Sex and the City: If Samantha Was the Star…
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Samantha Jones was one of the best parts of Sex and the City, who most embodies what the show was supposed to be about. And with the surprising twist that she’s making a (brief) appearance on And Just Like That, we all can’t help but wonder: what if Samantha had been the star of the original show? Thanks to her wit, endlessly interesting storylines, and genuine growth and change, Samantha as a heroine could have pushed Sex and the City (and And Just Like That) to more provocative creative heights.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Samantha Jones: The Star of Sex in the City
01:39 - Samantha: A Provocative Heroine in Sex and the City
03:18 - Samantha's Predictions on Sexuality
04:54 - What is raw food?
06:21 - Relationship Challenges and Emotional Availability
08:00 - Samantha's Journey to Self-Love and Independence
09:35 - Samantha's Radical Confidence
11:15 - The Underrated Samantha Jones
12:47 - Samantha's Return to "Sex in the City"
14:17 - Miranda and Charlotte: The Most Interesting Versions
CREDITS
Executive Producers: Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
Chief Creative Director: Susannah McCullough
Associate Producer: Tyler Allen
Writer: Abigail Barr
Narrator: Jessica Babineaux
Video Editor: Dan Wolff
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*thanx for the heads up on 'GLAMOROUS'!!! i wanna watch anything Kim Cattrall is IN!!!* 💄💻🥰
Nobody feared Samantha. It is just that ppl do not respect ppl who use others.
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How ironic that Carrie, who broke up a marriage, slut shames Samantha.
EXACTLY
Don’t forget Charlotte!!! She always judges Samantha even though she kissed the gardener while married to Trey
@madisonkuyper5662 Charlotte can be downright insufferable sometimes. She also acted the virgin while dating Trey and then slut shamed Samantha because Trey was impotent and she wasn't getting any.
Carrie is the WORST!
@@madimiss ugh Charlotte is so annoying and insufferable!!!! I understand she's more traditional and conservative but man she was so judgemental sometimes 😤
Samantha was too great of a pal to the other girls, yet hardly received the same treatment. She was endlessly mocked by Carrie for her chemical peel, even though Samantha reluctantly appeared to support her, and was judged negatively after she proudly declared that she was proud of her looks, or happened to be dating another woman.
I so agree! Sam was the most open-minded, empathetic, and selfless friend - and she gave the best advice! And in return she was the butt of jokes about her sexuality and age - especially in the later seasons/movies. I honestly don't blame Cattrall for being reluctant to come back.
As an *actual* Samantha in real life - (as in, my legal first name is Samantha) and ironically my mother’s legal first name is Karen, I concur 👌😂
Totally!!! Couldn't get over how mean Carrie was to her about the chemical peel in that episode!!!
She was always my favorite
I mean, I think it depicted with accuracy how women like Samantha were treated by society and how friendship at the time looked like in circles like those.
It also shows hows hypocritical most people are. They say they’d do anything for their friends as long as it includes not compromising their status.
I love how she keeps saying ”I love you but I love me more” when ending a relationship, that kind of grace and self respect is just amazing.
Yes that was my favourite line from the whole series.
truly amazing quote
Something many of us need to remind ourselves of more often. Miley's song Flowers kind of embodies Samantha's break-up line
Cited at the end of the havana music video
That's a great quote for when you have to leave a relationship that isn't good for you, maybe the best thing you could say. She's neat dude
Samantha was the truly loyal one, the non hypocritical one and the revolutionary. People just diminish her because she loved sex but don't look at her character. For me, she is the epitome of SATC. Her wit, oh my gosh.
ALL HAIL SAMANTHA! 💪🤘✊
I totally agree!
So true!! SAMANTHA FOREVER!!!
🎊♥I totally agree with you. So, ¡Viva Samantha, forever!♥🎊
Samantha was such a cool, liberated, honest character, and Kim played it to the hilt! Whenever she was in a scene, you couldn't take your eyes off her; she always made such interesting and captivating choices in her acting. While Carrie constantly lied and was selfish a lot of the time, Samantha lived in her truth and never apologized. Kim is such a star, and greatly missed from this series...
I love the actress's unique voice.
