Sex and the City: If Samantha Was the Star…

Samantha Jones was one of the best parts of Sex in the City and with the surprising twist that she's making a brief appearance on it just like that we all can't help but wonder what if Samantha had been the star of the original show how many sexual partners have you had I'm counting um this year Samantha Jones is the group's most memorable character who most embodies what the show was supposed to be about she owns a PR firm is always quick with a pun or double entender has a lot of sex and despite a culture that often judges her truly feels no shame about that and I will not be judged by you or Society I will wear whatever and whomever I want as long as I can breathe and kneel Sex in the City actually centers around Carrie Bradshaw a magazine columnist and remote working Pioneer who can mysteriously afford endless Manolo blahniks how much were they uh 485 but while Carrie calls herself the sexual Anthropologist her views on dating are in fact pretty vanilla so the show uses Samantha to provide almost all of its edginess and exploration for a sex columnist you have a very limited view of sexuality fast forward to the 2020s and just like that and it's not just the passage of time but even more so Samantha's absence that makes the Revival a totally different show one that appropriately had its title changed because without Samantha it's not about sex at all I should have gotten a baguette thing I should have ordered the soup but in an alternate universe where Samantha was the main character Sex in the City could have been less about why emotionally unavailable men keep leaving us voicemails and more about seeking emotional growth and self-actualization while being glamorous and managing relationships on your terms here's our take on why thanks to her wit endlessly interesting storylines and genuine growth and change Samantha as a heroine could have pushed Sex in the City and and just like that two more provocative creative Heights foreign Sex in the City Samantha is the one bringing the Lion's Share of the sex I'm a trisexual I'll try anything once Samantha was so good at embracing experimentation in her time that to be called a Samantha was definitely the most provocative and Brazen of the labels any fand could adopt the show as a whole was known for pushing the envelope even though it was mostly thanks to her on the one hand it's easy to see why Carrie seems like the more relatable and safer heroine for a show like this in the time especially more women were likely to see themselves as caries open to some Adventure But ultimately looking for romance I am someone who is looking for love real love because Samantha was pushing against what was considered mainstream in her era many wrote her off for her promiscuity saw her as less worthy of respect or on some level feared what she represented sex is something special that's supposed to happen between two people who love each other or two people who love sex Samantha even had to contend with her best friend Carrie not fully respecting her choices you and I have very different ideas about what's sexy this is about the job isn't it but ultimately the creatives making this scary show meant that it only went so far beyond pretty conventional fare Carrie writes about her cyclical and emotionally abusive relationships over and over and a lot of Carrie's attitudes towards the then taboo topics on Sex and the City feel dated while it's Samantha splots that prefigured dating practices that now look mainstream Samantha was correct in predicting the explosion of pansexuality in recent years soon everyone will be and sexual it won't matter if you're gay or straight whereas her friends mock her for considering a threesome with gay men or dating a woman this is not about being gay or straight Maria isn't incredible woman she's got passion and talent talent a vagina oh vaginas magina there's also dramatically a lot more going on in Samantha's life while being a writer may sound glamorous Samantha's high-powered PR agency is more comedically Rife with interesting plot points she's always on the VIP list of the hottest new clubs we're on the VIP list and creates smashing parties for New York's richest clientele she's even a bit of a superhero at her PR agency there's nothing she can't do she can turn a waiter into an absolute vodka billboard star she can manage the pr for atop hotelier and date him and she takes her friends to the most thought-worthy clubs from a place called bed to a new restaurant serving only raw food before that was the Norman places like Los Angeles now what is raw food exactly vegan non-dairy and nothing is cooked over 118 degrees so in other words raw vegetables and sometimes flowers in the actual show a lot of this is taken for granted as background and not that fleshed out sometimes played as cartoonish one-dimensional storylines but if you spent time digging in there's a lot more to watch than Carrie pontificating in her apartment about the 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your iPhone too just activate it on Safari on your phone and save on the go so make yourself and the Sex and the City crew Proud by downloading honey today get PayPal honey for free at joinhoney.com my take that's joinhoney.com my take [Music] soon after we first meet Carrie she meets Mr Big The Man Who will alter her life and annoy all of her friends endlessly just by bumping into him on the New York City sidewalk she's excited to fall in love while Samantha claims to just want to hook up with as many people as possible yet Samantha ends up in a much more meaningful relationship in the long run I forgot to tell you something on the phone I love you so how did that happen throughout the series Carrie's Mr big is emotionally unavailable always seeming to chase her down whenever it seems like she might be happy with another person he gets married to someone else and when it seems like Carrie has forgotten him for good and moved on with the carpenter Aiden she goes right back and cheats on Aiden it's hot it can't do this kittens he's saving it for your boyfriend Samantha on the other hand has three major relationships that challenge her in an important way one is with Maria an artist who actually gets Samantha to be monogamous Maria has taught me how to connect during sex it's not just some animal Act it's about two people making love the second is with Richard the aforementioned hotelier whose inability to commit makes her realize that she wants a partnership with someone it's just sex I love you turns out she was right about right but now she wished she was wrong now your heart's broken and the final with Smith a waiter she rebrands into an incredibly successful actor who pushes her to be truly vulnerable as he helps her through her battle with breast cancer your hair's your thing chill out I'm busy when I'm done cue balling here I'm moving right over to you still in the movie after moving across the country for Smith Samantha decides that she doesn't like who she's had to become to keep the relationship going but