Sex and the City Skit Script

[tld221]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

My chapter would have chosen the show "Girlfriends" or "Waiting to Exhale" (some of you are familiar with the accusation that SATC was taken from WtoE).

Any negativity in the characters could be presented as how our sorority helps with personal growth, shaping sisterhood and values, appreciating differences (including lifestyles), and learning from our mistakes.

No way! Don't really see how but OK! I recall (allegedly) Friends being taken from Living Single. (Living Single would be a cute show to base an NPHC sisterhood skit)

Originally Posted by AGDee

The "new" SATC is Girls. Although I'm not sure you could get those four themes from that show's characters.

Really? Interesting. I'm gonna watch the show one of these days.

[33girl]

If a sorority did Girls for a rush skit I would walk out of the room. Maybe I'm too old for it or something, but I really don't like that show.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

SATC was a SEMINAL show that changed the way female characters were written. Like it, hate it, love the characters, think they are horrible, no show that came before it was so very much centered around the lives of women, and it explored themes that other shows hadn't dared to touch. For that reason, I think that it will be fondly remembered for many years, and I even think there will be a point in time when it flips from "out-of-date" back to "adorably retro."

It's just that time hasn't come quite yet.

*This is not to say that they weren't archetypes, or that their lives were terribly realistic, only that they were miles ahead of what came before them.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

SATC was a SEMINAL show that changed the way female characters were written. Like it, hate it, love the characters, think they are horrible, no show that came before it was so very much centered around the lives of women, and it explored themes that other shows hadn't dared to touch. For that reason, I think that it will be fondly remembered for many years, and I even think there will be a point in time when it flips from "out-of-date" back to "adorably retro."

It's just that time hasn't come quite yet.

*This is not to say that they weren't archetypes, or that their lives were terribly realistic, only that they were miles ahead of what came before them.

I agree.

For the record, SATC was the first show to deal with women of that age group. We shall not forget Golden Girls.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by tld221

No way! Don't really see how but OK! I recall (allegedly) Friends being taken from Living Single. (Living Single would be a cute show to base an NPHC sisterhood skit)

Yeah I can't recall whether Forrest Whitaker's lawsuit from years ago was withdrawn or if there was a settlement (it is difficult to find articles on the accusation).

I'm sure an NPHC chapter has done something with Living Single since the 1990s. Living Single is too awesome to not use for a show.

As for the topic of choosing themes that are familiar and relevant: This is about age and other demographics. In the 1990s my chapter did a wonderful lip sync dance routine based on a very popular song. They dressed up and had Sorors who looked like the actual singers and rapper. Well, we forgot that this was a song a lot of Black people loved but had not made it to the mainstream (white people). We attended a PWI. The few Black people in the audience were jamming. Most of the white people were confused. I recall one white guy saying "I don't know what I'm watching...what is this."

My chapter's performance was followed by an NPC chapter doing a very cute performance of "Butterfly Kisses". The crowd went crazy. They recognized it and loved it.

Know your audience. My chapter's performance would've been a perfect display of sisterhood if done for a group of aspiring Deltas who were more likely to know the song and get the references.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by 33girl

If a sorority did Girls for a rush skit I would walk out of the room. Maybe I'm too old for it or something, but I really don't like that show.

You are definitely not the right age demographic. But it is about 4 women (younger than in SATC) making their way in NYC. When I watched the first episode, I liked it and told Hypo I knew she would like it. Season 2 got a little too "out there" for me. Season 3 seems to be shaping up a little better. It is much more relevant to a younger generation. I'm surrounded by people in that generation.