Couldn't agree more!
@@IONov990 her lines live rent free in my brain😄
"I love you, but I love me more" is one of the most important lines in the series, right up there with "Maybe we can be each other's soulmates." ❤
Correction: Samantha WAS, IS and FOREVER will be the star of this show.
I wouldn’t be surprised if when Samantha and Carrie first met, Samantha was the “It girl” social butterfly and Carrie got her column from Samantha’s connections. I could totally see it.
Samantha did work in PR
what do you mean "if"? hehe she IS the star!!!
EXACTLY!!!!!
♥️💯%
And that's why AJLT wiłl never live up to the original
Fr she puts the sex in sex in the city :)
Samantha has been my favorite character from the beginning. Her quiet confidence, sass and humor along with curiosity and openness really made her an icon for me. And I adore the way Kim Cattrall played this role. ❤
I love Samantha but she can do what she wants because she's beautiful and confident. Like only a handful of women can get away with her antics like Kim Kardashian or Lauren Pippen.
And yet she insulted y’all by not showing up in the show 😂😂 Such a great work ethic
Ladies you all need your own personalities
@@mesoanto1031 What makes you think I don't have my own personality? One can appreciate everyday people, fictional characters, artists, etc without actually becoming them. I reflected on the topic of the video that was Samantha and I highlighted the qualities what made her lovable/memorable for me.
@@sybaritesphynx8057what are you talking about?
What I loved about Samantha was not only was she insanely confident (which is super hot) she sas such a girls girl! Like a truely great friend to the other women. She brought fun but also good advice, and she listened. And she really was non judgmental.
Kim Catrell was and is absolutely fabulous too.
Samantha was blunt but honest and while she did have her share of drama, she was definitely a friend worth having.
One of my favorite Samantha moments was at Jenny Brier’s (kat denning) birthday party when she overheard these young girls talking about their sexual experiences. Even though she’s very confident and progressive when it comes to sex in adulthood(especially as a woman), she understood the importance of not Growing up too fast and actually enjoying one’s childhood. She was aware that teens/pre-teens don’t have the maturity or emotional foundation to be at the level that those precocious girls were bragging about. She knew the merits of experiencing
Childhood.
What is interesting that in sex in the city Samantha is a little older than girls but she was so ahead of her time that the girls in just like that are struggling with things Samantha had total confidence in
Unfortunately, in Sex and the City 2, Samantha was reduced to a horny stereotype. And in the worst possible place in the world for that kind of behavior. Kim Cattrall deserved better.
SATC 2 is incredibly difficult to watch. From the racist stereotypes to the elitist rich women stereotypes to Aidan for no reason at all but to force drama. Also I'm Irish and Alice Eve as that awful nanny was such a slap in the face as the show was a colossal hit here. I skipped over it entirely when I was rewatching leading into AJLT. It was so culturally tone deaf.
@@rolandbaldwinit was so cringey I never finished it
@@lizzybethnj617 I truly don't blame you Lizzy
Samantha is and forever will be the best character of the show.
She IS Sex and the City
Thank you! My sentiments exactly!🙌🏻💯
Agree.
Exactly 💯🥰
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Yes! As I'm rewatching the show for a 100th time - I hate, hate, HATE how Carrie redirects every single conversition towards her and her dramas... -_-
As for Samantha - she is iconic
Carrie does the same in this shitty reboot. It's like she hasn't changed in 30 years😤
I've been re-watching it too, up to season 5 right now. Watching it again after so long I felt more frustrated more than anything. How the girls would always cut off Samantha and Carrie being so damn self absorbed, and also how the girls treated Samantha when she was dating a woman. Also yes Carrie always having to make everything about her. I got so annoyed when she had a go at Charlotte for not offering to pay for her apartment when Charlotte had a mature and reasonable response as to why. But also just Carrie constantly putting herself as a glutton for punishment and her over the top dramatics coz things don't go her way or what not, have left me exhausted 😅 granted I'm binging the series, so it may of been less tiresome when episodes were out weekly haha
I am also rewatching. I can't stand Carrie whining, ego-centred, drama addict + Charlotte judgemental A$$es. The way they mocked and looked Samantha, you can tell how much they can't stand her in real life
As a young girl, I wanted to be Carrie because I idolized her relationship with Big but as an adult woman I want to be Samatha. She's really confident in herself, independent, supportive friend, funny, wise, and sexy. She doesn't center or consume her life with men but its apart of her life and she just rolls with it. I am so happy to see a breakdown of my favorite character who is still relevant in 2023!
