Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Carrie Bradshaw: Sexy vs. Skanky

So, how can anyone talk about "what is sexy?" without mentioning Sex and the City??? When I was trying to pick a good episode that discusses this concept I remembered the Cover Girl episode in season 5 where Carrie is shooting the cover for her book and Samantha offers to help, but their two ideals of sexy don't exactly match up. This is a summary of what goes on between Carrie and Samantha:

Carrie is appalled to see a mocked-up photo of herself all but naked on the proposed cover of her "Sex and the City" book. While browsing for book cover ideas at Barnes & Noble, Samantha offers to help Carrie create a look that says 'smart and sexy.' Things get tense between Carrie and Samantha as they disagree on the right look for the book cover. Carrie finds Samantha's selections a little too risque because Samantha keeps trying to put Carrie in lingerie.

So, I guess the answer to the question "what is sexy?" is not universal. We all have very different perceptions of "what is sexy?," even Carrie and Samantha.

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