
Episode 27 (Shortcomings)
Episode 28 (Was It Good For You?)
Episode 29 (Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women)
Episode 30 (Ex and the City)
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