She is the only character who isn’t completely cringe looking back now.
Same! As i rewatched the show for the 7th time, I realized that Carrie is very egocentric and selfish. Samantha is such an authentic character, has not changed once throughout the entire show. Love love Sam!
Not only did she pushed her friends to be a better version of themselves, but she also pushed us, the audience, to challenge our preconceived ideas about sex.
As a man, take my opinion as meaningless, anytime I watched this show Samantha was the only character that I found fun and watchable tbh.
@@wisdom9091 dude, this is literally a show aimed at women. It's not that deep. Chill!
Every time I share a SATC clip with my male friends coincidentally is a Samantha line. Hahaha, I know she has the spark that could get their attention to this show miscalled a "girl's content".
not meaningless, but it's nice to catch what the excluded out of targeted demographic of this show has to say. and it doesn't only contain men, but also people from future. other generation apart for millennials.
She's the best ❤
As a woman Samantha was always the best for me tbh
This is why we love Samantha; she is what we would like to be in life, "free, happy and a person how leaves her make in the people she knows." the spin- off proves Samantha was the show.
Samantha was always a good friend to the other three women in the show. She was forgiving and supportive. As much as I like the other three women, Kim Catrall's performance was the reason why I actually loved the show. She played Samantha to be herself no matter what.
I admittedly watched the show far too young. My mom really loves the show and I would watch every Sunday with her because it was bonding time, I think I was about 12. But by this point, I had been watching rated R movies for a very long time, so it wasn't a big deal. So when I say I never liked Carrie, I truly mean it. I never liked her. I thought she was a selfish narcissistic leech when I was a kid and I think she's a selfish narcissistic leech as an adult. I cannot stand her and she is the reason that I have not revisited the series in over 10 years. Samantha was and always will be my favorite character. She was the best. And she also never cheated on any of her partners and Carrie can't say that.
And I thought my mom was woke for letting me watch Melrose Place at 10😂
I think that's really cool. 🎉I bonded with my mom over Melrose Place but no way she was so progressive to let me watch SATC.
Finally!! As a teenager I thought exactly the same! Carrie was whiny and selfish, I never really liked her. Samantha and Miranda were always my favorites
@@OzmaOfOzz It is kind of a double edged sword: yes we were bonding but I was also allowed to watch it and all of the rated R things I did as a kid, because my parents didn't really care to sensor anything. Like I legitimately fell in love with vampires when I was 5 because they let me watch Dracula (1992) and Interview with a Vampire.
@@karlacastillo6838 Yes, thank you! Like Charlotte had her moments far more than Carrie ever did and I will never understand, other than SJP was a bigger name (I think) than the others on why she got the role. Like her acting was so good, it's made me hesitant to watch her in anything else because she was so unlikable to me as Carrie, but I cannot stand her! She always had to be the victim, because she didn't care about other people, not really, only what they can do for her. One of the defining moments was when her friends were like, "no more, get therapy" and she was like, "why? i have you guys?" THEY'RE BURNT OUT OF YOUR BS CARRIE!
Carrie truly does make for a hard watch. There's so many eps i have to skip cos of her. If someone can design a way to watch the series whilst minimising Carrie scenes, I'd pay good money 😂😂
Samantha was always my favorite character- I loved her authenticity; she knew exactly who and what she was, and lived her life. Kim Cattrall really brought Samantha to life in a relatable, human way.
Samantha was the only one of the main 4 that ever made me laugh out loud.
That's slightly unfair, I'm not a big laugh out-louder.
Me too love me some Samantha and Mr. Big.
Miranda had her momentos, like when she challenged that constuction worker cat calling her to put his money where his mouth was, AND HE WAS MARRIED
I love Miranda from the series, I am one! Catrall just has that timing.
