Sex and Stereotypes (2)- Nohely G.

This weekend I watched Sex and the City 2 per my friend’s request. She suggested this movie to help me prepare for an upcoming trip to the U.A.E. I have never watched Sex and the City before, but I know that it is about middle-aged women living the high-class life in Manhattan. The first scene, was the main character describing why she decided to move to Manhattan. It was because it was a glamorous city full of fashion. This movie has a lot that related to our class discussions. One of them is the concept of ideology. We can see through this movie that the way to be perceived as successful is through the stuff that we have. These white, middle aged-women buy so much clothes and jewelry. They have hundreds of pairs of shoes and live in hi-rise condos. This also relates with the Marxist Analysis reading about consumerism. These women buy things and the viewers of the movie also want these things. One big issue in this film was age. Samantha wanted to avoid menopause because the ideal in our society is to be young. One of the big scenes involved a wedding. This is part of ideology, but the catch was that it was a gay wedding. That is different from the dominant culture, but it is not different from the ideology that society has for gay men. The wedding was completely over-the-top. Although many weddings are like this, this wedding had many clichés we see in the media. The wedding was “fabulous”. Liza Minelli was singing “Single Ladies” by Beyonce, big swans decorated the venue, and the maid of honor wore a tux. This seems like it was trying to break a boundary by having a gay wedding, but I felt it had a lot of stereotypes. One quote was “could this wedding be any more gay?” They also portrayed gay men as promiscuous. These women later fing out that they are going on a trip to the U.A.E. The way this country was portrayed was very magical and consumerist. Some of the scenes could have offended people from the U.A.E. The only thing I learned about U.A.E. from this film is that it is a great place to shop.