For a franchise that has been glamorizing drinking for more than 20 years, Miranda’s problem at times seems like the narrative equivalent of a “please drink responsibly” disclaimer
Photo: HBO When I graduated from college, I fell in love with Sex and the City. At the time, my life couldn’t look more different from Carrie’s, Charlotte’s, Miranda’s, or Samantha’s. I was living with my mom and enrolled in a dead-end postbacc program, with no romantic prospects or money to buy Jimmy Choos.
If you’ve watched even a fraction of the new Sex and the City reboot from HBO Max, And Just Like That …, then you’ll know that Miranda has now been fashioned into the stereotype of a high-functioning alcoholic. Managing the stress of raising a teenager and a master’s program at Columbia, she drinks whiskey and Chablis before noon while regularly carrying alcohol on her person. “Yesterday, I found three tiny Tito’s bottles in her backpack — empty! Three tiny Tito’s bottles.
In an interview with Elle U.K., Cynthia Nixon described Miranda’s worrisome drinking as “wonderfully subtle” — but to me, nothing about Miranda’s relationship with alcohol is “subtle” . Like the reboot’s treatment of other complex subjects like grief and gender identity, Miranda’s drinking slaps you in the face, caricaturing the complicated reality of addiction while failing to leave room for any nuance or inclusive reckoning.
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