I was watching Sex and the city with my mom and older sister in in the early 2000s post-soviet Kazakhstan and of course Samantha was the main revelation. I think my puritanic mom was in shock that a woman could be that free and self-assured and that it was presented in a positive light.
This hot take is a love letter to all the Samanthas out there (including me), dont ever stop being you because others are afraid or uncomfortable, ”I love you but I love me more” will always be the vibe!
Samantha already is the true star ❤
I agree
She brought the sass and fun to the group. Everyone else was about as exciting as watching paint dry.
Never really was much into the show because next to Samantha, everyone else seemed sanctimonious. But in my head cannon, Samantha simply couldn't stomach continuing to be Carrie's friend
I was JUST watching the previous video made on Samantha and I’m so happy to see another one on her. A queer icon who gives us joy ❤
Yep, Samantha was the best of the four girls, and I admire how proud she is of her looks!
Is she considered bisexual or pansexual?
Samantha has been, is, and will ALWAYS be the salt and pepper of the series. No one will ever come close to Ms. Cattrall's performance.👑👑 👠👠She is The Queen👠👠👑👑
Samantha was the greatest but very much underused by the writers. She should have had her own show.
Carrie was always clingy desperate for love and ultimately gave herself away only to be left with nothing by placing all her idea of a happily ever after on getting the guy instead of finding self fulfillment and joy within herself. Its why she kept going back to Big even though everyone told her he was bad for her, he fed her codependency issues by keeping her at arms lengths and alternating between giving her crumbs to keep her there and love bombing her to win her over when she was either drifting away or with someone else. In the end she was a cautionary tale for toxic and abusive relationships, "When you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
That is why Samantha is a true Queen👸🏼 she didnt place the value of herself on finding "the one", SHE was the one for herself and so long she knew that noone could stomp on her self esteem or make her feel unworthy of love, meanwhile the others would get depressed the moment they aknowledged they were single.
I find it ironic that Samantha was judged so hard by the women during that period only for the next generations to give her the vindication by giving her the applause for being the most forward thinking, self assured and confident character in the entire show
I like that they put Samantha in the exact same situation with Richard, and later Smith as an analog of Aiden, to show that everyone has a person who drives them crazy and makes them act out of character, but it is ultimately up to us how to handle it. Both Carrie and Samantha cheated on their stable partner with the guy who drives them out of their mind, but Samantha did it kind of in the open, without playing with Smith's heart, which ultimately led to a completely different result. She learned her lesson and accepted the love of a man who wanted to be her partner in life and got over the bad influence, while Carrie never faced the situation head-on and her character continued to live in a limbo where this situation never got fully resolved and she never fully became her own person again.
I was surprised she ended up breaking up with Smith. I get that it's a big message, but he seemed more mature than he looked in the series and it was weird that he randomly let her go in the movie without a fight. Does anyone else feel the same?
They were having issues for a while, it didn’t come out of the blue. He didn’t randomly let her go, she broke up with him after they put more effort in to make it work. I still think it was a mistake that she left him, they had a good thing. I’m also glad she’s not in this show. They would destroy her character.
Yes I do.
I don’t know. He didn’t put her first anymore but it was kind of expected from her to put him first….
They destroyed her character in the 2nd movie. Turned her into a parody of herself 😔
I always hated how Carrie described herself as a sexual anthropologist when Samantha was doing all the field work 😅
I love that Samantha loves her friends and disavows slut-shaming. She’s honest and she’s either sleeping around or committed. Never both. No deceit. Carrie just loves drama more than anything or anyone. And I really don’t see what Carrie saw in Big. Not only is he an indecisive philanderer, but he looks like Lurch from The Addams Family.
Not true, several affairs were mentioned throughout the series, and she hooked up with Richard while with Smith, then played victim. She may not slut shame, but she “prude” shames all the time. And she tried to eff a priest.
Girl LMAO 😂😂 the character may be an asshole but I had a crush on the actor since I saw him in Law & Order. He's pretty hot I think😅
Samantha was the heart of SATC
In the literal sense yes but in the show charlotte was the heart.
