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A scene from "Sex and the City" |
1.7Mb QuickTime movieParker goes undercover in 'Sex in the City'
Web posted on: Thursday, June 04, 1998 4:20:03 PM
From Correspondent Bill Tush
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Forget Garry Shandling. Directly on the heels of that comedian's successful "The Larry Sanders Show" finale, HBO is moving on with a new envelope-pushing comedy series starring Sarah Jessica Parker.
"Sex and the City," based on the bestselling novel of the same name, takes a revealing look into the New York dating scene.
"I play a woman named Carrie, who's a journalist for a New York paper, and she's like a -- she's a sexual anthropologist," Parker explained, declining to go into further detail.
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Four women, one town
Her three co-stars -- Kim Catrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon -- play characters who have dating problems, and do some research of their own.
Catrall says her character, Samantha, is an explorer.
"She was almost a child of the '60s. She's a bit of a throwback in that way," Catrall said. "I mean, she's definitely a woman who tries Viagra more than once. She even tries it herself."
In contrast, Kristin Davis says she sees her character, Charlotte, as "the hopeful one of the bunch. I believe in marriage and relationships, and that there are good men out there, somewhere, and that if you behave yourself, you'll find them."
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| There's more leeway with showing racy sex scenes like this one on cable, producer Star notes |
Not network TV
The show's creator and producer, Darren Star, says the fact that "Sex" is airing on cable gives them leeway they wouldn't find on regular TV.
"It's kind of like the kind of show that I don't think you're going to be seeing on network TV, and it's kind of frank, kind of a slightly cynical dark comedy," Star said.
It also dishes out the cash in production to keep the female stars happy.
"It's not cheap to clothe four women who play women that are slightly superficial and care a lot about clothing," Parker said. "It's not a teeny budget."
"Sex and the City" made its debut this month, with an initial run of 12 half-hour episodes on HBO.
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