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Sarah Jessica Parker Calls Carrie Diaries “Odd,” Says SATC Paved Way For Girls

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10:08 am, March 10th, 2013

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Sarah Jessica Parker is not completely sold on “The Carrie Diaries,” the prequel series to “Sex and the City” exploring the 1980s adolescence of her iconic character Carrie Bradshaw.

Asked about the new take on the material, Parker tells Net-A-Porter, “I’m not sure… You know, I think it’s one of those tests of your generosity. She [AnnaSophia Robb, who plays Bradshaw] is a lovely girl and I want her to feel good about it, but it’s… odd.”

Meanwhile, Parker believes “Sex and the City” helped pave the way for another series about young women coping with life and love in New York.

“HBO was very encouraging of the beyond-camera role I played, and I feel that had we not done it, I don’t know that would have existed for Girls,” explains the actress. “It’s such a different way of thinking and it’s not conventional.”

Parker continues, “I also think [Lena Dunham] came along understanding her voice and with the support of a producing partner [Judd Apatow] experienced enough to say she is capable of this, she needs to be in charge of the story as it’s her voice. I do feel Sex and the City’s success made that possible, and it would have been different otherwise.”

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  • Rania Aly

    Attention-seeking whore.

  • curious

    What exactly does a comment like that contribute to the world?

  • Muse

    It contributes nothing. Rania is probably just an attention-seeking whore.

  • Rania Aly

    The Carrie Diaries ain’t odd. It’s so much better than that SATC crap!

  • Rania Aly

    You’re lame. She’s a lame actress and you’re defending her? C’mon she ain’t your mother or sthg!

  • Guest

    All 3 of those shows are shallow and have a self destructive message underneath

  • Kateekidding

    about as much as yours did…

  • dannehlicious

    I loved Sex and the City and the first movie (second was enjoyable but unnecessary). I think The Carrie Diaries is a really good teen show, I wouldn’t describe it as odd. I watch it more for being a fan of The Carrie Diaries than for Sex and the City though.

  • neil adlington

    She has a point. With the amount of time passed it is hard to remember that SIC was groundbreaking for its frankness around sexuality around young urban women. Eventually everyone caught up and the show became a bore, speaking as a middle-aged man. However it doesn’t change the fact that it was for a time a stellar representative of the creative explosion coming from cable tv.

  • neil adlington

    She has a point. With the amount of time passed it is hard to remember that SIC was groundbreaking for its frankness around sexuality around young urban women. Eventually everyone caught up and the show became a bore, speaking as a middle-aged man. However it doesn’t change the fact that it was for a time a stellar representative of the creative explosion coming from cable tv.

  • Guest

    I am a 70 year old Grandma…….I LOVED SATC and never missed it! I love SJP and loved the other 3 ladies. I watched the Carrie Diaries, sure it was just another teen show. However I found I really liked it and I could imagine AnnaSopia Robb growing up to be SJP (as the character of Carrie). I don’t think it is odd…..unless SJP means it is odd for her to imagine AnnaSophia’s Carrie becoming her version of Carrie.

  • J F

    SATC also fell prey to over saturation, as most shows do unfortunately. They beat you to death with it and after a while even the most avid watchers were losing interest.

  • http://twitter.com/sweetnsourgrl Brooklyn Spikes

    I just found The Carrie Diaries Episode 10 Promo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhB6DAmGx5g

  • Nala

    I agree with Sarah Jessica Parker, The Carrie Diaries is a little different, but I love Sex and the City and Girls. I’ve actually been watching Girls since it started. I can’t watch it live because I work at DISH when it airs, but I record it every week. My DISH Hopper can record up to six shows at once during primetime hours, so it’s easy for me to record Girls and my roommates can still record all their shows, too. I love not having to fight with them over what to record these days, and I can definitely see how Sex and the City helped pave the way for Girls.

  • amanda

    I wouldn’t necessarily say that. I don’t like Sex and the Ciity, because I couldn’t stand the characters, but Girls is to me better despite how self absorbed the characters are I think it’s pretty accurate for how girls in their 20s now are, just probably exaggerated. And the carrie diaries is better than some other teen crap on tv right now like pretty little liars, or whatever it’s called, at least it’s a little realistic although not really, and the characters are a heck of a lot more likeable then Sex and the City

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