@@skinnynotlegend963love Charlotte too!! Honestly, I like Carrie, but I feel like every other of the core four characters had more character development and more interesting storylines!
In my mind, Samantha IS the main character. I refuse to watch And Just Like That because of Samantha’s absence. She has unabashed confidence, advocates for herself and her friends, is unapologetically herself, encourages her friends to take risks that are in their best interest, is honest and earnest, and actually has a very healthy and open-minded relationship to sex. She IS Sex and the City. Carrie is selfish, whiny and one dimensional. Miranda is stubborn, loyal and her sage advice is always ignored. Charlotte is stuck up, prude and incessantly judgmental. Samantha is Samantha. Samantha is what Carried (😏) SATC.
She has always been my favourite character! Carrie is so incredibly toxic and judgy
For me, she is the star, body, soul, and everything in between. SATC is nothing without her!
Samantha is the liberated feminist---successful in her business, hard working, a can-do attitude, clever, resilient, and savvy. She's everything that Carrie is not----Carrie whines constantly; Samantha picks up the pieces and moves on. Ex. When Big stood Carrie up at the wedding (where Carrie had that stupid bird on her head), it's Samantha and Miranda who organize things----get Carrie's apartment back, act as moral support, counsel her, and try to protect her from herself. I don't remember Carrie ever saying "thank you" to the three friends. Samantha is the older, wiser, and sexier woman----the woman Carrie will never be.
She might not have been the narrator, but HOW DARE you imply she WASN’T the star!!!
Samantha is THE icon. Nobody can tell me otherwise
Finally, the media gave her her flowers. I don't believe Carrie was that amazing producer that doesn't know what was all about Samatha's grievances 🙄...it was 100% crazy the direction Samantha's character was taking since Sex in the City 2, no one would have played that character in this day and age the way it was written. It almost feels like they wrote all the outrageous things to do or say for Samantha and let the other characters be all gracious and morally righteous. I think that was fine when it was all in the context of healthy sex exploration (like it was during the series)...but being overly sexual in Muslim countries and being seduced (?) by the son of a friend...nobody can tell me there wasn't some intention to lower the standards for a character so iconic. And the fact that an entire production went against her after that (because with no movie, they wouldn't be working)...she really went through it for no legitimate reason in my opinion.😑
If Smith and Samantha had stayed together (definitely loved them and was so sad they broke up) I think it could have been a great opportunity to show a mature couple who enjoy lots of wild sex. Hell, I bet Smith would have been down for swinging with that hot neighbor in the beach house!
YES!!! A total missed opportunity there. Smith adored her, he was hot, and very imaginative in the bedroom. It's a shame Samantha seemed to have outgrown him. He was my favorite of all the guys.
I can't really criticise Carrie Bradshaw for moving to Paris on a whim. I did exactly the same thing. I followed a man to Paris from England. We're no longer together but I'm still living and working in Paris so it kind of worked out for me, luckily. Sounds more exciting that living the experience.
Kim Cattrall is actually currently dating a dear old friend of mine. Russell was and is the nicest guy I have ever met (I've lost contact with him now). Good looking, humble and very funny. Russell, I am so pleased that you have found such happiness. Love to you and Kim 💞
I just rewatched the whole show and yeah Samantha was a totally amazing person. Generous to a fault, introspective, wise, and brilliantly funny. Soooo empathetic and compassionate
I just can't watch the spin-off without Samantha in it! It just seems incomplete, what made the show awesome, is how these 4 women complimented one another, they created balance for each other. I think personally every woman could use a Samantha in their lives. She wasn't that toxic friend that would steal your man, it's been a minute since I watched the season, but I don't think she ever went after her friends' men, she just loved $3x unapologetically, and she was who she was. I see her as an empowering woman, and no you don't have to be promiscuous like her if it goes against your morals, but she was also a power boss woman, and didn't let people walk all over her because she had an immense sense of self worth.
She's in a new series called Glamorous , it just aired today on netflix. Or yesterday depending on where you're at. I watched few episodes and it's just not that good. Kim is great don't get me wrong but the show overall is just lacking substance. Not the worst but I wouldn't finish it or watch season 2.
