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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Chanté Joseph

The Guide #105: From girl gangs to platonic pals, TV is rethinking friendship on screen

Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis in Sex and the City.
Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis in Sex and the City. Photograph: New Line Cinema/Sportsphoto/Allstar

This week Chanté Joseph, the host of Pop Culture with Chanté, takes over the Guide. Listen to the latest episode on Russell Brand here or wherever you get your podcasts, with new episodes dropping weekly. I’ll be back next Friday. – Gwilym

It’s very unlike me to be late on pop culture, but I’ve only just finished Sex and the City for the first time – terrible, I know. I watched the show taking off my over-analytical lens, and just enjoying it for what it is. Culturally, SATC belonged to a very different time; it could never be made with all of its political incorrectness today, and that’s a good thing. From how it represented trans people to how all black men in the show simply go by “hot black guy”, there are too many cringe-worthy moments.

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