That can't be right.

On the SATC movie website, they have this really cute feature where you can search through Carrie's laptop, which as an innate and unwavering stalker of anyone and everyone even those I don't even remotely care about, I was excited for. They even have a "city chat" feature where not only can you chat with the non-Carrie gals, but Charlotte starts the convo for you. Unfortunately the conversations are so mind numbingly inane that no matter how technologically and culturally adept the feature seems, it can't hide it's nauseatingly girly anti-focusedness.

Here's my one second as Carrie:

Carrie said : do you think miranda's gay?
Charlotte said : That doesn't seem right...
Carrie said : why not?
Charlotte said : That's not what I seem to remember
Carrie said : yeah but she totally probably is
Charlotte said : That answer is worse than Cashmere Mafia!
Carrie said : how?
Charlotte said : That can't be right.
Carrie said : so is miranda straight?
Charlotte said : No way, Jose!
Carrie said : hahaha!
Charlotte said : Uh-uh!
Carrie said : exactly
Charlotte said : Nah, that can't be right
Carrie said : "nah"?
Charlotte said : That answer is worse than Cashmere Mafia!
Carrie said : you don't say "nah", charlotte.
Charlotte said : Are you sure about that?
Carrie said : yeah
Charlotte said : I thought I had a one track mind! - Concentrate
Carrie said : why did you say "nah"?
Charlotte said : That can't be right.

Like, seriously. I'm not asking for the Grand Theft Auto of SATC, but come on! You seriously couldn't prepare for more possible questions? You already only have one possible option of who to chat with and you couldn't even give her another possible answer? This could have been the perfect opportunity to mix exciting fanfiction with clarifications of each character from the standpoint of the show's creators. Obviously no one involved with SATC will ever trump SATC so they may as well pour their souls into this one last, glorifying conclusion. The SATC movie changes every single point of the entire series; pro-singleness, female independence, the randomness of having/wanting babies...I know only SATC could pull that off but will they? Ever since its inception it's progressively delved further from its origins of an expository, creative show and closer and closer to a money-making, publicity-stunting, ubiquitous-being vehicle for anti-womanism and just the fact that the website is all looks and no substance drives this fact home. Whoever created the website deliberately made it not bangin believing that the women who would visit it would either not "get" technology enough to deal with it, or be so ADD that they wouldn't stick around for the ONE SECOND it took to realize the chat feature was WACK. SATC obviously doesn't feel compelled to serve its characters or viewers with the complexity or appreciation they deserve.

And for real, Charlotte would never say "nah."

Saturday, May 24, 2008