I agree with everything u said btw, I just mentioned this new show in case you miss Kim. She's as fabulous as always!! ❤🎉
@@OzmaOfOzz I'll have to check it out thanks! Yea I like Kim, I saw her on How I met your father, I need to watch the latest season that came out!
I hope Kim Cattrall knows how much of an icon she is in different generations of both women and men's lives.
"Without the show's id, it's just ego."- that's how I feel about And Just Like That..., next to the other problems with the series that maybe season 2 might smooth over.
I don't know. What I saw of season 1, I missed Samantha's ability to accept differences, so I could see her accept Charlotte's trans child easily (wisdom over time). I could see Samantha encouraging Miranda's orientation exploration. I could see Samantha encouraging Carrie to honor the dead by respecting the living and go on a date sooner.
Otherwise, the show just feels like "And Just Like That..., we catch these characters up with our limited understanding of actual modern societys' acceptance level still told and centering rich white women."
" I love you, but I LOVE ME MOOORE" that phrase alone has saved me from many flops. We love you Samantha.
Samantha was the star of the show. I adored Big. That was the ideal for me for a long long time. But they had to change Big from being a narcissist to being normal in order to make women feel like they could ‘tame the bastard’.. as I’ve become older and wiser I’ve come to see that Big rejected Samantha because she wasn’t vulnerable and weak enough and damaged enough for him. Narcissists can sniff out good boundaries fast and they always reject women who have them. The Big who changed his ways, went to Paris and brought back ‘his girl’ …. He doesn’t exist. And ps ladies …. Just because Big doesn’t exist … never settle for an Aidan.
So spot on! I started watching the original last week and I processed that rejection scene just the way you explained it! He was uncomfortable and sexist about a woman who was so sure of herself and knew he wouldn’t be able to control her. 😊
@@jibarabicha4853 oh I want to high five and hug you in real life! Thank you!!! I’m so glad you get it, I don’t even know you but I do! People don’t see the number that’s been done on them, I love there’s even one person that sees that as well as me!
If Samantha was a main star, it would've been bad for her. Unlike Carrie, 3 other main charachters had major adjustments and developments that Carrie didn't because authors wanted a perfect happy ending for her and Big. Other 3 grew a lot while she stayed the same essentially.
I needed Samantha right now. I'm 18 and heading the college next semester. were so alike already but she makes me confirm that I'm on the right path and pushes me to challenge myself further to navigate my own happiness in this (depressing at times) dating sex and confidence world. Thank god.
I read that Kim Cattral didn't return because of animosity with the rest of the cast. She was the biggest name when the show started but as it continued SJP's star rose while hers faded, and the other three actresses formed a clique onset and left her out. So it's interesting to think that were she the original star of the show, maybe she would have come back to And Just Like That...
SJP had a really good agent who got her producing credits and the most pay out of the group. If SJP wasn’t a greedy POS the show would’ve been better.
I wouldn’t have wanted to do that storyline about Miranda’s son either. Kim Cattrall, you are the definition of class and played such a wonderful role model. You are still very missed!
Samantha is the best. Everything in this video was so true and hilarious. I am sad to say I am more of a Carrie but wish I had the bravery to be a Samantha! Her relationship with Smith was so good at the end. I really enjoyed her relationship with Maria as well and her growth and her openness. She was always such a great friend, as many other commenters have noted. I loved when Carrie asked if she wanted to judge her, I love when Samantha says, “not my style.” She was always such a good friend to all of them even when they weren’t always the same good friend to her. I hope to become a Samantha one day. She is inspirational.
Fun, Female, Feisty & Fearless = Samantha Jones. ❤
That transition to the Honey advertisement was hilariously subtle and actually good. Kudos coz I always hated ads in videos.
Samantha definitely put the nudity in the show. She had way more nude or topless scenes than everyone else combined.
Well, Carrie, to be fair, didn't write about "the same guy". That's a gross generalization. She wrote about the shifting roles of women in society at the time and whether women truly want what they've been conditioned to want. Everyone criticizes, judges, and even outright says they hate Carrie (very anti-Samantha) when the cold, hard reality is that those people ARE actually Carrie and not even CLOSE to being a Samantha. Samantha's only aspirational because we see her from the outside looking in. We don't know what's underneath the "fabulous", self-assured exterior or what she (and countless people "like" her) had to go through to become that.