instead of it being a drama-filled breakdown like we might see from Carrie Samantha just tells him the truth I love you but I love me more this trajectory actually mirrors the relationships of many people today who are more focused on appreciating a relationship for what it is and how it helps you grow even if it doesn't last forever instead of keeping herself trapped in an unhappy relationship Samantha moves on which is a lot more inspiring than the win of finally ending up with the guy that made you miserable for years after he seemingly run out of other options Samantha's Independence and Laser sharp focus on herself ensured that she wasn't just pining after men and was more concerned with what she wanted the right guy is an illusion you understand that the core of Samantha's character is her confidence she has so much of it it can come across as unseemly her favorite word to describe herself is fabulous fabulous fabulous fabulous she does a naked photo shoot just for herself and hangs the results on her wall she genuinely doesn't care what other people think of her if I worried what every [ __ ] in New York was saying about me I'd never leave the house but Samantha's confidence is radical especially for two key reasons one it doesn't depend on any expectation of validation through settling down marriage doesn't guarantee a happy ending just an ending and two it doesn't diminish even as she ages decades Beyond when women have traditionally been told to stop thinking of themselves as sexual beings it's time for ladies my age to cover it up Samantha keeps getting older and she still has total faith that she's just getting sexier and this may be the best reason of all to Center her in this show because why shouldn't any of us look to her as a role model for this and feel the same no matter how old we get but I am 50 too and I will rock this dress Carrie's narrative Arc isn't really what the show set out to be when her friends are dealing with pregnancy infertility new babies and even Cancer all throughout she is incredibly solipsistic she unfailingly redirects the conversation back on herself and her love life she's constantly making bad choices like moving to Paris with artist boyfriend Alexander petrovsky leaving her job friends and apartment behind only to feel offended when he has to go to work I had a job and and friends and I didn't give all of that up to come here and wander the streets of Paris alone and when that love fails she falls back to who else but Mr Big Carrie you're the one Creator Darren Starr criticized the series ending he left the series by season four and in an interview stated that by having a perfect storybook conclusion the show ultimately betrayed what it was about which was that women Don don't ultimately find happiness from marriage not that they can't but the show initially was going off script from the romantic comedies that had come before it that's what had made women so attached at the end of the series Samantha on the other hand learned through each of her relationships what she truly wants and stays true to herself in the process I've been in a relationship with myself for 49 years and that's the one I need to work on she hasn't given up the parts of herself that we love but by the end she's more balanced she even moves through breast cancer with style donning new wigs and giving incredibly raw motivational speeches she transforms from a horny caricature to a woman you root for no matter who she is or isn't dating because ultimately she stands for a tenacity self-realization and courage that's inspirational every Sex in the City character has their faults and Samantha can be cold and unfeeling hiding her real self behind an invulnerable shell a of course Carrie has her charms too Sarah Jessica Parker's acting is magnetic and having a character with weaknesses makes them more human yet even Candice Bushnell tweeted that Samanthas are underrated the first season of and just like that feels Hollow because of the giant Samantha Jones shaped shoes that not even the most Charming new cast members can fill Kim Cattrall the actress who plays Samantha was pitched to return to the role in a third Sex in the City movie which didn't happen but became material for plot lines oven just like that we started letting Louisa spend the night because we like her and now Brady's bedroom floor is a Minefield well it's good he's using protection now that is saying the condom is half full in the pitch Samantha was supposed to receive sexually suggestive photos from Miranda's then 14 year old son Brady this bothered catral so much that when she was asked about it she gave her rep's idea of where Samantha might go instead why can't Samantha who owns her PR Company maybe she had to sell it because of financial woes 2008 was tough that's a conflict instead of an underage boy's yikes katral meanwhile has been busy in her own new show glamorous who lose how I met your father and she's fueled rumors that she could potentially team up with Darren Starr for Emily in Paris at the same time about Samantha she said it's a great wisdom to know when enough is enough I also didn't want to compromise what the show was to me so even with her cameo in the upcoming season of him just like that being confirmed it still seems that getting Samantha back for a full season is unlikely but we can still hope yes she was body impulsive and shrewd which caused her to butt heads with every member of the group is your vagina in the New York City guide books because it should be it's the hottest spot in town it's always open but she pushed Carrie Miranda and Charlotte to be the most interesting versions of themselves without the show's ID we're just left with a lot of ego that's the take click here to watch the video we think you'll love or here to check out a whole playlist of awesome content don't forget to subscribe and turn on 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Channel: The Take

Views: 142,826

Keywords: and just like that..., sex and the city, kim cattrall, samantha jones, carrie bradshaw, sarah jessica parker, miranda hobbes, cynthia nixon, charlotte york, kristin davis, sex and the city samantha, sex and the city samantha and charlotte fight, sex and the city samantha and smith break up

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Length: 14min 35sec (875 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 22 2023

Reddit Comments

[u/Dreaunicorn]

Call me crazy but I think she was, in a very subtle way. Carrie was perfect to be the “official” lead because she was so flawed and vulnerable.

[u/OT9FOREVER]

Loved this video! I just watched before the post and here it is!

Kinda crazy how the main character wasn't the "sex" in the city and was also so close minded about it.

[u/PercyThePig]

And why AJLT isn't as good

[u/JustGettingIntoYoga]

Disagree, unless they were going to make Samantha a more complex character like she was in the pilot (she clearly showed vulnerability and lack of confidence in that episode).

The Samantha of the series was too much of a caricature to carry the show.