Sex and the City Presentation

My task for the sex and the city presentation was dealing with that of the economy. I had written up a serious of questions and written 2 paragraph to help promote discussion. Work that I did was:

Throughout film, romantic comedies especially, characters usually start with money, or inherit money by some means. Yet, rarely do we see a character struggling with finances. Why has society moved past these rags to riches films and films dealing with the lower class?

Stories are written to be relatable, meaning certain current conditions in the real world should apply to the story, specifically the economic conditions of the time. How might this affect current films and shows being made?

Times of debt and poverty have definitely left us and America sees itself on a plateau of imagined wealth. While many people do well, a lot of society is under the impression that they can have more than they can afford. Why is it that people feel the need to spend left and right. Do you feel people truly save up anymore?

Why do people want to be like people in films? Why do we act like people in Romantic Comedies? Has film become a part of our culture enough that it can influence it as well?

What would you define as high culture in our economy? Low culture?

What economic class are the people in sex and the city? Is this class appealing? Is it made appealing?

WE believe that shows like sex and the city and current RomComs in general, exploit the idea of instant gratification. They go out and get what they need in these shows and films with no seen repercussions or effort made to achieve these items. While it is understood that they may work, the subliminal message is there. If I want, I should have. Then of course logic usually kicks in with the idea that you cannot afford something. But marketers have learned to counter this. In psychology, specifically motivation, people become more aroused when given more options. Aroused, meaning more likely to do something. This falls back into instant gratification because the common defense of I can’t afford it is thrown out the window. IT is no longer pay now but, pay a year from now, pay on your credit card, get zero interest, etc. All these other options don’t really deter from the fact that most people cannot afford something but give the illusion and excitement to convince people that they can.


Also I might add I helped engage discussion with other parts of the presentation as well.