We got a glimpse of it when she talked about her childhood with an unhappy mother and alcoholic father. I wish the show could have gone a bit deeper into that with Samantha
This reminded of why Samantha was my favorite. Beautiful, uncaring of what people think, and fully aware that a man is not one needs to be happy in life.
Thank you and ur team for making this video!!!
It’s such a wholesome and loving summary of so many of our SATC lovers…
Thank you!!! :)
The new show does her dirty. Many of us may not relate to her, but we love her.
To be honest, Samantha was the reason why I watched SATC in the first place. Carrie was the train wreck I could laugh my ass off at weekly. She never seemed to learn anything from her experiences. If you consider the show as a whole, she was basically "stalking" Big through each and every season (with short forays into other "relationships" lol) until she finally got him. In the book, she lost him which made more sense - in the series, she got her Sugar Daddy who could forever shower her with shoes, clothes and whatever else she wanted (until Chris Noth became too problematic and was killed off). Samantha was a fully formed character who wasn't shy about her sexual exploits and partners. She was fun and sexy and above all, smart AF. Needless to say, I don't watch the new show. It's missing a certain something/chemistry and really too woke to be fun at all. Now in the new season, apparently Aidan is back into the picture. Hopefully he only stays for a few episodes (unless he's been hit on the head and has lost his smarts).
Sam is THE STAR 🌟
Samantha had the healthiest self esteem of all of them
They need to do a spin-off the Samantha show I'd be here for that
We all need a Samantha 😌to remind us how to have fun
Carrey is "the glue" of the entire group. It would never work to put Samantha as the leading character. Carrey is the only having realistic chemistry and believable relation with each of other character.
Even though the show is based on Carrie, the Quartet is the star of the series. I think if they changed the vocal narrator to Samantha and maintained the iconic foursome for the sequel series the show would be much more profoundly.
Samantha is the heart of "Sex and the city" ❤
Samantha is an absolute superstar. 🌟Gorgeous, successful, ahead of her time, fearless. While Carrie is whiney, narcissistic, victim-mentality, a horrible friend and just plain gaggy.
I love all the ladies but Samantha definitely was the underrated star I’m glad she’s getting her flowers. However some of the posters forgot that for a time Samantha dated a married man too and his wife called her and said she was willing to do a threesome to save the marriage but it was forgotten because it was played for comedic relief but Samantha has cheated. She’s still fabulous though.
DID she know that the guy was married? It's been a long time since I saw that series admittedly.
Because there is a world of difference between someone who deliberately goes for a married spouse and someone who is caught off guard at the fact that their date/fuck buddy is married
Even so by this example, she didn't cheat. The married guy did. If you are in a monogamous relationship relationship and choose to cheat you cheat. If you are single and the other person is not your technically not cheating.
Samantha was always my favorite. I was afraid to be like her be also afraid that I couldn't be if I tried. She's the kind of woman I always admired. ❤ i loved this video!
Hmmm...
I mean, I hear what this video is saying. Samantha my have the most interesting worldview, but Carrie is the more complex character because, like many of us, she doesn't have the answers. How many of us have romantic dalliances but nonetheless still hold ourselves out for that one monogamous union? Many of us have toxic relationships that can span decades of back-and-forth. And what is a healthy relationship anyway? How many of us actually achieve or even see a relationship where both/all parties are free of conflict, traumas and micro-aggressions that they may need to work on repeatedly over a long stretch of time? What I appreciate about the character of Carrie is that through Mr. Big's death, there really is no happily-ever-after and that despite our best efforts, we're really all alone in the end- and so we must find ways of being ok with that.
Samantha is fun, but I think that the reason why the writers struggle to develop her beyond just a bed-hopping punchline, is because she isn't really a fully formed person. She is without internal conflict- and who can relate to that?
I agree. She should have been the lead character. She is such a vibrant soul.
