And Just Like That Aging, Softening and Supple
I'm softening, that's for sure. And not only in the region between the neck and the pubis.
Published January 22
I'm still reading killer reviews of And Just Like That and scratching my tuque like it's harboring a colony of lice: would I be completely within the scope of loving Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte and forgiving their clumsiness?
Because yes, I like this derivative of Sex and the City. Pursue me! as they say in a TV series of lawyers. I look forward to Thursdays when a new episode hits Crave. I soften, because everyone seems to find it horribly bad, rotten and ridiculous. Not me. I'm loyal to Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) as she is to her Upper East Side apartment, which is actually in the West Village, but hey.
The early episodes of And Just Like That weren't great, but the show got better as it explored difficult themes like bereavement and alcoholism.
Yes, our beloved New Yorkers have aged, just like us. And this "taboo" was attacked head-on when Carrie had hip surgery or when a plastic surgeon calculated the cost of renovations to her sagging face. Total bill: a second mortgage.
It is this realization that has unsettled the early fans of Sex and the City: it is no longer a fabulous comedy about singles who eat in the trendiest restaurants and who drink to the hottest trends.
It became a drama series about 50-somethings who, even though they still wear beautiful clothes, feel overwhelmed and deprived. Life has caught up with them all, like us.
Think of Carrie urinating in her bed or Miranda getting drunk alone at home, trapped in a relationship that makes her deeply unhappy. Think of Charlotte struggling to connect with her non-binary teen. There's nothing comical about it. It is rather tragic and realistic, alas.
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The fairy tale dreamed of by the 30-somethings of Sex and the City did not have a happy ending for the 50-somethings of And Just Like That. The sexual or relational humiliations in Sex and the City have been replaced in And Just Like That by the humiliation of feeling like a relic in a profoundly changing world.
In a very meta moment in episode seven, the editor of Carrie's new widowed essay perfectly summed up Sex and the City's transformation into And Just Like That: Carrie, your readers will miss your frivolous humor is too dark, too depressing, give them at least a little hope!
Personally, I like that Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte make mistakes, do not necessarily say the right thing at the right time and that they question themselves. I love their vulnerability.
I love the new character of real estate agent Seema, who took Carrie to her parents' Diwali party. This is a great way to talk about diversity without it seeming to go down in history with a nail bar.
I like that the non-binary character of Che Diaz (Sara Ramírez) isn't likeable or hateful. I love that touches of humor spice up our heroines' moments of mortification, especially when Carrie vomits on her date's shoes on her first date since Big's death.
I soften because I understand that with age, our priorities change like our glasses prescriptions. Is there anything nicer than going to bed early on a Saturday night and waking up refreshed on a Sunday morning?
I don't think so. Except maybe orthopedic insoles and cortisone injections in the joints.
Yellowjackets is coming in French!
Here is the answer to a question that I have been asked repeatedly this week: the French version of the super series Yellowjackets arrives on Sunday February 6 on Crave. The Bell Media service will then drop one episode per week from this pivotal date.
I'm obsessed with Yellowjackets on a serious level. Like: I fall into huge vortexes of discussions that dissect in the menu – from home menu – detail this complex program.
Everything works in Yellowjackets. The soundtrack of the 1990s, the choice of actresses to play characters in 1996 and 2021, the mixture of horror and fantasy, the repercussions of such a drama on women, the complex friendships, the muffled rage and even the supernatural aspect.
The Yellowjackets finale, offered since Sunday, provided important answers to fans and especially set the stage for the second chapter, which will arrive at the end of 2022.
While waiting for this offering, two words for you: Lottie Matthews. Bye.
