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Clearly, the writers want us to see that these women are no longer the boundary breakers they were once characterized as. The list goes on. That scene, where a liquored-up Che and Miranda do the deed while an immobile Carrie pees into a peach Snapple bottle in the next room, will stay with fans for a long time.

Watching TV is now a participatory process: Social media has democratized the way TV shows are consumed and dissected, providing a real-time focus group where underrepresented voices can make themselves heard. All this delving into the minutia obscures the main issue: Che Diaz is extremely annoying.

In some respects, Che seems to be filling the gaps Samantha left behind. I might sound overly optimistic here. Perhaps surprisingly for a show with so many gay fans, which was created and written by two gay men Darren Star and Michael Patrick Kingreductive queer stereotypes were everywhere.

SATC is so fascinating to unpack because what drives a lot of the criticism toward the franchise—its reliance on stereotypes, many of which now feel outdated or offensive—is partly what made it so engaging. He is not self-effacing like Stanford and freely doles out.

Its obsolescence has never been more glaring. In fact, smoking weed, talking about masturbation and bragging about sexual exploits are all behaviors that Samantha was celebrated for 20 years ago. Anthony Marantino is a main recurring character in the Sex and the City and And Just Like That series.

Stanford and Anthony were back on our screens together, until the former was written out when actor Willie Garson passed away during filming. However, the way that Sex and the City treated the LGBTQ+ community, and LGBTQ+ issues was problematic at best.

At the time, for the queer community to have openly gay characters written into a heterosexual show at all was considered something of a revelation. And as undeniably entertaining as it was, did that scene really need to be such a cringe-worthy spectacle?

Now, though, fans want more—and, crucially, better— representation. On the other hand, this is the same series that gave us Carrie confidently declaring that bisexuality is “just a layover on the way to Gaytown.”. Given that SATC was never known for subtlety, a character as toe-curling as Che is probably what we should have expected.

The show offers its own answer: of course not. Or in Episode 8, when Che told Miranda that they actually do have some boundaries shocker! Both were immaculately dressed and could be relied upon for bitchy quips, but were rarely afforded much depth beyond embarrassing hookup stories.

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A central problem with And Just Like That… is that the show acts like Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda have just woken up from a decade-long coma. In Season 2, Charlotte broke up with pastry chef Stephan—a man she initially thought was gay—because he was effeminate.

Season 3 saw Carrie embark on a short-lived romance with a bisexual man, which included just about every biphobic trope there is. Coincidentally, not only did Ramirez star in the show for 10 seasons as Dr. Kai Bartley E. But its formula was imitated by the Gossip Girl reboot, another show that is repenting for the lack of diversity in its first incarnation.

Anthony Marentino is a Sicilian-American gay event planner who becomes close to Charlotte after styling her first wedding — he goes on to style Charlotte's H&G photo shoot, her second wedding and Carrie's book release party. The 45 Best Shows to Stream on Max.

In many ways, Sex and the City is responsible for the proliferation of the “gay best friend” trope, thanks to the fan love for Stanford Blatch, played by the late Willie Garson. The thing is, having known and loved Samantha for so long, fans have been given an insight into other parts of her character too.

Carrie Bradshaw, queen of rhetorical questions, asked a striking one in the first episode of And Just Like That. But it still feels like people are laughing at Che, rather than with them.