Sex And The City is the show that taught me how to date with intention, the importance of not only fashion but also passion and personality for men in relationships. Samantha is my fav character and was the soul of the show. She was the most authentic, caring, and genuine with a sense of what she wanted while taking time to grow as a person. I never liked Carrie and found her annoying but felt that when all the girls were together it's when it was at its best.
I started watching "And Just Like That" and ended up turning it off after 3 episodes and giving up. It feels very forced, inauthentic, and the worst qualities of the other girls are now on center stage as there isn't anyone to balance them out. I like to exist in a world where the second movie doesn't exist and that story ended at SATC the movie and just enjoy the time capsule and fond memories of the show for what it was.
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At the time Miranda was my favorite character but now that im older nd ive done alot of healing. I appreciate Samantha, she definitely underrated as a character.
Samantha enjoyed sex without relationships and everyone else sought sex as part of their relationships. There's a huge difference between Sex & the City and Promiscuity & the City.
Carrie is an emotional mess who seeks to continually prove herself to men who don't want her. She can't stay with a good, stable man. She kept the viewers glued to the screen despite not actually having a good relationship.
Hands down the funniest character. I loved her in SATC! I lived vicariously through her escapades.
Samantha WAS the star, IS the star. Always and forever 🙌
Carrie/SJP may be the favorite for the producers but Samantha IS the main character to the audience PERIODT. The show would never be this iconic with the absence of Kim/Samantha. "just like that" shows that clearly...it falls flat. Honestly Sam's the reason why mostly people still rewatch SATC over again
Samantha Jones the character is iconic. She's the legit Sex and the City.
They should redo Sex in the City with Samantha as the main character and have the older Samantha narrate it like she retelling her side.
Samantha was always my hero. She had the guts to say & do what most of us witty ladies want to do out here want to do and say... Oh , all those lovely men .....
I think its the best take you guys have done, just accurate.
What we really need is a Samantha spin off
Yes, "Samantha and the City" or "Sex and Samantha" 😻♥
Samantha is the star of SATC in many ways. However, I think it was the right choice to not make her the main character. At the start of the show, Samantha has everything she wants: a killer job, close friends, a great apartment, a glamorous lifestyle, ample self-confidence and a fulfilling sex life.
Her pre-season 4 relationships wouldn't make for compelling central plot points because we know she will be okay no matter what -- there is less at stake. She is confident and happy how she is. It is not until later seasons when she falls in love with Richard, contracts breast cancer, and opens up to Smith that we see real stakes in Samantha's plot lines.
To be a main character, Samantha would need to have a central struggle or conflict in the first 3 seasons. This wouldn't work because the fact that Samantha is happy with herself and her life are central tenants of her core character.
Carrie's arc would have made sense and fit the show's theme if it ended the way it was supposed to originally. Her relationship with Big was an addiction and the point was originally that such men do not change. She should have ended up happily single.
Samantha Jones has always been my hero. Like I chose to major in Mass Comm because Sam was in PR haha. One of the few "role models" I had when I was a teenager.
She was the reason this show gained this much success. Not only is she charismatic , funny and interesting, she is truly a good friend and an established person on many levels. Her attitude is inspiring. All the sex aside, the fact that she really didnt ask from anyone to complete her and make her happy while providing genuine and selfless support to the people she cared for is a very sincere and ladylike approach in life and I admire her for that
Lolololol Carrie is the one who showed Samantha that she's unhappy with Smith in the movie because she compared it to chemo. She'd been willing to remain unhappy in a relationship because of the heteronormative idea that it should be reciprocal. This excessive demonization of Carrie is just weird. Also Carrie wasn't upset that Alek was working, she was upset that he ditched her and she'd missed a chance to attend a dinner by her fans. Did y'all not watch the show or what
She was the best character. Why did we never get a show just about her
Samantha was always true to herself and she learned from her relationships and had much more meaningful monogamous relationship (with Smith) than Carrie ever did (with Big). Samantha was the best and the wisest of all of them.
The ratings would have been more Explosive than before the Original ratings!
I love this take! this is so right!
I identified more with Samantha than Carrie. She was so free and unapologetic about her sexuality, she also ooozed self confidence, independence and had ability to accept people for who they were. where Carrie came off as sheltered, privileged, insecure and sometimes closed minded.