This is the interesting aside Sit Com #2.

So a day or two after the conclusion of Ted Lasso, there was a big announcement that Kim Canttrall who played the character of Samantha Jones in the original Sex and the City TV series, had agreed to do a cameo in the new SATC sequel, And Just Like That.

According to the media, that was a big deal, because according to Twitter posts and gossip articles and other publication information, she had, let’s say, a major falling out with her SATC co-stars, particularly Sarah Jessica Parker.

I don’t really want to go into all that, because I have no idea what happened and so it’s all hearsay and it’s mostly negative, while I want my posts to be mostly positive.

But I choose to believe that whatever happened, her decision to be in the next rendition of And Just Like That demonstrates some kind of growth or forgiveness or understanding or whatever was necessary for her to even dip her toe in the new SATC universe. And I think that is a great thing for uplifting the energy of the universe, including mine.

As I said in yesterday’s post, I did watch a few random SATC shows, although I was never a committed watcher. But I did appreciate it as a show that demonstrated female friends supporting each other as they tried to carve the own path through careers and lifestyles and relationships that can make things difficult for women.

But what really struck me was that Ted Lasso was basically a version of Sex and the City for men. It was all about a group of men who, mostly, supported each other in being better versions of themselves, which I think is what Sex and the City did for women. Instead of fashion, Ted Lasso had sports; instead of Cosmos, they drink beer; instead of going to fancy restaurants, they went to pubs and kebob joints. But mostly what they did was to show up for each other, in good times and in bad.

While some of our issues are VERY different between men and women, many are not. And while both can inform us about whatever gender identification we have (AJLT actually includes non-binary indentification, which Ted Lasso does not), anything that moves us towards forgiveness and inclusion and acceptance and love is a big move forward in my book.

And this connects to my Sit Com #3 post, which comes tomorrow…

So I don’t know what men may have taken from Ted Lasso. But I think this video shows what many of us women took from Sex and the City.